PROGRAM AREA: Corporate
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Contract 8 weeks
HOURS/WEEK: 35 hours per week
Our Vision
A community without barriers to health and wellbeing
Our Mission
We reduce health inequities by providing inter-professional primary health services and community programs, focused on our priority populations, in collaboration with community partners.
Our Values
Innovation, Accountability, Person-Centered, Health Promotion, Excellence, Sustainability, Accessibility
Are you passionate about the Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission and Values and working with our priority populations who are: homeless or at risk of homelessness, low income, newcomers to Canada with language barriers, moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues, moderate to severe disabilities, without access to primary care, aboriginal communities, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis, LGBTQ+ populations, other marginalized groups, and vulnerable children and their families experiencing violence, family conflict, social isolation and attachment struggles? If you are passionate about Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission, Values and priority populations and meet the below qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Eligibility requirements
This position is partially funded by the Canada Summer Jobs fund. In order to be considered for this job you must:
- be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment contract;
- be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment (student visas do not qualify); and,
- have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Basic Responsibilities:
Youth in this role will work as part of the Toward Common Ground team as a Research Assistant. Tasks may include:
- Gathering, analyzing, and communicating qualitative and quantitative data, supporting focus groups and/or key information interviews.
- Supporting the development and implementation of program evaluation frameworks.
- Collecting and compiling published literature and supporting literature reviews.
- Managing logistics related to collaborating (including setting meetings, setting agendas, taking and distributing minutes, supporting follow-up actions).
- Supporting knowledge mobilization and data visualization: summarizing local data and information and contributing to communications and/or social media plans.
Required Qualifications:
- Undergraduate education in relevant field (e.g., health sciences, social work, psychology)
- Training in and/or experience conducting literature reviews and secondary research
- Training in and/or experience conducting primary research and program evaluation
- Basic qualitative and/or quantitative data analysis skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Experience presenting to diverse audiences
- Knowledge of the social determinants of health and health equity
- Experience taking minutes
- Ability to multitask
- High level of confidentiality
- Work well as part of a team
- Understanding of how to use social media as a communication tool is an asset
If you are interested in this position, please submit a resume and cover letter, outlining how your skills, qualifications and experience meet the position requirements.
Please visit our website at www.guelphchc.ca and apply using the online application tool.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from equity-deserving groups and priority populations. We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.
If at any stage in the selection process you require special accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.
We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.
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