Job Posting - Research Analyst
Employment Type: Full-Time, Contract
Duration: June 8, 2026 - March 31, 2027
Compensation: $30 - $35 per hour, with Dental and Health Benefits
Hours: 35 hours/week, including evenings and occasional weekends
Work Location: Hybrid; within the Greater Toronto Area
Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 11:59 PM EST
To apply, please copy and paste the following link into your browser:
https://forms.gle/HTFLiiXxmJqVLcoA6
For questions or accessibility accommodations during the application process, please email us at [email protected]
ABOUT US
The Ase Community Foundation for Black Canadians with Disabilities is Canada’s only national, Black- and disabled-led organization, specifically focused on advancing economic justice and social inclusion at the intersection of Blackness, disability, and gender.
Our work centres lived experience, amplifies community voice, and supports self-determination. Through this approach, we inform national research, programs, and services. We envision a future with Black disabled people thriving on the path they design.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Research Analyst supports and conducts community-based research and evaluations focused on systemic barriers experienced by Black Canadians with disabilities. Working under the direction of the Research Lead, the role contributes to all stages of the research process, including planning, ethics, data collection, analysis, reporting, and knowledge sharing.
This position is responsible for conducting literature reviews, policy and environmental scans, interviews, focus groups, surveys, evaluations, and mixed-methods data analysis. The Research Analyst works closely with community members, advisory groups, funders, and stakeholders to ensure research is accessible, trauma-informed, culturally affirming, community-centred, and grounded in disability justice principles.
The role also involves translating research findings into reports, briefing notes, policy insights, presentations, evaluation summaries, and knowledge-sharing materials that support advocacy, systems change, program improvement, and social inclusion.
The ideal candidate will have a graduate-level education, strong analytical and writing skills, and experience in qualitative and mixed-methods research, particularly within Black communities and with vulnerable populations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Research Coordination & Project Execution
● Conduct research and evaluation activities across all phases of the project, including planning, implementation, data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
● Develop and maintain research workplans, timelines, tracking tools, and documentation to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within scope.
● Analyze project progress, identify risks or challenges, and recommend solutions to strengthen research quality and implementation.
● Ensure research activities align with ASE’s mission, values, strategic priorities, funder requirements, and community accountability commitments.
Research Design, Ethics & Quality Assurance
● Develop research questions, study designs, data collection tools, consent forms, interview guides, surveys, focus group protocols, and research materials in collaboration with the Research Lead.
● Apply ethical, accessible, trauma-informed, culturally affirming, and community-centred research practices.
● Review research methods, tools, and protocols to ensure they are rigorous, accessible, and aligned with Black Disability Justice and participant-centred approaches.
● Conduct quality assurance across data collection, coding, analysis, interpretation, and reporting to ensure findings are accurate, credible, and grounded in participant experiences.
Data Collection, Analysis & Research Insights
● Conduct literature reviews, environmental scans, jurisdictional reviews, policy scans, and background research.
● Collect, clean, organize, code, analyze, and interpret qualitative and mixed-methods data.
● Critically analyze participant feedback, program data, interview and focus group findings, survey results, policy documents, and service delivery information.
● Identify patterns, themes, trends, gaps, risks, barriers, inequities, and opportunities across research findings.
● Develop research summaries, evidence tables, analytical notes, findings, and recommendations to inform policy, programs, advocacy, and systems-change work.
Community Research & Stakeholder Engagement
● Conduct interviews, focus groups, surveys, consultations, and document reviews with community members, partners, advisory groups, and stakeholders.
● Analyze community perspectives, lived experiences, and stakeholder input to ensure findings reflect the realities of Black Canadians with disabilities.
● Build and maintain respectful relationships with participants, community partners, advisory groups, funders, and stakeholders.
● Ensure community voices and lived experiences are meaningfully reflected in research analysis, reporting, and recommendations.
Reporting, Knowledge Translation & Impact
● Write and contribute to research reports, briefing notes, presentations, policy recommendations, evaluation summaries, and community-facing materials.
● Translate research findings into accessible, practical, and actionable insights.
● Present research findings, data summaries, policy analysis, and recommendations to internal teams, funders, partners, policymakers, service providers, and community audiences.
● Use research findings to inform advocacy, policy change, program improvement, funding opportunities, and broader systems change.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
● Completed Master’s degree minimum in Disability Studies, Equity Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Public Health, Public Policy, or a related field; An equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered.
● TCPS 2 (Tri-Council Policy Statement) certification in ethical conduct for research involving humans, with a demonstrated commitment to maintaining high ethical standards throughout the research lifecycle.
● Minimum 3–5 years of experience conducting community-based, applied, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research.
● Strong experience with interviews, focus groups, surveys, consultations, literature reviews, environmental scans, policy scans, and data analysis.
● Experience developing research questions, methodologies, data collection tools, consent materials, research protocols, coding frameworks, and analysis plans.
● Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis using tools such as Excel, SPSS, SAS, NVivo, Dedoose, R, or similar platforms.
● Strong understanding of data management, quality assurance, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent, and ethical research records.
● Experience preparing literature reviews, research reports, briefing notes, policy summaries, evaluation summaries, presentations, and knowledge translation materials.
● Strong analytical, organizational, and project coordination skills, including managing timelines, documentation, deliverables, funder requirements, and competing priorities.
● Experience working within Black disabled diaspora, and/or Black and disability communities, with a strong understanding of Black Disability Justice, Black feminist disability frameworks, intersectionality, anti-Black racism, ableism, and disability justice principles
● Proficiency in digital platforms for (e.g. Google Suite, MS365), evaluation (e.g. SurveyMonkey, CRM systems/Salesforce), and project management (e.g. Monday.com)
● Familiarity with using AI tools and emerging technologies in literature reviews, data organization, accessibility, and knowledge mobilization.
● A valid Vulnerable Sector Check is required/must be completed within the first month of starting the role.
ASSETS
● Lived and/or professional experience at the intersection of Blackness and disability
● PhD/PhD in progress is a strong asset.
● French language proficiency
The application form will remain open until the position is filled. Interviews will take place starting Monday, June 1, 2026, with an anticipated start date of June 8, 2026.
We are committed to a fully accommodated, seamless hiring process and to on-the-job support. Please let us know how we can support you throughout this process, including accommodations and other requests.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. For updates and future opportunities, we invite you to visit our website at asecommunityfoundation.com — where you can join our community and find us on social media.
Pay: $30.00-$35.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Greater Toronto Area, ON
