At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team redesigning digital justice systems for online hearings.
- Company: Monash University, a world top 50 university with a commitment to access to justice.
- Benefits: Flexible working arrangements, access to premium facilities, and a supportive workplace culture.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive environment encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on civil justice while collaborating with leading researchers.
- Qualifications: Degree in law and a doctoral qualification or equivalent research experience.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
Location: Clayton campus and Monash University Law Chambers
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 12 Month fixed-term appointment
An exciting opportunity exists for an outstanding early career scholar to join the Faculty of Law. The Monash Law Faculty was established over 60 years ago to be a different kind of law school, with a pioneering spirit, an enterprising and inclusive approach, and a deep commitment to access to justice in all of its forms. We aim to produce talented legal thinkers who have strong ethical, forensic and practical legal skills that can be applied to creatively solve real-world problems.
The Research Fellow will be based in the Warren Centre for Civil Justice. As the successful candidate you will work with a team on Redesigning Digital Justice, an ARC Discovery Project on improving the design methods and technologies used in online hearings. The project aims to bring advances in human-computer interaction to the forefront of online justice systems. We will centre the needs and experiences of litigants in designing effective systems and processes and developing a set of design principles, methods, and technologies for online hearings. This work tackles the challenge of creating systems consistent with legal standards acceptable to justice institutions and actors and inclusive of stakeholders, particularly people with disabilities.
To be appointable into this role you must hold a degree in law and a doctoral qualification in the relevant discipline area (e.g. law, social science, sociology) or equivalent qualifications or research experience and demonstrated expertise in civil justice research, particularly in relation to such topics as self-represented litigants and/or technology in courts and tribunals. There is flexibility in the program to accommodate a range of different skills and experiences the Research Fellow might bring, including but not limited to qualitative research experience; experience in co-production, co-design, human-centred design or participatory research methods; and legal practising experience relevant to civil justice, particularly in connection with court and/or tribunal hearings.
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
Monash University recognises that its Australian campuses are located on the unceded lands of the people of the Kulin nations, and pays its respects to their elders, past and present. Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
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