Research Officer
Job no: 514974
Work type: Fixed term - Part-time
Campus: Adelaide
Categories: Technical, Laboratory and Research Support, HEO5
Salary: (HE05) $80,118 to $89,085 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.
Fixed term, part time (0.5FTE) position available for 12 months.
The Discipline of General Practice is looking for a motivated, experienced, relationship-focused administrator, ideally with administration experience in health, research or university sectors. This role includes meetings scheduling and minuting, project finance including paying research participants and stakeholders, assistance with grant and manuscript submissions, contributing to improving and maintaining our stakeholder engagement, and maintaining our online profile. The successful candidate will work independently and in a team across various research projects in primary healthcare, providing key administrative support to our research activities and stakeholder engagement.
The Discipline of General Practice supports teaching, research, clinical practice and engagement with consumers and carers in developing better prevention and public health policies. Our group has expanded its research activities in primary care and interactions with key stakeholders and research groups in Australia and internationally. The successful candidate will interact with a group of quantitative and qualitative researchers, clinical academics, GPs, academic registrars, postgraduate candidates and consumer representatives in the Discipline of General Practice.
Applicants with experience with internal University of Adelaide online systems and client databases are encouraged to apply.
To be successful you will need:
- Demonstrated experience working in an administrative and/or research support role.
- Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience communicating, both verbally and in writing, in a succinct, professional and responsive manner.
- Sound organisational skills, including the ability to coordinate multiple tasks with competing deadlines and solve problems effectively.
- Ability to work well both independently and as a member of a team.
Enjoy an outstanding career environment
The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.
It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.
Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.
We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.
In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.
Your faculty's broader role
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences contains one of Australia's largest concentrations of leading health researchers, teachers and clinical titleholders. It's comprised of eight schools and a number of specialist disciplines, institutes and centres, variously focused on world-class research, and training the next generation of: medical doctors; surgeons; dentists; nurses; psychiatrists; psychologists; and other health professionals.
If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.
Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.
Applications close 11:55pm, Monday 4th November 2024.
The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.
For further information
For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Dr Jessie Edwards
Researcher, Discipline of General Practice
P: +61 (8) 8313 0644
E: jessie.edwards@adelaide.edu.au
The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
Advertised: 14 Oct 2024 12:00 AM
Applications close: 04 Nov 2024 11:55 PM
