Abstract

The Research Assistant III position is an internship role. This is a senior role targeted at students with significant academic research and writing experience. The Research Assistant will complete an assigned project as part of a remote (virtual) team to produce a report and associated dataset for Soteria120. The Research Assistant is responsible for negotiating the scope and schedule of the project and then completing the project to the best of their abilities. The Research Assistant may work as part of a team of Research Assistants and be partnered with a Soteria120 team member who will provide general and project-specific direction, coaching, feedback, and supervision.

Project Focus

The research focus of this project is essential professional skills for the modern workplace. We have a list of skills developed from a meta-analysis of other skill taxonomies, now we need to help develop definitions and measurement criteria for these skills.

About Soteria120

Soteria120 was founded in January 2020 to deliver integrated risk management and education technology. We use mobile, adaptive microlearning to deliver knowledge and capability assessments that drive learning and performance content, influencing behaviours in the workplace.

Visit Soteria120.comfor more information.

Benefits of Working with us

- Opportunity to participate in an exciting project with the potential to elevate workforce capability and disrupt entire industries

- Opportunity to learn about challenges associated with starting a new business

- Opportunity to learn about emerging trends at the intersection of key industry sectors

General Duties

- Proactively engage with the Soteria120 team to validate your understanding of our aspirations and expectations

- Use digital communication technology (email, Zoom, etc.) to interact with the Soteria120 team

- Use the internet to collect information and use a cloud filing system (MS Office, OneDrive) to store and sort that information

Specific Project Duties

This project focusses on executing a literature review to validate and identify supporting source material characterizing the connection between specific workplace behaviours and maximizing both the individual’s and the organization’s satisfaction and eventual successful impact of the worker’s contribution

1. Conduct content research for Soteria120’s instructional programs. This will include:

a. Literature Review

b. Primary source identification, creating summaries, and evaluation of discrepancies

c. Secondary source analysis and comparison

d. Content collection, sorting, and formatting

Required Skills and Abilities

- Ability to quickly consume and summarize academic literature

- Self-starter (effective at self-directing activities rather than waiting for direction)

- Proactive communication abilities

- Intermediate MS Office 365 skills

- Intermediate data analysis

- Advanced written communication

- Intermediate digital communication skills and etiquette

- Intermediate qualitative and quantitative research

- Basic organization, project management, and teamwork abilities

- Completion of undergraduate degree

Beneficial Capabilities and Interests

- Assertiveness

- Interest in the Workplace Learning and Development industry

- Interest in Performance Management industry

- Interest in working with start-up businesses

- Graduate or Doctoral Candidate with experience in conducting literature reviews

- Completion of at least an Honors or Masters’ thesis is preferred.

You will receive direct mentoring and supervision from the Soteria120 team.

You will receive additional coaching and mentoring from our academic partners at the University of Calgary and our business partners at Columbia College Calgary.