Research Assistant to Head of Department in Melbourne

Role type: Part-time/ Full Time; 0.5 - 1 FTE; Fixed-term for 5 months

Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Department/ School: Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School

Salary: Level A: $87,266 - $118,416 p.a. pro rata for part time plus 17% super

Work alongside a senior Head of Department / deepen qualitative and quantitative research expertise / contribute to medical education impact.

Apply your research skills in medical education and grow your academic profile in a supportive team.

Investing in you - 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

Your next career opportunity:

• You will work closely with the Head of Department on high-quality medical education research projects.
• You will strengthen your qualitative and quantitative analysis skills while contributing to publications, presentations and curriculum innovation.

What you will deliver:

• Provide research and administrative support to the Head of Department across multiple medical education projects.
• Conduct qualitative analyses and support quantitative analyses of administrative, longitudinal and linked assessment datasets.
• Manage, assemble and clean datasets, ensuring data quality for reporting, manuscripts and conference presentations.
• Coordinate ethics applications and processes, and maintain productive relationships with project partners and stakeholders.
• Conduct literature searches and systematic reviews, and contribute to written reports, papers and presentations.

You may be a great fit if you:

• Hold an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and an interest in medical education research.
• Use qualitative analysis software such as NVivo and manage survey data using platforms like Qualtrics.
• Demonstrate strong skills in literature review, synthesis of peer-reviewed and grey literature, and academic writing.
• Understand human research ethics principles and have experience preparing and managing ethics submissions.
• Bring excellent attention to detail, diligence and organisational skills to manage concurrent research tasks and deadlines.
• Value collaborative work in multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively with diverse colleagues and stakeholders.

What we offer you:

• Build future financial security with 17% superannuation.
• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being.
• Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning.
• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave, cultural leave, and menstruation and menopause leave.
• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program.

Your new team:

You will join the Department of Medical Education within the Melbourne Medical School at Parkville. The Department leads the Doctor of Medicine curriculum, postgraduate programmes and research that improves health professional education. Research spans work integrated learning, curriculum and assessment, healthcare communication and student engagement. You will collaborate with academics, clinicians and professional staff in a supportive, values-driven environment encouraging innovation.

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