Research Associate, Faculty of Social Work

**Description** The **Faculty of Social Work** is currently seeking a Full-time Regular **Research Associate**. This position is housed in the Faculty of Social Work and is in partnership with the Centre for Transformation for Family Justice (the Centre). This position works closely with the Research Chair in Family Justice (approximately 2 days per week) and the Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships (approximately 3 days per week) in the Faculty of Social Work. The Research Associate will support the Faculty and the Chair to explore opportunities for long-term sustainable cross-sectoral research collaborations with key players in the social and family justice systems, post-secondary institutions, governments, foundations, community organizations, and collective impact initiatives. Interdisciplinary research will be engaged in as part of this role and reflects the complexity of the partnerships and stakeholders representing the Faculty of Social Work and the Centre. Research is driven by our commitment to the most effective prevention and intervention models in family well-being, to delivering the most effective programs and having the best outcomes for children and families through the research conducted, and to using research data to create effective prevention and intervention in systems transformation for family wellness. The Research Associate will support engagement in relevant areas and with key projects that are central to this work. This position reports to the Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships of the Faculty of Social Work and will connect the Faculty of Social Work academic members and students who work in the areas related to the aims of the Centre for Transformation. The position will involve multiple pre- and post-award research support related tasks with internal and external stakeholders and will primarily focus on the Faculty of Social Work's support of the Centre aims, and liaise with the Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships, and the Faculty of Social Work's research facilitation team in both gaining information and contributing to Faculty research in various areas of family justice systems transformation. The Research Associate's role will be primarily to support projects as assigned by the Associate Dean, Research and Partnerships, and the Faculty of Social Work Research Chair, including but not limited to navigating and developing funding applications led by Faculty of Social Work's researchers in the area of family justice, supporting trainee capacity building relative to a spectrum of project management tasks, such as ethics applications, literature reviews, recruitment and knowledge engagement, as well as other tasks related to grant access and post-award support to build out the Faculty of Social Work's family-justice research network in collaboration with the Faculty of Social Work's research facilitation team. There may be busier periods throughout the year, particularly around the time of major g