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Salary- $76,106 plus 11% super and salary sacrifice
- Part-time (0.7 FTE – 26.6 hrs pw) - 12-month Max term opportunity
- Immediate start - flexible hybrid location with WFH flexibility
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the voice of general practitioners (GPs) in our growing cities and throughout rural and remote Australia. For more than 60 years, we’ve supported the backbone of Australia’s health system by setting the standards for education and practice and advocating for better health and wellbeing for all Australians.
We foster the future of general practice through our profession-led, community-based training model for the Australian General Practice Training Program and other training pathways. We train GPs to deliver quality, whole-person care to patients across Australia, support their ongoing professional development and provide a point of connection for GPs serving communities in every corner of the country.
We’re committed to diversity and social inclusion and encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
About you
As our Research Assistant, you’ll demonstrate the ability to undertake a range of research and administrative tasks associated with education/research projects for RACGP’s Research unit. Your high level of organisation, communication and interpersonal skills will ensure your success while working both collaboratively and autonomously. To thrive in this role, you’ll have:
- a tertiary qualification in health, education, or related field
- relevant and current experience in a research environment
- Experience with research methodologies
- Previous experience with Stata (highly desirable)
About the opportunity
Reporting to the Research Manager, you’ll be maintaining and collecting project data, as well as coordinating project meetings and updating project/research documentation. You’ll also assist in quality control of project data including data entry and liaison with investigators. Some of your responsibilities will include:
- create and maintain accurate project records/files
- participate in tasks relating to data collection and data cleansing
- assisting with literature reviews, data interrogation and reporting writing
- Coordinate and participate in meetings and activities between researchers, RACGP staff and external collaborators
The Benefits
- Full charitable salary packaging arrangements
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Professional Development Program
- High-profile health and education organisation where progressive leadership, innovation integrity, collaboration and accountability are valued.
Click on the ‘Apply’ button to submit your CV and cover letter as one document.
Towards the end of the process, applicants will be asked to complete pre-employment screening, which may include reference checks and/or a National Police Check. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.
For a copy of the position description, visit https://www.racgp.org.au/the-racgp/careers/position-descriptions
RACGP internal applicants, please notify your current manager of your application for any internal RACGP opportunities.
We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
The RACGP acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways in which we work and live. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water, and culture, and pay our respects to Elders, past, present, and emerging.
Applications closes: 18th January 2024
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