Principal Project Officer - Life Course Centre

• Institute for Social Science Research

• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers

• Partner with people educating future generations & solving the world’s problems

• Culture committed to excellence and innovation

• 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.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• Salary packaging options

We have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Principal Project Officer to join a new 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 applicant 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  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 applicant 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 Project Officer to work alongside a strong group of professional and academic staff working on aligned projects and to participate in professional development and mentoring opportunities provided by the Centre and ISSR.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Under broad direction, monitor day-to-day aspects of a large-scale, multi-faceted and complex research project to ensure project goals are achieved and the project is delivered in compliance with relevant contractual and budgetary requirements, including ethics, integrity, privacy, data security, intellectual property obligations and grant reporting to the ARC.

• Contribute to research activities such as literature reviews, data collection and analysis, research presentations and high-quality research outputs.

• Contribute to the preparation of research grant applications, if required.

• Develop project-related documentation and other materials including (but not limited to): project updates, stakeholder engagement materials, project plans, reporting templates and timelines.

• Coordinate reporting requirements as required by internal stakeholders research participants and the ARC.

• Supervise a range of project-relevant secretariat and administrative services, including committee meetings, project steering groups and stakeholder/client engagement activities.

• Develop project-relevant communication and education products, including communication plans and media content.

• Build effective relationships with project clients and stakeholders.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position commencing on 3 June 2024 for up to 3 years.

At HEW level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $96,649 - $105,244, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $113,080 - $123,136 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

• Bachelor Degree in social or behavioural sciences, or other relevant discipline with at least 4 years subsequent relevant experience and/or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or training.

• Demonstrated experience in a Project Officer role of similar scale and scope.

• Current knowledge of best-practice/leading project management methodologies and frameworks.

• Demonstrated project planning experience, including the ability to prioritise tasks, work to tight deadlines, anticipate future requirements and resolve issues.

• A sound understanding of research and translation.

• Demonstrated problem solving skills using judgement and reasoning in interpreting situations and providing accurate and consistent advice.

• Effective interpersonal skills that enable effective working relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders of varying levels of seniority.

• Excellent time management skills, including the ability to balance competing priorities within tight timeframes.

• Advanced written and oral communication skills.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

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:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

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 Monday, 18 March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-36007).