Research Assistant - Faculty Of Arts

• This role provides professional research assistance services to the Faculty's researchers.
• The Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne is widely recognised as Australia's leading centre for the study of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role
The Research Assistant is responsible for supporting the Faculty's researchers using a combination of generalist and specialist research skills. The role has a key focus on delivering discrete research assistance assignments as part of the Faculty's overall research support framework. The Research Office enables the Faculty of Arts' strategic aim of achieving research excellence and impact.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver research assistance assignments according to each assignment's required scope, quality, and timeframe
• Scope requests for research assistance in accordance with applicable service parameters
• Support the Senior Research Development Coordinator to triage requests for research assistance
• Maintain accurate and timely records, including regarding time spent on assignments, and contribute to reporting as required

Who We Are Looking For
You will utilise your highly desirable coordination abilities to liase with colleagues in the Research Office to deliver work collaboratively, while also ensuring an overall high quality of service provision to Faculty of Arts researchers.
You will also have:

• Minimum Honours-level qualification in a humanities or social science or other relevant discipline.
• Excellent skills in one or more of the following required capabilities:

• Editing and proofreading academic writing
• Critically appraising research literature and synthesising knowledge from scholarly databases, and utilising relevant databases and reference management software to produce various types of reviews
• Data collection, management, and analysis (for example, using software such as NVivo)
• Qualitative research methods (for example, interviews, surveys and statistical analysis)
• Translation skills or a high level of competency in one or more languages other than English

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team - The Faculty of Arts
Over its 150-year history, the Faculty has produced leaders in a wide range of fields, including government, business, creative industries and media, community and not-for- profit organisations. The Faculty maintains strong strategic relationships with leading international universities through joint teaching collaborations, research projects and student exchange programs. Partnerships with government, not-for-profit and private organisations facilitate work integrated learning opportunities for our students and research collaboration with our researchers. The Faculty has an active and vibrant outreach program, promoting lifelong learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out page!
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Anna Gradoboeva via email at , ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.
Advertised: 15 Dec 2023 12:05 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 14 Jan 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time