(HE05) $80,118- $89,085 plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Full-time fixed term position for 12 months.

The School of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join the Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations, and Impact (HESRI) team as a Research Officer.

HESRI is a dynamic and interdisciplinary research unit, that aims to create trustworthy evidence and recommendations for impact on policy, practice, and decision-making.

The Research Officer will be responsible for providing research, technical and administrative support to HESRI staff to ensure smooth and successful performance of the research program, particularly in the conduct of systematic reviews.

To be successful you will need:

• Familiarity with searching medical databases and retrieving articles
• Ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines with an ability to prioritise tasks
• Demonstrated understanding of systematic and scoping reviews
• Knowledge of scientific processes and terminology (Desirable)
• Extensive experience and specialist experience or broad knowledge in technical or administrative fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a 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 of the selection criteria contained in the position description document.

Applications close 11:55pm, 6 December 2024

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:

Zachary Munn
NHMRC Ext-Funded Research Fellow E, School of Public Health
P: +61 (8) 8313 3642
E: Zachary.Munn@adelaide.edu.au

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The University of Adelaide is 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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