Student Job Posting for Podcasting Research Assistant!
The following is a job posting for a research assistant from Dr. Manu Sharma, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Please apply to Dr. Sharma directly using the information at the bottom of the post.
Job Posting for 1 Research Assistant (RA): Podcasting!
This position is for 80 hours (Jan. 2024-March 2024)
Wage: $19/hr +14% benefits= ($19 +2.66) x80= 21.66×80= $1732.8
You would be expected to work an average of 10 hours a week from (holidays would be off and any observed holidays by TRU).
10 hours per week for each episode x 8
TOTAL: 80 hours
Start Date: Jan. 1, 2024
End Date: March 15, 2024
A bit about the research project:
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
The research question I would like to investigate in this new unfunded research project is: (1) How do racialized/marginalized postsecondary scholars in different faculties across Canada understand social justice education in their respective discipline? The sub-research questions are: (1a) What are social justice education initiatives that the participant is aware of in their disciplinary context? (1b) What are the challenges/successes/possibilities that can be acknowledged with respect to social justice education?
Required Qualifications: Full time student at TRU
Required Experience:
- Experience with podcasting recording, revising, and adding music to it in the STEMakerspace at TRU
- Experience with uploading and linking the episodes (8 most likely each 45 min) onto a website platform
- Experience with adding visuals, descriptions, notes to episode
- Experience with saving podcast recording in a repository and adding a closed caption to it
- Experience working under time pressure
- Being professional, reliable, organized, and meticulous
- Willing to teach/mentor research team on basics of podcasting
Preferred Skills:
- Creativity
- Organized
- Meticulous
- Initiative-taker
To apply please submit and send in the following to Dr. Manu Sharma (masharma@tru.ca)
via email by Dec. 14, 2023:
- cover letter detailing how meet the job duties, qualifications
- resume including two professional references and two academic references
Interviews will be offered to selected candidates only. Thank you for your interest in advance and taking the time to apply to this posting.
I am strongly committed to equity and diversity within my work and thus, I especially welcome applications from women, racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
