Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Faculté des sciences sociales / Faculty of Social Sciences

Unit:

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs_Nicholas Rivers_JM

Job Classification:

Research Assistant (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Recherche / Research

Course Title:

N/A

Course Code:

N/A

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/08/25

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/09/09

Description of tasks (hours):

Unless specified below, specific allocation of hours to various tasks should be articulated in a description of work negotiated and signed by you and the supervising professor prior to the commencement of work.

Recherche / Research:0Préparation / Preparation:0Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:0Correction - Notation / Grading:0Surveillance / Proctoring:0Formation / Training:0Autre / Other:0

Number of positions:

1

Expected Enrolment:

N/A

Work Start Date:

September 10, 2025

Work End Date:

December 31, 2025

Total Work Hours:

120

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Graduate Hourly Rate:

50.25

Undergraduate Hourly Rate:

31.89

Requirements and Nature of Work:

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be engaged to help evaluate the City of Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program.

The candidate must be familiar with Property Assisted Clean Energy (PACE) energy efficiency programs.

The candidate must be familiar with the EnerGuide Home energy rating system used to assign energy ratings to homes in Canada.

The candidate must be comfortable with data analysis, including causal inference and machine learning techniques, and be able to implement these techniques using R or Python.

The candidate must have good written English and be comfortable interacting with others in a professional context.

Qualifications:

Should be a PhD student focused on environment, economics, statistics.

Should be comfortable working in R or Python.

Should be comfortable with the analysis of large longitudinal data sets.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

All University of Ottawa employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training offered by the University. The list of training requirements may be modified by provincial law. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any particular adaptive measures you might require. We may consult with the Health and Wellness sector of Human Resources, if needed. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

The hiring process will be governed by the current CUPE 2626 collective agreement; you can click here to find out more.

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