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• Employment Type: Full Time, 35 hours per week, Fixed Term 12-month contract
• Remuneration: Level 5 - starting at $85,717 plus 17% superannuation
• Location: Randwick, NSW

About UNSW

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.  We aspire to be Australia’s global university, improving and transforming lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.

Why your role matters

The Research Assistant provides technical and research assistance to the UNSW Child Neurology research team and will be responsible for designing and conducting research experiments, writing weekly/monthly report, attending the monthly meeting with the industry to report project progress. This position will be supporting research into Childhood Dementia Disorders and will require demonstrated experience in lab-based skills and research.

The role of Research Assistant reports to the Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and has no direct reports.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be required to undertake and have experience in the following areas of expertise:

• Attend research meetings and training sessions and take minutes.
• Respond to routine enquiries relating to research.
• Liaise with stakeholders in the preparation of ethics and grant applications, abstracts, annual and progress reports.
• Undertake unsupervised research support tasks consistent with established methodologies (includes laboratory experimentation).
• Perform data collection, entry (including building and maintenance of databases), and analysis.
• Conduct statistical data reporting.
• Collating and recording experimental data accurately, writing up experimental procedures and contributing to the interpretation of experimental results.
• Coordinate study participant visits, coordinating and facilitating patient recruitment and assist with biospecimen collection, processing, logging and storage.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct.
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.

About You

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Science, Health Science or related discipline with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated lab-based skills and experience, preferably within a Science or Medical discipline.
• Currently holds, or willing to gain, a Working With Children Check and undertake a Criminal Record Check.
• Ability and willingness to work across multiple parallel projects within the School.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills required for interpretation of results and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates strong commitment to quality and attention to detail.
• Advanced time management, organisational and problem-solving skills, including the ability to meet deadlines.
• Well-developed interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills with an ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality with an aptitude to show empathy towards patients and families.
• Demonstrated experience providing effective customer service and support to clients at all levels.
• Demonstrated computing skills including word processing (MS word, endnote), spreadsheets (MS Excel), and statistical analysis packages.
• Ability to make sound judgements and work both independently and as part of a team.

For further information on the role & responsibilities, please refer to the Position Description

How to Apply: Submit your CV & cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) before Tuesday 8 April by 11:55pm.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include: 

• Additional 3 days leave during December festive period.
• Career development opportunities 
• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses
• Flexible 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport)

Job queries contact: Tai James, Talent Acquisition Consultant

E: tai.james@unsw.edu.au  (applications to the address cannot be accepted, please apply online)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.