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executive research assistant

  • CivicAtlas Corp

  • 50 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON

  • Posting Date: Dec 23, 2022

  • Expiry Date: Feb 26, 2023

  • Job ID: 27733

Expired FEATURED SPONSORED Full time Admin-Clerical

Job Description


CivicAtlas Corporation is undertaking a large-scale research program in conjunction with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science to advance its corporate agenda, under the management of Dr. Donald Cowan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of Waterloo and Executive Chair of CivicAtlas Corporation.

We are currently seeking to hire one executive research assistant.

Benefit: 2 weeks annual vacation

Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible

Location: 50 Westmount Rd N, Waterloo, ON N2L 6N9

Details of this position:

  • Permanent and Full-Time (40 hours/week)
  • Monday to Friday, with options for flexible hours including weekend, subject to accommodation
  • $32.54/hour
  • Benefits: Group medical Plan, options program based on performance  

Requirements of this position:

  • will work with Dr. Cowan and the members of the University of Waterloo research team to ensure that the research program meets the needs of CivicAtlas Corporation
  • Compile tables, charts, graphs and summarized statistics for integration in research reports from various parties;
  • Process data using the required computer programing software to conduct basic analysis in support of various research activities
  • Collect, consolidate, cross-tabulate and format data from various sources to prepare draft reports for review by Dr. Cowan;
  • Assist in collection and tracking of data from various researchers and sources and provide information to appropriate management and client groups
  • Prepare technical documents and monitoring reports on various researches for update & for progress
  • May require to communicate instructions for various researches upon request
  • May require to supervise research assistants from time to time

What will you need?

  • Must have at least Master’s degree in computer science, certified by World Education Services;
  • Preferred 7 years of experience in IT program/project management
  • Must have more than 5 years of experience in software quality assurance;
  • have in-depth working knowledge of many of the components of the program including machine learning (SciKit-Learn, Tensorfow), natural language processing (NLTK, spaCy, BERT), Graph data bases (Neo4j, ArangoDB, Cassandra), workflow (Camunda, Apache Airflow) and languages (Python, Java, R).
  • will work with Dr. Cowan and the members of the University of Waterloo research team to ensure that the research program meets the needs of CivicAtlas Corporation
  • Work under time-pressure; Handling multi-tasks, along with fast-speed communication network with team members;
  • Intellectual curiosity and high level of organization to keep track many details

We are excited to have you join our team!  Apply now to terry.popowich@civicatlas.com 



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