Drs. Hali Kil and Joanna Peplak in the Department of Psychology are seeking a graduate (preferred) or senior undergraduate student to fill the position of Project Manager on a new project on resilience and well-being among climate-displaced youth. This position is a 12-month contract role starting July 22, 2024 (with possibility of extension). Workload may vary between 5 to 10 hours per week, and in-person work or meetings on the Burnaby campus may be required during regular business hours.

Responsibilities include: drafting study procedural documentation; supporting with ethics protocol development; recruiting, training, and managing the research team; participant recruitment; data management; creating and distributing participant facing documents; communicating with community partners; and other tasks as needed. Opportunities to co-author publications may arise for qualified candidates with relevant prior experience.

Graduate students who have prior experience with youth-engaged research or qualitative thematic analyses and/or have lived experience of climate-related displacement are especially encouraged to apply.

Rate of pay: $28 to $30/hour for a graduate student or $24 to $26/hour for a senior undergraduate student, contingent on prior experience and inclusive of benefits. 

Apply now: If you are interested, please email your CV, including contact information (phone number and email address) for 1 to 2 faculty member references, to hali_kil@sfu.ca and jpeplak@sfu.ca by June 28, 2024. Select candidates will be invited to interview in-person at the Burnaby campus during the week of July 15.