Job Title: Health Services Researcher – Culturally Responsive Community Based Dementia Supports
Salary: $18.00 per hour
Description of the Position:
This is a summer position, 35 hours per week for 8 weeks. Until further notice, the employee will work remotely.
The Researcher will support a knowledge mobilization and capacity building project with respect to innovative models for culturally responsive and community-based supports for ethno-cultural minority seniors with dementia and their caregivers. Some models would be applicable to other groups with distinct needs (gender-based etc.) as well as ethno-cultural minority seniors. The researchers will assist in developing a toolkit of resources to support local stakeholders to improve culturally responsive community-based supports. The work may include literature review of best practices and participatory research. The research and toolkits will be available in diverse formats.
Language Requirements: English or French
Required Skills or Assets:
- Excellent knowledge of knowledge mobilization in the community health sector
- Ability to conduct research and produce literature reviews related to health equity
- Good understanding of best practices in community-based supports for people with dementia and their caregivers is an asset
- Understanding of cultural perspectives and cultural competence related to senior care
- Ability to write at a professional level in English or French, particularly health writing for a professional audience
- Well organized with a demonstrated attention to detail
Please submit your curriculum vitae and cover letter to:
Hiring Committee
Social Planning Council of Ottawa
By email to: office@spcottawa.on.ca
Closing Date: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
This position is funded through the Government of Canada, Canada Summer Jobs program. The funder requires that the successful candidate meets the following criteria:
- aged between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment; and
- be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and
- have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations.
- International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.
We regret that no phone calls can be taken with respect to this position and only those offered an interview will be contacted.
The SPCO is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Title: Health Services Researcher – Community Based Mental Wellness for Racialized Young Adults
Salary: $18.00 per hour
Description of the Position:
This is a summer position, 35 hours per week for 8 weeks. Until further notice, the employee will work remotely.
The successful candidate will participate in research in support of health equity across neighbourhoods and racialized communities. The particular research focus for the summer will be on more effective supports for mental wellness among racialized young people, using community development approaches. The researcher will conduct a literature review of best practices, will support participatory research and will assist in research summaries in various formats. This project is related to the Neighbourhood Equity Index at www.neighbourhoodequity.ca, a related project on culturally-based community supports for dementia and the Social Planning Council’s COVID response.
Language Requirements: English or French
Required Skills or Assets
- Good knowledge of participatory research methods
- Ability to conduct research and produce literature reviews related to health equity
- Good understanding of the social determinants of health
- Ability to write at a professional level in English or French
- Experience working within racialized communities, community mental health and/or with young adults are assets
- Well organized with a demonstrated attention to detail
Please submit your curriculum vitae and cover letter to:
Hiring Committee, Social Planning Council of Ottawa, by email: office@spcottawa.on.ca
Closing Date: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
This position is funded through the Government of Canada, Canada Summer Jobs program. The funder requires that the successful candidate meets the following criteria:
- aged between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment; and
- be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and
- have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations.
- International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.
We regret that no phone calls can be taken with respect to this position and only those offered an interview will be contacted.
The SPCO is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Title: Junior Computer Programmer
Salary: $18.00 per hour
The Social Planning Council of Ottawa uses technology-based solutions to streamline our internal processes. The Junior Computer Programmer will work directly with our in-house IT manager,
This is a summer position, 35 hours per week for 8 weeks. Until further notice, the employee will work remotely.
The tasks of this position will consist of:
- data scraping using Selenium, as well as the use of CouchDB, and JavaScript libraries, including jQuery.
- modifying web-based applications to customize their functionality to better suit the needs of the organization.
Language Requirements: English or French
Please submit your curriculum vitae and cover letter to:
Hiring Committee, Social Planning Council of Ottawa, by email to: office@spcottawa.on.ca
Closing Date: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
This position is funded through the Government of Canada, Canada Summer Jobs program. The funder requires that the successful candidate meets the following criteria:
- aged between 15 and 30 years of age (inclusive) at the start of employment; and
- be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and
- have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial legislation and regulations.
- International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.
We regret that no phone calls can be taken with respect to this position and only those offered an interview will be contacted.
The SPCO is an equal opportunity employer.