CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION – Arts & Social Sciences
Research Analyst
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Company Name: Ministry of Work and Social Services, Security Strategies Unit
Contact: Amy Leek, Program Director
12443 Granville St, Vancouver, BC
Job Title: Research Analyst
Company Description:
The Ministry of Work and Social Services is a dynamic and unique workplace whose focus
includes easing and enhancing citizen access to government, through online and in person
services; providing innovative and efficient shared services for technology, facilities, accounting
and other central programs for government; and developing our workforce by providing
learning opportunities for existing staff and for students who would like to explore working for
government through Co−op placements.
Duties/Responsibilities:
 Define research items, develop questionnaires for surveys and design the research
process to be used
 Work with a commercial market survey service provider to conduct province−wide
surveys and deliver multi−faceted research analysis
 Defining and classifying the research items and developing questionnaires
 Interacting and coordinating with an external research firm specialized in
province−wide surveys
 Conducting statistical analysis of the survey results
Requirements/Qualifications:
 Statistical analysis
 Research/survey design
 Effective communication skills
 Knowledge of information security foundation Computer literacy- MS Word, MS
Publisher, Power Point, HTML
 Technical writing experience would be an asset but not required