Research Advisor - Richmond, Canada - WorkSafeBC

WorkSafeBC

Verified Company

Richmond, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job requisition number

038379

Job location

Richmond

Full-time / part-time

Full-time

Salary

$43.57-$54.91/hourly

Expected Salary Range

Posting period

From 11/29/2023 to 12/12/2023

Overview

Are you looking for a career where you can be involved in a diverse range of research topics and can exercise your multi-faceted skill set? As a Research Advisor in Strategic Research, you'll do just that.

Working closely with the Manager and Senior Manager, you will play a key role leading research intelligence functions.

You will provide expertise, advice, and guidance on mitigating risks and leveraging opportunities to build evidence-based strategies which support the organization's long-term goals and future direction.

This position conducts ongoing environmental scanning and provides analysis and interpretation of scientific, business, legal, regulatory, and technical data to support annual business planning, including strategic initiatives.

How you'll make a difference:
You'll have an impact on the contributions of building the body of knowledge of occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, workplace solutions, and much more

Where you'll work
At WorkSafeBC, we offer a
hybrid work model. In this role, you'll work primarily from your B.C. based home and occasionally in our
Richmond office.

What you'll do

As a Research Advisor you will:

Lead, manage, and maintain simultaneous research projects and programs, including WorkSafeBC's research grants and corporate grants program
Provide expertise and guidance to internal and external stakeholder committees and senior leaders to identify research priorities, questions, and design projects to address organizational needs
Collaborate with senior divisional leaders to operationalize the outcomes of research and provide assurance to the enterprise leadership team on outcomes of funded projects
Identify, critically assess, interpret, articulate, and make recommendations on business impact and value to WorkSafeBC strategies, programs, and initiatives, of information gathered through ongoing environmental scanning of internal and external sources
Participate in implementing departmental plan initiatives to achieve outcomes
Use technology and analytical tools to develop, collect and track metrics and impact measurements and analyze data to assess ongoing impact of the research grants program and other portfolio initiatives

Is this a good fit for you?

We're looking for people who can:

Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with internal and external clients, jurisdictional partners, and researchers
Gather and analyze information, anticipate, and recognize risks and opportunities, develop options and solutions, and make appropriate decisions and recommendations to managers
Interpret and translate complex scientific and nonscientific research (incuding quality and validity of the research, methods, design), business intelligence and analysis of evidence into plain language using multiple engaging formats for various audiences
Promote a clientcentred, serviceoriented approach to supporting internal and external clients
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to various audiences including senior leaders and external stakeholders, jurisdictional partners, researchers, and other agencies
Maintain current knowledge in the field of knowledge translation and information sharing best practices, occupational health and safety, and other areas relevant to WorkSafeBC' s mandate

Your background and experience:

A
graduate degree in epidemiology, public policy, occupational hygiene, or library science
A
minimum of three years' experience working with statistical and epidemiological analysis and research methods
We'll consider an equivalent combination of education and experience

Important to know
Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada
Successfully meet the legal requirements under the Criminal Records Review Act to work with children and/or vulnerable adults.

WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders.

We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who we are
At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability.

When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work.

We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 regist