Job Description

Job Type: Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): 12

Job Family: Research

# of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department: Marc-Andr\xc3\xa9 Langlois Lab

Campus: Ottawa, ON

Union Affiliation: N/A

Date Posted: juillet 10, 2023

Closing Date: juillet 21, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week: 35

Salary Grade: Non-Union Grade NR5 - 35 hrs

Salary Range: $61 802,00 - $75 234,00

About the Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position purpose:
Under general supervision, plans and executes non-routine assignments of varying complexity requiring deep knowledge of related engineering or scientific theory, principles and practices.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Designs experimental programs and experiments. Selects and uses appropriate procedures, equipment and standards to produce required data.
• Performs complex laboratory experiments and assists in data evaluation, interpretation and preparation. Sets up experiments.
• Compiles and analyzes data and performs computations using image analysis software, spreadsheets, graphing and curve fitting software.
• May be responsible for a single independent research project.
• Trains new laboratory personnel, students and collaborators.

What you will bring:

• Recent PhD (preferred) or a minimum of master\xe2\x80\x99s degree plus relevant working experience
• Strong organizational, analytical and tech/scientific oral/writing skills
• Ability to coordinate workflow
• Sound judgement in applying scientific principles and predicting or preventing problems
• Ability to adapt protocols as needed (within guidelines), and to work with computers (perform mathematical calculations)
• R/SAS, statistical analysis of large datasets, background in immunology/biochemistry would be an asset

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 \xe2\x80\x93 Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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