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Senior Research Fellow, Implementation and Translation

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Salary
$135,032 – $155,698 p.a. plus 17% super
Closing date
12 Feb 2023

Job Details

Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time or Part-time (0.8 - 1.0 FTE Negotiable); Fixed-term for 3 years
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School
Salary: Level C – $135,032 – $155,698 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

About The Department of General Practice 

The Department focuses on several cross-cutting research themes including clinical biostatistics, implementation science, clinical informatics, co-design, and health services research. Using clinical data analytics, we explore patient pathways and describe the epidemiology of health and disease in primary care. With a focus on primary care innovation, we develop, test and implement simple and complex interventions including digital technologies, such as a range of risk stratification and point-of-care decision making tools.

About the Role

This position is a rare opportunity for an early or mid-career researcher with experience in implementation science or knowledge translation activities to grow their leadership skills in research implementation and translation, and the evaluation of outcomes, in primary care and community settings. 

This position is located within the Translation of Research Outcomes into Primary Health Initiative (TROPHI) Program at the Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, and within the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation and its Implementation and Translation Network.  

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead research independently and as a member of a research team
  • Lead production independently of quality conference and seminar papers and publications
  • Supervise TROPHI primary care and postgraduate research projects and others related to the ALIVE National Centre
  • Actively participate in the academic life of the Department and contribute to administration and teaching activities associated with research in TROPHI and the ITN of the ALIVE National Centre

About You

You will have excellent time management skills including effective workload management with the ability to work independently with broad direction and to exercise initiative. You will bring your outstanding communication skills, both oral and written and your ability to prepare community updates on local project activities. 

You will also have:

  • PhD in a social science, implementation science, knowledge translation or integrated knowledge translation or health-related discipline (eg, medical, psychology, nursing, science) or with demonstrated research experience in a relevant field.
  • A track record of contributions to, and leading of, grant applications, publications and conference presentations with application to implementation and translation research activities.
  • Demonstrated research project management skills and ability to prepare project reports, provide updates at National Centre Network meetings and incorporate feedback from key stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of qualitative research design, implementation science theories and frameworks, and experience applying analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated experience in co-design and participatory methods of community engagement and knowledge transfer.

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.

About the University

The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

  • Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
  • Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
  • Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
  • Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
  • Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits.

Be Yourself

We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria^ (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact  us at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au

Applications close: 12 Feb 2023 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Position description: 0057850_Senior Research Fellow ITN_PD

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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