Job Description

Student (JFG)
Job Category Student Employee
Job Profile Student Hourly - Graduate Academic Assistant (Non-Union)
Job Title Graduate Academic Assistant-1
Department UBCO | Research | Kassam | School of Nursing | Faculty of Health and Social Development
Compensation Range See details below.
Posting End Date January 14, 2026
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
Job End Date August 31, 2026
$25/hour

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Duties & Responsibilities
Overseeing and coordinating research project activities
Participate in project and lab team meetings
Prepare reports and academic articles for publication
Perform both quantitative and qualitative analyses of research data
Knowledge translation of the products of this research (e.g. presentations to group stakeholders, partners, at academic conferences; media & social media activities, etc)
Ensure ethical standards of research are followed, monitored and maintained at all times
Develop procedures to support research protocols
Become Tri-Council Research Ethics certified (if not already)

Attend monthly community advisory team meetings

Co-develop an accessible, web-based communication system with PI (Shahin Kassam) research team

Assist with co-designing and translating study material

Engage with community-based qualitative methods including collecting, cleaning, inputting, and co-analyzing data generated from diverse sources in collaboration with the PI and community partners

Co-present emerging findings from analyses at community advisory team meetings including co-creation of data visualizations

Engage with literature review methods: Co-write a literature review protocol and conduct a preliminary search on the research topic; co-present findings at a research team meeting
Perform other related duties as required
Qualifications
Registered and enrolled in a Graduate degree
Experience in research
Maintain good academic standing
Excellent organizational skills
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Good written and verbal communication
Basic computer literacy
Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own
Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Skills Required