Senior GIS Technical/Research Officer
Campus Location: Melbourne, Australia
Job No: APTAV103142#002
- Provide specialist research, project and operational advice and support to research projects
- Collaborate with world class public health researchers
- 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
- Full time, fixed term role (to 31 December 2024) based in Melbourne
About ACU:
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.
As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's
mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.
About The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research:
The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (MMIHR) is focused on finding and advocating for effective strategies to create healthier societies. Our research aims to address critical public health issues by identifying and responding with innovative programs that deliver better health outcomes and transform lives. ACU provides MMIHR with world-class research infrastructure that facilitates large-scale research studies. The research environment is outstanding in terms of resources (world-class research facilities, infrastructure support, research support staff with experience in collecting data for large-scale projects, and secondary databases), intellectual capital (critical mass of world-class researchers, postdoctoral researchers, international visiting scholars and collaborators and external linkages) and research mentoring and PhD supervision. For more information visit: www.mmihr.acu.edu.au.
About the role:
As the Senior GIS Technical/Research Officer, you will provide specialist research, project and operational support to progress key activities and outcomes relating to the Environment and Pollution On Cognitive Health (EPOCH): Building the knowledge base through international collaboration research project. You will source, clean, code, harmonise and process GIS data related to aspects of the built environment for all Australian cohorts and liaise with the UK counterparts regarding the development of protocols for all environmental data that will aim to enhance cross-country comparability. You will also contribute to the production of methodological papers, manuals and online resources pertaining to GIS and inter-disciplinary capacity building.
For full position details, refer to the position description.
Contact:
General enquiries can be sent to Kai Chan, Senior Research Analyst, The Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, at: yihkai.chan@acu.edu.au
What we offer:
- The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
- Total remuneration valued to $117,590 - $127,214 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $99,365 - $107,498 (pro rata) pa (HEW 7), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
- Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
- As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.
How to Apply:
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- resume (maximum 5 pages).
- responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
- brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.
Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.
Applications close: 16-JUN-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time
