Job Description

Description:

Research Assistants are normally students, in a University of Winnipeg undergraduate program, employed to assist with tasks related to research. Work is performed within defined guidelines and under supervision of a more senior researcher or faculty member.

Position Overview:

The successful candidate will join a large collaborative research project involving multiple academic institutions and industry partners. The research assistant will work primarily on executing and planning a plant-growth schedule, as well as using different imagers and scanners to collect plant data. Further, the assistant will research and establish growing conditions for the plants researched in the project.

Duties:

• Grow and tend to plants in the growth chamber 4C36 and in the lab 3RC033.
• Wash pots, mix soil, pot plants.
• Operating the project's growing chamber and programmable lights.
• Work together with the other team-members to execute a growing schedule that allows to continuously monitor multiple generations of plants of each crop.
• Perform data collection with the project's imagers.
• Maintain a catalogue of all the project's available seeds.

Qualifications:

• Experience of growing plants in the field and indoors
• Experience in researching optimal growing conditions for plants
• Experience with usage/construction of automated watering systems and/or hydroponic systems
• Basic coding skills
• Knowledge in plant biology

• Proven ability to work independently and under minimal supervision
• An eye for detail and the discipline to keep a schedule
• The interest in working within an interdisciplinary team

Condition(s) of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The period of work will be from November 14, 2022 - October 27, 2023 and the estimated total hours of work will be 200-400 hours.

Note: This position is represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada - Research Capacity Unit.

Note: The work described in this posting will be conducted in-person.

The University of Winnipeg has a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that requires all those coming to designated indoor campus spaces to provide proof they are fully vaccinated. The Policy was suspended effective May 2, 2022. However, prospective employees should know that the Policy may be reinstated in the future based on changing public health circumstances.

The University of Winnipeg is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognizes that a diverse staff and faculty benefits and enriches the work, learning and research environments, and is essential to academic and institutional excellence. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons to confidentially self-identify at time of application.

If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact Shelby Phillips, HR Assistant at sh.phillips@uwinnipeg.ca.

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