Research Assistant

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 position will involve assisting the primary investigator (Dr. Fredborg) in setting up and running psychology research experiments.

Duties:

• Prepare equipment and materials for research.
  • Employee will assist the primary investigator (PI) in acquiring relevant software and materials for studies.
• Perform academic research, standard tests and experiments.
  • Employee will assist the primary investigator (PI) in data collection by running participants through experiments.
• Monitor and document research status and findings.
  • Employee will assist with data collection, management, and statistics.
• Assist with duties related to the production of articles, publications, reports and presentations.
  • Employee will assist the PI in writing the details of the studies up for publication.
• Prepare literature reviews.
  • Employee will assist the PI in preparing several literature reviews.
• Assist in data collection, data entry, analysis and interpretation.
  • Employee will assist with data collection, management, and statistics.
• Assist in the acquisition of research materials and supplies.
  • Employee will assist with gathering study stimuli (e.g., videos, images, or audio files for experiments).
• Perform data/word processing, routine computations, and record keeping.
  • Employee will assist with managing study progress through monitoring practices.
• Perform routine clerical and administrative duties to support research activities.
  • Employee will assist with scheduling laboratory meetings and booking meeting space.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications:

• Employee must have or be pursuing an undergraduate degree in Psychology, Biopsychology, Biochemistry or related discipline. If employee is still enrolled in university, they must have completed at least 3 years of full-time studies (90 credit hours).
• Employee must have completed courses in Introductory Psychology, Academic Writing, and Statistics.
• Familiarity with psychology experimental software (Qualtrics, SPSS, Zotero, and Excel). Graphic and web design is an asset (e.g., using SquareSpace).
• Other laboratory research experience is an asset.

Condition(s) of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The period of work will be from February 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026 and the estimated total hours of work will be 500 hours.

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