Research Officer - Qceaidh

Mater is looking for a Research Officer to join the Queensland Centre of Excellence in Autism and Intellectual Disability Health Team! This permanent, full-time role will be based at our South Brisbane campus.

Salary range: $98,658 - $106,057 per annum plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900

What you’ll be doing                

You will coordinate the evaluation of the Centre and contribute to high quality research to improve the health and well-being of people with intellectual disability and Autistic people. You will achieve this by:

• Manage and coordinate the evaluation of the Centre using quantitative and qualitative methods, under the direction of the leadership team.
• Apply co-design principles and ways of working to ensure meaningful input from people with intellectual disability and autistic people.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to progress the aims of the Centre and contribute the research portfolio including collaboration with clinicians, consumers, and carers to produce translational research outcomes.
• Consult with all relevant research groups including organising and attending meetings across project stakeholders and the centre collaborators.
• Work with the project team to develop and execute projects to meet milestones.
• Manage reporting and actively identify delays and challenges.
• Lead ethics and governance application processes.
• Lead the collection of data including service level data, data analysis and interpretation.
• Prepare written documents and oral presentations that summarises the analysis of data, interprets the findings and provides conclusions and recommendations.
• Contribute to the effective supervision of research assistants, Honours and Higher Degree by Research students
• Attend relevant training programs and mandatory educational programs, workshops, conference and promotional functions.

 About you

You will have a PhD in the area of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health or related field. You will also meet the below criteria:

• Experience in conducting research with people with intellectual disability, autism or psychosocial disability
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development, conduct, monitoring, analyse and interpretation of health service research methods.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to analyse complex datasets.
• Ability to conduct qualitative research or willingness to learn.
• Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills necessary for negotiating and liaising effectively with a diverse range of staff, patients and other stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to identify, analyse and solve problems to provide accurate and appropriate outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written materials in different styles and formats appropriate to the audience
• Knowledge of data management systems
• Experience in health care evaluation and methodology
• Highly proficient computer literacy with excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• A background in Intellectual and Developmental Disability or mental health research
• Experience working with service level data to inform evaluation of health services
• Experience in research ethics, governance preparation and submission

 Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here –

For further information please contact Katie Brooker, Research Officer, 07 3163 1***   

Applications close on Wednesday 3 July 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.