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Research Fellow Labour Migration

Job Description

Department: CERC in Migration and Integration

Contract length: 2 years

Hours of work per week: 36.25 hours/week, in person

Rate of pay: 60-67,000$/year + Benefits

Starting date: May 1, 2024 or as soon as possible after that

About Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

At the intersection of mind and action, Toronto Metropolitan University is on a transformative path to become Canada’s leading comprehensive innovation university. Integral to this path is the placement of equity, diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our institutional culture. Our current academic plan outlines each as core values and we work to embed them in all that we do. Toronto Metropolitan University welcomes those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. As an employer, we are working towards a people first culture and are proud to have been selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and a Greater Toronto’s Top Employer for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. To learn more about our work environment, colleagues, leaders, students and innovative educational environment, visit www.torontomu.ca, check out @TorontoMet, external link (external link) , @TorontoMetHR, external link (external link)  and @ECItorontomet, external link (external link)  on Twitter, and visit our LinkedIn company page, external link (external link) .

About the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration program

The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration (CERC Migration) program is led by Professor Anna Triandafyllidou. The program is producing innovative and usable knowledge on the links between migration and post-migration processes, forced and voluntary mobility, internal and international migration, and the role of countries of origin and transit. CERC Migration pays special attention to Canadian realities while also engaging in comparative research with and among other countries in various global regions. The CERC Migration program at TMU is home to a team of 25 full-time researchers ranging at post-doctoral and senior level positions, over 20 graduate student scholarship holders, as well as part-time research assistants that support the program’s various projects.

The program also hosts internationally recognized researchers, civil society fellows, and early career researchers for research stays throughout the year through its Scholar of Excellence, Global Exchange Fellow, and Civil Society Fellow streams. CERC Migration engages with academic, practitioner, and public audiences through knowledge exchange of webinars, creative storytelling projects, a Policy Brief Series, Working Paper Series, conferences, and training workshops, reaching more than 8,000 scholars, students, policy-makers and representatives of civil society in Canada and globally. The CERC Migration program is an initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and is administered by the Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat (TIPS).

The opportunity

The CERC Migration is looking for a Research Fellow in the broader area of Labour Migration to work on independent and externally-funded research projects under the supervision of Professor Anna Triandafyllidou. The position is based at Toronto Metropolitan University, in Toronto and requires regular in-person presence for several days in the week.

The successful Fellow will already hold a PhD and several years of research experience (which may include also research experience prior to their defending their PhD dissertation).

The position entails leading the CERC Migration research within the context of the Horizon Europe Link4Skills research project. The Fellow will produce research on migration skill corridors and skill migration partnerships in Canada. Such research will investigate what skills are brought to Canada and how those skills are being utilized in the Canadian labour market across selected migration corridors and selected sectors. The work involves gathering, combining, and analysing migration and mobility data from administrative data sources, surveys, censuses, and international migration statistics. Other tasks include drafting project reports and publications, contributing to and organising research workshops and project meetings, liaising with the project scientific coordinator and other scientific and civil society partners as required. The work that will pertain to this project should occupy approximately 70% of the Fellow’s time.

The remaining 30% would involve leading additional research work in the broader field of labour migration with an emphasis on quantitative and mixed methods approaches as well as mentoring graduate students and collaborating with peers, and taking a role in other CERC Migration program activities as required by Professor Triandafyllidou.

In delivering the above work the Fellow will be supported through a broad range of opportunities for research training, financial support for conference and fieldwork travel, mentoring in research project writing and other forms of professional development (e.g. policy brief writing, blog writing, media training). The CERC Migration program offers a highly supportive peer to peer in-person working environment as well as significant operations and communications supports through dedicated operations and communications managers.

Qualifications

  • Minimum completed PhD in Geography, Economics, Sociology, or a related discipline.
  • Expertise in quantitative data analysis, panel data regression methods, and/or other computational social science methods.
  • At least 2 years of academic or relevant professional experience in working with cross-sectional survey data and longitudinal administrative datasets, such as the Longitudinal Immigration Database - IMDB, the Canadian Census of Population, Labour Force Surveys, the OECD and World Bank Statistics and Microdata.
  • Experience with designing online and in-person surveys.
  • Knowledge of statistical programming using software (such as: R, Python and/or Stata).
  • Previous work experience in collaborative projects or teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to write research papers for publication in academic journals.
  • Fluent in oral and written English, other languages an asset.
  • International experience also an asset.

How to apply

Candidates are invited to submit a complete application by May 1, 2024 to cerc.migration@torontomu.ca, with the following documents combined in one file clearly named with the candidate’s last name and first name:

  1. A brief CV (2-4 pages), and a motivation letter (up to 2 pages) explaining what skills you bring to the position and why we should hire you.
  2. A writing sample (a single paper or other short publication).
  3. A list of 2 potential referees, which may include current or past employers or academic supervisors.

Please use the subject heading line: Postdoctoral Fellow – Labour Migration – “your name”.

Toronto Metropolitan University’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We encourage all First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples or Indigenous peoples of North America, to self-identify in their applications and also reach out to Tracey King, Indigenous Human Resources Lead for support during the selection process.