• Employment Type: Full Time
• Duration: Fixed Term until November 2025 
• Remuneration: From $88,290 to $117,718+ 17% superannuation + leave loading
• Location: Kensington UNSW Campus

A new exciting role is available as part of the Disability Matters project for someone who wants to make a difference to disabled people and to build their career in research. This role is open to people with disability only.

About the role

The Research Associate is a new role, sitting within the UNSW Disability Innovation Institute. The role is funded through the award of a major grant from the Wellcome Trust (UK) to Professor Jackie Leach Scully as part of an international project, Disability Matters.

The successful candidate will work with and report to Professor Jackie Leach Scully, Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW. Other partners in the project are located in the United Kingdom, Singapore, India and Canada. Disability Matters aims to challenge the ‘absent presence’ of disability in health and science research. At UNSW, the work will focus on appropriate research methodologies to represent people with disability and their health priorities. While the project is interdisciplinary and focuses on how science and health research disability, the approach taken is likely to be qualitative.

Find out more about Professor Scully and the Disability Matters project: YouTube video where Professor Scully discusses the project

The Research Associate will have no direct reports. The role is fixed Term until November 2025, with possibility of extension.

Main responsibilities of the role

• Work with project partners and team members to recruit participants, get informed consent, and manage data collection and storage
• Write and plan for ethical approval of all research work
• Organise and carry out Critical Interdisciplinary Literature Review of research methods for disability and health
• Create and run Online Methodology Workshops with disabled researchers to develop smart research practices
• Develop a Best Practice Portal and Online Handbook on co-producing health research
• Help write and publish journal articles
• Collaborate closely with the international research team and experts.
• Manage and analyse qualitative data
• In collaboration with international project partners, handle project communications, including managing the Disability Matters website and social media accounts, and organise meetings, workshops, and research gatherings.

You can access the full extent of the tasks on the job description. To access the job description in easy read or plain English, contact Anne de Voronine, Talent Acquisition Coordinator: a.de_voronine@unsw.edu.au

What we are looking for in a candidate

We are looking for someone who is aligned with UNSW’s vision and values and wants to make a difference in research for people with disability. You should also have:

• Ideally, a PhD in a relevant subject. Equivalent working experience will also be considered in the absence of a PhD
• Experience with qualitative research methods and data analysis
• Ability to take responsibility for undertaking research and delivering defined outcomes
• Experience with public engagement and dissemination in a range of formats, including public events and media engagement
• Experience working with people with disability, or in a disability-focused representative organisation
• Organisational skills, such as project management, organisation of meetings and workshops, planning and prioritisation of tasks, coordinating with different parts of the university
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to present research to academic and general audiences.

The role is located at the UNSW campus in Kensington, Sydney. The role operates Monday to Friday, full time. Hybrid work is available, and the team is also happy to discuss any flexibility requirement during the interview. There will occasionally be earlier or later meetings because some project partners are based overseas in different time zones.

Candidates will need to have full ongoing working rights – no sponsorship sorry.

Why work with us: our benefits include flexible working arrangements, access to up to 17% Superannuation contributions, additional 3 days of leave over end of the year and other discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).

Recruitment process: Please submit your resume. There is no need to submit a cover letter. Instead, we’d love you to answer the following 3 questions as part of your application form (please limit to maximum 250 words per question):

• Why are you interested in this role and how does this help your career?
• Tell us about your experience undertaking research.
• Tell us about your experience working with people with disability, or in a disability-focused representative organization.

Application process: You can submit your application by clicking “apply now” on the page. If you require any adjustment or any document in an alternative format, or would like an alternative way to apply to the role, please get in touch with Anne de Voronine, at a.de_voronine@unsw.edu.au

Applications close 31 October 2024 11:55PM.

For any other question or support: Anne de Voronine, Talent Acquisition Coordinator, a.de_voronine@unsw.edu.au

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. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.