Casual Research Assistant position available commencing in March 2025.

Are you looking to change up your career? Interested in being part of a team that truly makes a difference?

As a Research Assistant you will be part of an international interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research team in the area of One Health and contribute to research in the area of climate change and mental health.

As part of project Equip, you will be part of a multi-state research project implementing community-based mental wellbeing and disaster preparedness programs in natural hazard-prone rural communities and assessing longer-term mental health outcomes.

Your role will include supporting community engagement and the establishment and implementation of the research project, assisting with recruitment and data collection, and contribute to data analysis and reporting and conference presentations.

You will work under guidance of the chief investigator team, and in collaboration with the trial coordinator and research fellow. You will also work with community connectors in local communities.

https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-medicine-and-health/school-of-psychology/research/psychosocial-health-and-wellbeing-focussing-on-rural-communities/equip

To be successful you will need: 

• Demonstrated skills and experience in the conduct of research projects including recruitment, data collection, data management, and quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis or spatial analysis
• Working knowledge of environmental and community psychology, mental health, rural health, evaluation, prevention and early intervention 
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet milestones
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including for communicating effectively in interdisciplinary teams
• An Honours degree or equivalent research experience in a psychology or health-related discipline

To be successful you will need: 

• Demonstrated skills and experience in the conduct of research projects including recruitment, data collection, data management, and quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis or spatial analysis
• Working knowledge of environmental and community psychology, mental health, rural health, evaluation, prevention and early intervention 
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet milestones
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including for communicating effectively in interdisciplinary teams
• An Honours degree or equivalent research experience in a psychology or health-related discipline

This position will require a National Police Clearance

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The path to Adelaide University

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your faculty's broader role

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences contains one of Australia's largest concentrations of leading health researchers, teachers and clinical titleholders. It's comprised of eight schools and a number of specialist disciplines, institutes and centres, variously focused on world-class research, and training the next generation of: medical doctors; surgeons; dentists; nurses; psychiatrists; psychologists; and other health professionals.

Learn more at: health.adelaide.edu.au

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all the role criteria for the position as contained in the description above.

Applications close 11:55pm, 17 March 2025.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Amanda Taylor

Senior Lecturer | Clinical Psychologist – School of Psychology
P: +61 (8) 8313 4485
E: amanda.taylor@adelaide.edu.au

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We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

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