Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 2

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

Wood Laboratory | BC Centre for Substance Use | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$4,597.80 - $5,469.59 CAD Monthly

CA$60,000.00–CA$75,000.00 yearly

Full-time

Job End Date

November 30, 2027

Posting End Date

November 29, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks

Organizational Status

The British Columbia CRISM Node is housed at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and is comprised of a network of research scientists, service providers, policy makers, community leaders, and people with lived experience of substance use disorder. The BCCSU is the provincial resource for evidence-based information and treatment guidance in the field of addiction and is affiliated with UBC and Providence Health Care. The BCCSU advances evidence-based policy for positive and public policy change, reducing stigma, and supporting patients and their families. The BCCSU is committed to conducting and translating leading-edge research into improved addiction care across British Columbia and beyond.

Work Performed

- Conducting and supporting literature searches to identify published research relevant to systematic review questions
- Screening titles and abstracts and reviewing full-text articles against established eligibility criteria
- Documenting inclusion and exclusion decisions and identifying studies requiring further discussion or adjudication
- Extracting data from published research studies using standardized extraction forms and protocols including study design, populations,



interventions or exposures, comparators, outcomes, results, study setting, funding sources, conflicts of interest, and other relevant study characteristics
- Supporting quality appraisal and risk-of-bias assessment using established methodological tools appropriate to the research question and study design
- Supporting the organization, management, and quality assurance of systematic review data including maintaining study screening records, data-extraction files, evidence tables, and other review documentation
- Identifying and documenting discrepancies or issues in published research that may affect interpretation of findings
- Supporting the assessment and documentation of potential spin or misleading reporting in published research, where relevant to the systematic review
- Supporting the development and refinement of systematic review protocols and related documentation
- Supporting registration of systematic review protocols on registries such as PROSPERO, where appropriate
- Supporting the synthesis and presentation of findings, including preparation of evidence tables and summaries of study characteristics and results
- Contributing to the preparation of manuscripts and other scholarly outputs arising from systematic review activities
- Summarizing relevant author conflict-of-interest disclosures, funding sources,



committee involvement, and other study or guideline characteristics where required by the review
- Participating in research team meetings and discussions related to systematic review methodology and findings
- Communicating progress, methodological questions, discrepancies, and challenges to the project lead
- Performing other systematic review and evidence-synthesis activities as required by the research program

Research Workplace

The successful candidate will work within an interdisciplinary research environment involving CRISM investigators and collaborators with expertise in substance use, clinical research, public health, epidemiology, health services research, evidence synthesis, guideline development, and knowledge translation.

The position provides an opportunity to contribute to research that moves from identifying and evaluating the available evidence to synthesizing findings that can inform clinical practice and health-system decision‑making.

Some systematic reviews will focus on evaluating clinical interventions, treatments, models of care, harm reduction approaches, or other interventions relevant to people who use substances. Other reviews may address questions related to prevalence, risk factors, health outcomes, implementation, service delivery, or policy.

The successful candidate may therefore contribute to projects using a range of research designs and methodologies, including randomized and non‑randomized intervention studies, observational studies, qualitative research, mixed‑methods research, and other forms of published evidence.

Where systematic reviews are undertake

📌 Research Assistant-1 (Vancouver)
🏢 The University of British Columbia
📍 Vancouver