Research Data Specialist

Job no: 0061004
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Department: Chancellery – Research and Enterprise
Salary: Level A $77,171 – $104,717 p.a. plus 17% super

• Elevate your career by contributing to groundbreaking research.
• Shape the future of research data at the University of Melbourne.
• Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!

About the Role
As a Research Data Specialist at the University of Melbourne, you’ll play a crucial role in advancing data-intensive research within the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP). Joining a dynamic team of around twenty specialists, your responsibilities will span advising on, applying, and sometimes developing cutting-edge software and systems. From collection to analysis, storage, and presentation, you’ll be at the forefront of supporting research data across the University.

You’ll actively contribute to fostering a community of like-minded specialists across the University

Collaborating closely with the Platform Manager and MDAP colleagues, you’ll dive into diverse, collaborative research projects spanning days to months. This role offers you a unique chance to cultivate lasting relationships within the University research community, build a track record in interdisciplinary collaboration, and elevate the visibility of MDAP both within the U and across the broader research domain.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing advice, support, and development to researchers.
• Acknowledged contributions to diverse research outputs, including publications, creative works, grant applications, patents, or open-source software and data projects.
• Contributing  to the skill development of graduate researchers, focusing on research project design, data management, and analysis.

Who we are looking for
We’re seeking a dynamic problem solver, ready to dive into research challenges across diverse disciplines and time frames. Your exceptional communication skills, extending seamlessly across academic boundaries, are crucial. We value team players who can work efficiently and contribute to our team’s collaborative spirit. If you’re ready to embrace challenges, communicate across disciplines, and thrive in a team-oriented environment, you will be a great asset to our team!

You will also have:

• A PhD or equivalent experience in research software development, data management and/or analysis.
• Strong technical expertise in at least one of data collection, management, analysis or visualisation.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your new team – Chancellery – Research and Enterprise
The Chancellery Research and Enterprise portfolio is led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and works across a number of areas including:

• Research and research training strategy
• Research partnerships and collaborations, including industry, government, research organisations and institutes – both domestically and internationally
• Research infrastructure, including cross-Faculty, whole-of-University, and interdisciplinary research initiatives, including implementation of key strategic initiatives
• Research performance and impact, including research metrics, research rankings and government-sponsored exercises
• Research systems strategy (how our enterprise systems support the business of research)
• Research ethics and integrity, including consideration of research misconduct
• Enterprise, industry engagement and innovation and
• Research capability – including graduate research

What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!

The University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn .   

Be yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier-free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at [email protected] , with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled “Reasonable Adjustments Request”.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest, experience, and responses to numbers 1 – 3 of the selection criteria found in the position description.

As part of the recruitment process, we may include a video-interview round through a third-party. Please let us know if you do not consent to this.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Susan Bradley via email at [email protected] , ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application with this email address.

Applications close: 29th January 2024 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Position Description:   PD_General MDAP RDS_Nov 2023 (2).doc

Position Description