Research Associate (Aras)

• Based in UniSA Justice and Society at the City West campus
• Part-time (0.6 FTE – 0.9 FTE), fixed term contract until 31 December 2025
• Commencement Salary: $96,929 (pro rata) per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role

This position is responsible for undertaking research activities associated with the project Help After Leaving hospital (HALT) Trial: a co-produced multidisciplinary and tailored intervention to prevent decline after in-hospital delirium, funded by The Hospital Research Foundation.

About UniSA

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead ethics and clinical governance approval processes related to the project
• Lead the logistical elements of the project including participant recruitment and scheduling and along with communication between investigators
• Liaise with academics, researchers, and other research participants including organising and attending meetings
• Coordinate the development of new intervention materials
• Undertake evidence synthesis across established delirium and dementia prevention approaches
• Collect psychological, functional and mood data from older adults; and run co-production focus groups with consumers and clinicians, transcribe and analyse qualitative data

Essential Skills and Experience

• A Postgraduate qualification (e.g., Honours, Masters or PhD) in psychology or allied health and relevant experience
• Proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences in the context of running a research project including, but not limited to, research participants, clinical scientists and consumer advocates
• Demonstrated organisational and time management skills together with resourcefulness and initiative to manage multiple priorities and demands in the context of research
• High level of interpersonal skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in a team-based environment including with consumer advisory groups and project investigator teams
• Expertise in, or enthusiasm to learn, qualitative analytical approaches
• Highly developed research and report writing skills, including ethics reporting and manuscript submission to peer reviewed journals

Benefits

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as: 

• Access to great personal development opportunities 
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17% 
• Corporate health insurance 
• Staff study support 
• Various on-site services available at our campuses which may include on-site gym membership 
• A variety of leave arrangements

Culture

As a University of Enterprise, we offer a dynamic and agile workplace culture, one that embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Our staff are creative and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. We embrace diversity and inclusion in a vibrant, engaging environment. Our people are authentic, resilient, and influential, and we deliver results. 

Start Your Unstoppable Career 

The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.  

Please address your cover letter to Amra Delibasic, Consultant, Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at ***********@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 5866.

Applications close: 11:30 pm Thursday 29 February 2024

Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment. 

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory National Police Check (NPC) being obtained and maintained. 

It is an inherent requirement of this position that the successful candidate hold a current Vulnerable-person related employment screening assessment determining them fit to work with vulnerable people. 

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