Research Assistant - Philosophy

at  Kwantlen Polytechnic University

SUMMARY

The Research Assistant primarily engaged in research with secondary materials will assist faculty or members of the Dean’s office with various research projects.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to follow directions with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail and quality deliverables
• Ability to use MS Office tools, including databases for tracking or qualitative and/or quantitative studies
• Good interpersonal, organization, research and written skills
• A professional and positive attitude
• Knowledge of the research area

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research, editing and typing of academic journal articles and books
• Develop and maintain files on issues related to the current project
• Do library and online research as required (e.g. review current literature, statistics, legal research, academic journals, surveys, online databases, etc)
• Assist with photocopying, typing, filing, and overall organization of these materials
• Work on a variety of initiatives that the Faculty needs assistance with from internal marketing to students, student engagement, course programming
• Communicate with faculty, peers, relevant internal and external partners as directed by faculty
• Research, collage, and assist in planning relevant events and identify ways to connect students to alumni and industry as needed
• Create tracking systems and processes to ensure systems are in place to maintain strategies into the future
• Research, compile data and write papers to be incorporated into proposals a variety of Faculty purposes
• Prepare summary reports including headings and information which can be subsequently used to draft briefing notes or craft PowerPoint presentations

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