Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: $91,913 - $99,495 (UOM 7)
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 9.5% super

About Melbourne Law School:

Melbourne Law School (MLS) is Australia's first all-graduate law faculty. Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law and awarded this country's first law degrees.

About the role:

The Senior Research Officer will be part of the Law School’s Research & Industry Portfolio and based in the Office for Research. This is a fast-paced environment with a high-performing team responsible for the planning, management and reporting of research, research funding and graduate research activities within Melbourne Law School.

Reporting to the Manager, Office for Research, the Senior Research Officer is responsible for leading the identification, targeted promotion and development and/or refinement of domestic and international research funding opportunities, increasing research activity and supporting research excellence.

The position is responsible for working with the Law School’s academic staff to support them in their efforts to fund research activity. This includes the coordination and provision of high-level support for academics to develop competitive funding applications to a diverse range of funding bodies, national and international, including HERDC income Categories 2-4, a systematic approach to opportunity and performance data and preparation of business plans, briefings and presentations.

The incumbent will be expected to develop a good understanding of the Law School’s Research Strategy and objectives in order to assist the Office for Research in achieving its goals and those of the Law School within the Research & Industry Portfolio.

The Senior Research Officer will work collaboratively with team members who coordinate University and Law School grant support to deliver effective, high-level service and continuous improvement in the portfolio.

About you:

• Completion of a postgraduate qualification or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive experience and expertise providing high-level research development support to academics and research stakeholders, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• The ability to draft, edit content, critically evaluate proposals and applications, provide constructive feedback and transform a concept into a full proposal or briefing.
• Demonstrated ability to work quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment, and to balance shifting and competing deadlines effectively.
• Excellent teamwork skills, with the ability to work in a collaborative and transparent way, with significant experience reporting on progress and performance.
• High-level problem solving and critical thinking skills, and a strategic approach.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion and to handle sensitive information appropriately and confidentially.
• Demonstrated experience developing effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, including senior management and external or industry partners.
• Proven ability to research, and to quickly interpret complex policies and procedures and provide high quality advice.
• Excellent written, interpersonal and oral communication skills as demonstrated through the delivery of proposals, presentations, and/or other complex documents.
• Excellent digital literacy, with advanced proficiency in the use of software packages including Outlook, Word, Excel and proficiency in using reporting dashboards, as well as a demonstrated ability to quickly pick up skills in new software.

Indigenous Australians seeking support to apply for a vacancy are encouraged to contact the University by emailing their contact details and position number to law-hr@unimelb.edu.au

Position Description

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Applications close: 02 Feb 2020 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time