Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Health Emergency and Disaster

Full Time Research Assistant

$16/per hour

30 hours/week

Start: May 11^th

End: August 28^th

Application Deadline: Sunday April 26^th @11:59pm

Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to careers.yorku.ca/online-system/ and search for the posting with the JobID.

Under the supervision of Dr. James Orbinski, Director, the Health Emergency and Disaster RAY student will:

Support the Health Emergency and Disaster working group (HED-WG) by identifying networks of academics and practitioners at the frontline of disaster risk management for training and research
Conduct literature searches and prepare annotated bibliographies as requested, and maintain all files and documents in a shared OneDrive location
Develop platforms to enable data-driven strategies for disaster and health emergency management including operationally practical simulation and training capacity around defined scenarios (i.e. pandemics)
Attend the HED-WG weekly meetings at the DIGHR to explore and define a vision, goals and operational plan for a national and international Center of Excellence in Health Emergency and Disaster Management Training and Research capacity at York University
Prepare weekly meetings agendas and background documents to be circulated one full week in advance of scheduled meetings
Report full minutes of meetings within 24 hours of the meeting
Reach out within the York University community, the GTA, Canada and internationally as directed by the HED-WG
Prepare draft documents, budgets, power point presentations and excel spreadsheets as requested by the HED-WG
Assist in writing and submitting a grant proposal for the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Create a structured and annotated bibliographic review of existing literature;
Create a digital research archive of PDFs of identified papers;
Create a series of draft PowerPoint presentations that capture the core conceptual content.

Methodological training on data analysis
Subject matter training on global health and humanitarianism
Day-to-day supervision by DIGHR Research Fellow
Regular status meetings with your supervising full-time faculty and Dahdaleh Institute Director, Dr. James Orbinski

Current undergraduate York student (we encourage applicants from diverse programs of study)
Demonstrated interest in global health
Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with conducting literature reviews
Experience working with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures
Excellent communication skills: professional email/phone correspondence, public speaking, and presentation proficiency
Excellent computer skills (word processing, email, database management, spreadsheets)
Demonstrates an eagerness to learn and take on initiative
Demonstrates organizational and time management skills
Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team with researchers, students, and staff

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