APS 6 Research Ethics Committee Secretariat Officer

The Role

Are you high performing APS 6Secretariat Officer with demonstrated experience in providing secretariat support services to high-level or expert committees, looking for your next 12-month non-ongoing contract and available asap?

If you are based in Canberra and looking for exciting and meaningful work, this just may be the role for you!

Duties

• Scheduling and coordinating attendance for monthly REC meetings
• Conducting high-level quality reviews of Research Ethics applications
• Providing/facilitating high-level verbal and written subject matter expert advice to promote compliance with international guidelines, national guidelines, the conditions of ethical approval, research integrity and ethically approved protocols
• Developing and implementing procedural, operational, corporate, administrative and business support documentation and outcomes, consistent with business requirements and with minimum guidance
• Managing the timely distribution of Research Ethics applications for Committee member reviews
• Contributing to/developing reporting artefacts to explain the status, progress and results for ethical applications and business projects.
• Developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships and communication, by negotiating effectively
• Managing and delegating incoming and outgoing correspondence
• Organising and maintaining robust data records and filing systems to manage ethics applications and outcomes

Do You Have?

• Demonstrated experience in the provision of secretariat support services to high- level or expert committees, including managing the meeting event and submissions cadence
• A 'can-do' attitude and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment to achieve results, whilst managing demanding lead times and competing priorities
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise your workload and support other colleague to achieve business objectives
• Well-developed verbal and written communication and interpersonal competencies to capably provide and assure quality outputs.
• A commitment to service underpinned by a desire to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders and colleagues
• Knowledge or the ability to gain knowledge in the application of human Research Ethics policies and guidelines.
• Experience working with Electronic Documents and Records Management Systems (EDRMS), and Research and Ethics Compliance Software will be well- regarded, but not essential.

If you are interested in the role, please submit via the link. If you have any questions after you have submitted your resume, please call Irena Simunec on 0455 558 721 and quote job number 236227.