Research Associate - Annapolis Valley Campus
Research Associate - Annapolis Valley Campus
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Job Description
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The Opportunity
Operational Support
Research Associate (CS7)
Education
Annapolis Campus
Middleton Nova Scotia
Department of Applied Research
2 Term Full-time Positions: Commencing approximately June 23 2024 and ending approximately November 30 2025
Application deadline is 11:59PM June 10 2025
Competition No. 2526-098
Salary range: $50214.43 to $61567.17 annually
What youll do
Responsibilities
What youll be doing:
- You will provide technical assistance for projects led by the Research Scientist at the Applied Geomatics Research Group. This involves assisting with day-to-day operations of a project to meet the research objectives and commitments with collaborating partners and funding agencies.
- On a daily basis you may be working on one or more research projects. This position may conduct fieldwork in support of data acquisition missions which may require both indoor and outside working environments.
- Innovative and committed to life-long learning the Research Associate is a creative self-starter with a commitment to research excellence.
What youll need
Qualifications
Qualifications and Occupational Experience:
- A diploma advanced diploma or degree in a related field or discipline specific to the nature of the research.
- You have a minimum of two years (full time equivalent) of recent and related occupational experience in a research environment.
- Occupational experience that includes student project and other research employment would be considered an asset.
- You are familiar with and comfortable using computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite E-mail GIS software including ArcPro and QGIS VSCode CloudCompare. You are comfortable working in both a Windows and Linux environment.
- You have experience with scripting software and web development including programming in python (conda numpy scikit-learn) C/C (GDAL PDAL) java javascript/typescript (OpenLayers WebGL npm potree vite).
- You are familiar with geographic data and meta data standards such as LAS TIFF GeoJSON SQLite (GeoPackage). Experience with PostgreSQL would be considered an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in various aspects of full-stack development including server deployment codebase development maintaining custom packages distributing code/compiled software internally and web application deployment and maintenance for external clients.
- You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology in advancing your work You have experience developing geographic web map applications using technology such as Leaflet.
- Experience supporting/providing service to students and prospective students would be considered an asset
Relevant Skills and Knowledge
- You demonstrate a commitment to equity diversity inclusion accessibility and anti-racism.
- You possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and are able to interact effectively with a diversity of people.
- You are known for your superior customer service skills and can create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction
- Your superb team working skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment
- Aptitude for applying technical programming knowledge to solve complex problems and a proactive approach to learning new technologies.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) with an ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills with demonstrated ability to manage programming tasks effectively through the development lifecycle (e.g. requirements gathering prototyping scope definition development testing deployment and maintenance) for both internal and external users.
- Demonstrated initiative and a commitment to achieving high-quality outcomes and project objectives.
A little bit about us
Nova Scotia Community College
We value Diversity and Inclusion
The College values diversity and inclusion and is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including Aboriginal/Indigenous Persons Black/African Nova Scotians members of racially visible communities persons with disabilities persons of a minority sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression and women. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing the online questionnaire within the application.
All NSCC positions are advertised every Tuesday and Thursday. To learn more about us and our hiring process please follow this link.
Are you interested
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Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.
NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact David Meister HR Generalist at emailprotected. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be foundhere.
Unfortunately we can not accept late or paper applications.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
