Senior Research Fellow

• Full-Time, 12-Month Contract

At the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), we are committed to achieving innovative, ground-breaking health and medical research that fundamentally improves the quality of life for all people.

SAHMRI is located on the lands of the Kaurna people who are the traditional custodians of Adelaide and the greater Adelaide region. SAHMRI works with traditional custodians across South Australia, Australia, and globally. The Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme (AHE) at SAHMRI is a leading national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led unit dedicated to wellbeing and achieving health equity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia through quality and safe health and medical research. This role is required to collaborate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on the lands of all traditional custodians across South Australia, Australia and potentially globally.

An opportunity is now available for a Senior Research Fellow to join the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity team at SAHMRI, supporting the Co-Theme Lead and Program Lead within the area of Population Health Research. This position will manage research related activities and contribute to the delivery of complex research projects under the direction of the Co-Theme Leaders and Project Lead. To be successful in this role, you will require the ability to foster strong partnerships with the Aboriginal community, including Aboriginal primary health care service managers and staff as well as other stakeholders who are key to the success of the program.

About the Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the Program Lead with the development and implementation of research activities within the Population Health Research Program
• Provide leadership, coordination and oversight to research across a range of research activities.
• Provide high-quality research support to project team members to successfully achieve research milestones and outputs.
• Prepare resources and/documentation required to successfully keep collaborating organisations, research partners and Chief Investigators engaged and informed.
• Lead the preparation of ethics applications, service and site agreements, reporting and study documentation and dissemination of research outputs and outcomes.
• Attract and assist with the preparation of applications for external refereed research grants.
• Promote scholarship and integrity and support a culture of excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research.
• Ensure research and other outputs are compliant with National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Australian Vice-Chancellors’ committee (AVCC) guidelines and principles of research conduct with vulnerable or disadvantaged groups and in keeping with the principles of the South Australian Aboriginal Health Research Accord.
• Communicate research findings and assist with the development and implementation of knowledge translation activities, within high impact peer-reviewed journals, at conferences and within committees and other bodies relevant to the role.
• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the position as assigned by the Program Lead or Aboriginal Health Equity Theme leaders
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality in accordance with the privacy act and government regulations.
• Ensure research activities and other outputs are compliant and aligned with the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research and working to the principles of the South Australian Aboriginal Health Research Accord.

About You

The successful candidate will possess the following key attributes:

• PhD in Public Health, Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Health Science or a related discipline as well as demonstrated experience contributing to research projects and leading Aboriginal health research projects.
• 5 years minimum experience in a health-related research field.
• Demonstrated experience in the conduct of all stages of the research process

• Sound knowledge of population health relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and ability to utilise evidence-based information sources to the design and delivery of research projects
• Demonstrated experience in design and conduct of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Experience in working within a research team, as well as taking the lead on research projects.
• Ability to support members of the research team to deliver research activities and achieve milestones.
• Actively contribute to the research by collaborating with the research team to successfully deliver project milestones and Key Performance Indicators within allocated budgets.
• The ability to enhance the research profile of the Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity by conducting research and/scholarly activity, independently and/or as a member of a team, which results in securing competitive funding and publications in peer-refereed journals.
• High-level verbal and written communication skills, including academic writing, with the ability to present information effectively and clearly to a wide audience.
• Communicate research findings and assist with the development and implementation of knowledge translation activities, within high impact peer-reviewed journals, at conferences and within committees and other bodies relevant to the role.
• Experience and/or demonstrated ability to work in a culturally safe, sensitive and accountable manner with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals, communities and stakeholders.

Special Requirements

• Some out of hours work may be required.
• DCSI Employment Screening and Police Checks may be required.
• Some travel interstate and intrastate, including to urban, regional, or remote parts of South Australia may be required.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values and our institute is dedicated to grow a culture that pursues, enables and demands research excellence. We are proud of the work we do and work hard as a team to make a positive difference to the community. Our values of excellence, innovation, courage, integrity and teamwork are what help us achieve our goals. If these are also your values and goals, apply today.

As a not-for-profit organisation, SAHMRI employees can access salary packaging options up to $15,900. Salary packaging lets you pay for things like the everyday costs of living with money from your salary before tax. This reduces your taxable income, meaning you could pay less tax and take home more of what you earn. For more information on salary packaging please see the Maxxia website.

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For more information, please contact Odette Pearson at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Research Fellow enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Applications may close earlier than advertised if a suitable candidate is found prior to the close date.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply

SAHMRI is a member of the Athena SWAN Science in Australia Gender Equity program. We have been awarded Bronze status for our commitment to advancing the careers of women, trans and gender diverse individuals in STEMM.