At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team to research and improve Australia's work disability support systems.
- Company: Prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship program.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities to supervise PhD students.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in workplace health and policy reform.
- Qualifications: Motivated individuals with research skills and a passion for public health.
The predicted salary is between 106789 - 141283 $ per year.
We are seeking highly motivated and skilled research and professional staff to join a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship program led by Professor Alex Collie in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. This program focuses on modernising Australia’s work disability support systems by developing evidence-based tools and policy models that assess system effectiveness, understand long-term work absences, and reflect community preferences.
The Opportunities
- Research Fellow - Workplace Sickness Absence (686418) – Level B $118,974 – $141,283 pa (plus 17% super)
- Research Fellow - Participant Experience Measures (687461) – Level B $118,974 – $141,283 pa (plus 17% super)
- Research Fellow - Social Policy Reform (686419) – Level B $118,974 – $141,283 pa (plus 17% super)
- Senior Program Coordinator (686421) – HEW Level 07 $106,789 – $117,128 pa (plus 17% super)
Key Responsibilities
- Design and conduct large-scale national prospective cohort studies on worker sickness absence, including recruitment, data linkage and longitudinal follow-up.
- Develop and validate participant-reported experience measures for workers’ compensation and social security systems through survey development, cohort recruitment, data analysis and dissemination.
- Establish community preferences for policy settings via discrete choice experiments, participant recruitment, data analysis and communication of findings.
- Lead project management, publication, project reporting, and supervise PhD students across the ARC Laureate fellowship projects.
Application Deadline
Applications close Sunday 1 February 2026 at 11:55pm AEDT.
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Enquiries: Professor Alex Collie, Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Alex.Collie@monash.edu
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments, including supporting parents.
Healthy Working Lives Research Group - Academic and Professional Opportunities employer: Monash University
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