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Description
Do you have training in the field of behavioural science and experience designing and conducting research projects? Are you interested in engaging in strategic initiatives to build capacity and support the use of the behavioural sciences across the Ontario Public Service (OPS)? If so, then consider this unique and exciting Co-op Student opportunity with the Behavioural Insights Unit (BIU) at Cabinet Office!
This is a 4 month co-op placement with Ontario’s Behavioural Insights Unit. This placement is intended to provide a graduate student with the opportunity to learn from and contribute to the work of an applied behavioural science team. This opportunity is open to Masters and PhD level students in a behavioural science or related discipline.
The BIU is a team of behavioural scientists and policy professionals who partner with ministries and the broader public sector to design and test cost-effective program solutions using behavioural science insights and methodologies. By testing what works and, just as importantly, what does not, through pilot projects, the BIU is helping to build policies and programs that are made to work for Ontarians.
Established in 2015, Ontario’s BIU was the first government unit dedicated to the practice of behavioural insights in Canada. Today, the BIU is part of the Strategy and Innovation Branch within Cabinet Office.
Apply By: August 15th, 2024
Organization: Cabinet Office, Ontario Public Service
Division: Lean, Strategy and Innovation Division
City: Toronto
Address: 438 University Avenue
Language of Position(s): English
Job Term: 4 months
Job Code: 3A007 CO-OP – Policy03 – Co-op
Responsibilities
- Work in a collaborative team of behavioural scientists and senior policy advisors to support ministries to target, explore, and test various behaviourally-informed policy and program solutions
- Undertake intensive and complex data analysis and interpretation
- Support the design and analysis of behavioural field trials using randomized control trials and other experimental methodologies
- Develop tools and resources to ensure successful implementation and sustainment of the behavioural sciences framework across the OPS
- Provide scientific expertise, strategic advice and briefings to a wide range of clients, partners and stakeholders
- Monitor trends and developments related to the use of behavioural science in public policy, in order to inform policy and program development
- Participate in the planning, design and management of research studies
Requirements
We are interested in recruiting applicants from graduate programs in behavioural science or related fields (e.g., behavioural economics, organizational behaviour, psychology, etc.). Our focus is on recruiting applicants with knowledge and skills in:
- Behavioural science research and field experimentation
- Designing and implementing rigorous evaluation methodology, including randomized controlled trials, cluster randomized trials, stepped wedge trials, difference-in-difference analyses, regression discontinuity and propensity score matching
- Advanced statistical analysis and research
- Data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting
- Using applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, graphic design and databases to prepare documents, reports and presentations, and to support research and analysis
- Statistical competency in at least one programming language (e.g., R, Stata, Matlab, SAS, SPSS, etc.)
- Proficiency in other computer programming languages (e.g., HTML, Python, JavaScript) considered an asset
Additional Information
We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. If you require a disability-related accommodation, please reach out to cab.jobs@ontario.ca.
How to Apply
- Email your resume and cover letter to biu.cab@ontario.ca by August 15th, 2024 at 11:59PM EDT.
- For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please reach out to cab.jobs@ontario.ca to provide your contact information.
All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.
The Ontario Public Service is an inclusive employer.
Accommodation is available under the Ontario's Human Rights Code.