Postdoctoral Research Fellows - Life Course Centre

• Institute for Social Science Research
• Join a university ranked in the world's top 50
• Collaborate with highly awarded, world-class colleagues
• Access state-of-the-art facilities to further your research endeavours
• Based at Long Pocket only 10 minutes from St Lucia Campus

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching are our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

We have an exciting opportunity available for two highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join a research team being established as part of an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship. The team is led by Professor Janeen Baxter and is based in the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at The University of Queensland. The successful applicants will report to and work closely with Professor Baxter to undertake an innovative new research project to understand and reduce gender inequality. The Laureate project aims to provide a new insights into gender inequality to provide innovative explanations and new strategies to reduce persistent gender inequalities, particularly in relation to household work and care.

The successful applicants will work in a high achieving, multidisciplinary and collaborative research environment in ISSR. ISSR is the administering unit for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre), directed by Professor Baxter. The Laureate project will be aligned with the Life Course Centre enabling the postdoctoral fellows to work alongside a strong group of researchers investigating aligned topics and participate in professional development and mentoring opportunities provided by the Centre and ISSR.

Key responsibilities will include:

Research

• Review and synthesise existing literature, including grey literature, to identify key findings and gaps.
• Contribute to refinement of project development, goals, and outputs.
• Identify appropriate data sources for secondary analyses, including ability to undertake data management, preparation, and analyses.
• Design and undertake data collection including identifying and recruiting appropriate research participants, designing interview instruments, coding and analyses.
• Produce quality research outputs including journal articles and other appropriate refereed publications, research reports, policy briefs, working papers and conference publications and presentations.
• Contribute to research translation through engagement with policy makers and other relevant stakeholders, research participants, community groups and the academic community.
• Develop a coherent research program and an emerging research profile.
• Participate in grant writing to secure additional funding if opportunities arise.

Teaching

• Contribute to the development and delivery of teaching and courses if opportunities arise.

Supervision and Researcher Development

• Contribute to the effective supervision of Honours and Higher Degree by Research students (as appropriate).

Citizenship and Engagement

• Demonstrate citizenship behaviours that align to the UQ values.
• Show leadership of self and an ability to work independently and in teams.
• A willingness and enthusiasm to participate in all aspects of the Laureate project.
• Effectively and efficiently manage internal service roles and administrative processes as required, including participation on relevant committees as appropriate.
• Actively pursue and develop external links and partnerships by cultivating relationships with industry, government departments, professional bodies, and the wider community as appropriate.

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ's Criteria for Academic Performance.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position commencing on 3 June 2024 for up to 3 years at Academic level A (two positions available). The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $77,324 - $102,945, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $90,470 - $120,445 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases - at least once a year.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

• Completion or near completion of a PhD in a relevant discipline..
• An emerging profile in research.
• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presentations at conferences.
• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities
• For one position - ability to analyse large-scale longitudinal survey and administrative data, cross-national comparisons, data manipulation, and the use of visualisation and data dashboards to summarise and communicate results. An ability to analyse administrative data is highly desirable.
• For one position - ability to undertake qualitative research, including collecting and analysing in-depth data from interviews or focus groups, and the use of visualisation, communication and translation techniques for communication of findings.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Relocating from interstate or overseas? We'll support you with the visa sponsorship process and a relocation support package if applicable. You can find out more about life in Australia's Sunshine State here.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Janeen Baxter. For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Responses to the 'About You' section

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au.

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Tuesday, 2 April 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R-35937).