Contract Position for Quantitative Researcher

Contract Position for Quantitative Researcher

October 4, 2022

Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change (COP-COC) is a network across Ontario working to build concrete strategies, tools, initiatives, and community-based capacity to address and redress the ever more growing structural and systemic ethno-racial inequality that impacts us. This COP-COC initiative is administered through the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC), a member of the steering committee.

The project explores research questions around race-based and other forms of discrimination that racialized workers in Ontario are facing in the current labour market, in addition to the impact of these forms of discrimination on labour market outcomes and socio-political participation. The final analysis will be summarized into a report that will be presented at a knowledge sharing conference with various stakeholders.

Remuneration: $30-35/hour at approximately 30 hours a week for a 6-month period.

Qualifications include:

• Formal research training

• Proven track record of applying research and evidence for knowledge translation (KT) in areas such as policy development, program planning, quality improvement, and public education

• Strong track record of writing and effective communication skills in English

• Ability to deliver results on a timeline

Job duties include:

• Quantitative survey design review

• Assistance with designing and inputting the survey in Survey Monkey

• Assisting with translation and back translation

• Pilot testing the survey

• Troubleshooting survey issues that come up before and after the survey launch

• Leading the process of quantitative data analysis and summarizing the results in an easy-to- understand format

• Other duties, as assigned

HOW TO APPLY

With “Exploring Barriers to Employment and Social Participation” in the subject heading, please send your cover letter and resume to: namrata@ocasi.org. We encourage applications from individuals who reflect the broad diversity of communities we work with, including those from Indigenous, racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the selection process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
Deadline: Applications will be processed on a rolling basis as of October 10th, 2022.

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