HELP is an interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff and affiliates dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and promoting equity from the start. Having established itself as a well-respected and internationally renowned research centre for over 20 years, HELP maintains strong relationships with school districts and other key partners (health, municipal, community). These relationships have allowed the centre to make an impact at multiple levels, ranging from government policy and investment, to regional and community development and service planning, to local school district programs and initiatives. 

Working at HELP is an opportunity to be involved in data collection and research, as well as community partnerships and engagement. HELP also offers hybrid working arrangements, a beautiful campus environment at UBC, not to mention a friendly and collegial atmosphere with opportunities to work collaboratively with a number of teams on many cross-functional projects. 

We hope you will consider joining us!

Current Opportunities

Sunny Hill BC Leadership Chair in Child Development
The BC Leadership Chair in Child Development will support the evolution of Sunny Hill, BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre as international leaders in the field of child development. Their work will examine the ways in which systematic differences in childhood environments varying by neighborhood, community, or socioeconomic context affect development, to advance our understanding of the factors that foster healthy child outcomes. The research program will address issues both of typical and atypical development. The Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC), Sunny Hill Health Centre, and the Centre for Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) invite applications for a successful candidate eligible to be nominated for the approved Sunny Hill BC Leadership Chair in Child Development in the Department of Pediatrics, and appointed a faculty position at the rank of Professor with tenure.

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Research Associate, Actualizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles
HELP is recruiting a Research Associate – Actualizing Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles who will lead the strategic development, direction and implementation of a data platform and data access framework to support Indigenous data sovereignty. This will bring equity to HELP’s data and knowledge sharing processes and support research and evidence-based decision making to improve the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children. The Research Associate will work in consultation with statisticians on data analyses, using population level data such as the EDI (Early Development Instrument) and the MDI (Middle Development Instrument). They will continue to explore the application of data sovereignty principles to research and data sharing at HELP and will focus on data coding and analyses and have access to unique data sources working within an interdisciplinary research environment.

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Indigenous Community Engagement Coordinator
HELP is seeking an Indigenous Community Engagement Coordinator who will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategic approach to building and maintaining relationships with Indigenous communities and organizations on behalf of HELP. A broad range of child development research and reporting is conducted at HELP under the guidance of a community-based Aboriginal Steering Committee and in collaboration with Indigenous communities and partner organizations across the province. This position will facilitate the use of research in Indigenous children’s development and support understanding the relevance of this research in a community-based context. This role includes community engagement to increase the uptake of HELP’s research and reports, and operational support to the Aboriginal Steering Committee.

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Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator is responsible for key project deliverables of the Human Development Program of Research in specific relation to the Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (CHEQ), Early Development Instrument (EDI), and Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) research projects, and future research projects. The purpose of the CHEQ, EDI and MDI research projects is to facilitate greater understanding of the experiences, developmental health, well-being, and assets of children through population-based data collection and community mapping. The incumbent provides coordination and support for tasks related to implementation of the CHEQ, EDI, and MDI which are standardized child development research tools, and future related research projects.

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Reporting and Communications Assistant (Summer Work Learn Program)
HELP is hiring a Reporting and Communications Assistant. This position is open to students enrolled in the summer Work Learn Program. The Reporting and Communications Assistant will support the e-System & Reporting and Knowledge-to-Action teams with the production and quality assurance of population health reports and dashboards, and the maintenance of HELP’s websites. This is a great opportunity for an undergraduate student who is keen and motivated to contribute to various aspects of communications, report production, and web development.

Student Applications via CareersOnline