Research Asst / Tech 3

Overview

Staff - Non Union

Job Category Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant / Technician 3

Job Title Research Asst / Tech 3

Department Hunt Laboratory | Department of Physical Therapy | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range $4,567.04 - $5,385.67 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date February 10, 2026

Note : Applications will be accepted until 11 : 59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date March 31, 2027

This position is expected to be filled by promotion / reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Description Summary

To assist in conducting ongoing experiments, participant recruitment, study coordination, and overall organization for ongoing research studies. Position is a term position, subject to grand funding availability. The position will work directly with members of the research team, under the supervision of the Director of the research program, and as part of the team, under direction.

Organizational Status

Reports directly to the Program Director, Dr. Michael Hunt.

Work Performed

• Planning and performing experiments, utilizing complex procedures or techniques, troubleshooting problems, collecting, recording, analyzing, and interpreting experimental results.
• Providing training to undergraduate students, new and lower-level technicians, in the use of equipment, techniques, and procedures.
• Assisting senior-level staff with the design of experiments and / or development of new techniques for laboratories or facilities.
• Assisting with analysis and interpretation of experiment results or research data by performing tasks such as assembly, compilation, and summary of statistical and other data.
• Setting up, testing, operating, and maintaining common laboratory and other equipment.
• Recruiting study participants, liaising with research participants to develop relationships.
• Coordinating subject testing times, including clinical visits, training sessions, and laboratory mobility testing.
• Mailing, receiving, tracking questionnaires.
• Compiling and tracking agency contact information.
• Entering data from questionnaires using computer software; maintaining databases.
• Maintaining participant lists (creating folders and / or updating information on existing spreadsheets).
• Administering questionnaires from a script and recording responses.
• Assisting graduate students with coordination of experiments.
• Data quality assurance, data entry.
• Photocopying and preparing forms.

Consequence of Error / Judgement

Inappropriate judgment would compromise the quality of research studies and related data acquisition, and the reporting of research outcomes, affecting the credibility and reputations of the Principal Investigator(s), the Centres, the Department, and UBC.

Supervision

Note : Per instruction, Supervision Received — Works independently in consultation with the research team, under the direction of the Program Director, Dr. Michael Hunt. Supervision Given — May oversee and direct the work of one or two employees at lower classifications. The position is responsible for the accuracy, production, and control of the work unit.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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