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Research Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Closing date
31 Jan 2021

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Academic Discipline
Education, Social Sciences, Sociology
Job Type
Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Work type: Fixed Term until 31 December 2025
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Salary: $105,232 - $124,958 (Level B)
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super

About the Melbourne Graduate School of Education

The Melbourne Graduate School of Education is a global leader in teaching and education research, offering challenging courses, world-changing research and contemporary learning spaces.

About the role

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow (Project Manager) to assist in the delivery of the ARC-funded Life Patterns research program.  The Research Fellow will be responsible for managing the long-term planning and scheduling of research activities; documenting project activity; providing oversight of the data management plan, budgets and communications with the university’s finance and research personnel; communicating with the investigator team and stakeholders; and developing communication and publication plans. The Research Fellow will play a key role in managing the recruitment of a new cohort of research participants to be drawn from 58 schools in Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and the ACT, as well as the retention of participants from the two existing cohorts in the study, as well as contributing to collection and analysis of data, and associated publications.

About you

As the successful candidate for the Research Fellow position, you will hold a PhD in Sociology or Education and be able to demonstrate:

  • Experience in managing large, complex research projects including the supervision of staff;
  • Experience managing qualitative and quantitative research projects, including project administration, data management, budgeting and tracking project progress;
  • Capacity to publish in peer reviewed journals with multiple authors from shared research endeavours;
  • Excellent report writing skills and interpersonal and written communication skills; and the
  • Capacity to travel locally and interstate for purposes of recruitment and data collection.

Benefits

  • Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme;
  • Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions;
  • Working for one of Australia's top Universities;
  • Growing your expertise and innovative thinking in an environment that leaves an impact; and
  • The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment.

To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/working/benefits 

Culture

The University is a vibrant campus. We have well established clubs and networks giving the opportunity to engage and collaborate with other staff around the University. We strive to create an environment where staff and students promote culturally inclusive behaviour and activities, ensure cultural differences are heard and explored, and actively seek to learn from other cultures.

How to apply

Your complete application will include your Cover Letter (which includes your address of the selection criteria) and your CV.

For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

To ensure the University provides a safe environment for children, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check.

Position Description

Download File 0051695.pdf

Applications close: 31 Jan 2021 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Company

The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.

Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.

Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.

Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.

The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.

In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.

More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.

For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au

*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015

Company info
Telephone
+61 (3) 8344 4000
Location

Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia

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