Research Assistant - Invasive Species Phragmites (2 Year TERM)

Date Posted: 12/20/2024
Req ID: 41186
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

About us:

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry, and visual studies — as well asunique undergraduate programs that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education. Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals, and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just, and artfully conceived environments.

The greater Toronto region serves as a dynamic laboratory for both its students and faculty, while the University of Toronto, which year after year ranks among the top universities in the world, provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that they can draw from. Like Toronto, Daniels students and faculty are incredibly cosmopolitan in sensibility, hailing from every part of the world, with their work crossing all sorts of geographic and cultural boundaries. The city’s multicultural networks and international connections make the Daniels Faculty a powerful place to start a career.

Your opportunity:

The Research Assistant - Invasive Species Phragmites will assist with the research on the biological control of introduced
Phragmites (Phragmites australis ssp. australis). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to undertake field work and support a team of research associates, scientists and land managers working to implement Phragmites biological control across southern Ontario.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Following rules and procedural instructions when administering research studies
• Recording and tabulating experiment results
• Providing some care to prevent physical or emotional injury or harm
• Providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• One (1) year of experience supporting research by organizing materials and recording experiment results
• Experience assisting research in entomology/ecology/invasion science
• Experience following rules and procedural instructions when administering research studies
• Experience providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices
• Experience providing some care to prevent physical or emotional injury or harm
• Experience generating reports and coding quantitative data
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and occasional competing deadlines
• Proven ability to deal with people in a tactful and effective manner
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work occasional weekends for field work and insect/plant rearing

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience with the biology and ecology ofinvasive plants of Ontario, specifically common reed, Phragmites australis ssp. australis

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Efficient
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Procedural
• Resourceful
• Team player

Closing Date: 01/10/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Grant - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 05 -- $52,481. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $67,115. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching

Note: TERM position - 2 Years

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.