Research Officer

About the role

Key responsibilities include:

• The development and maintenance of relationships with external partners, which are critical to the successful development, implementation, and translation of research.
• Engaging collaboratively with the research team and other stakeholders including governance groups and community members.
• Working to Aboriginal community protocols of engagement and building relationships and advising the program lead and research team so they are embedded within our ways of doing research.
• Assisting the program lead and research team with administrative tasks including scheduling meetings and note-taking.
• Supporting qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
• Engaging collaboratively with the research team and other stakeholders including governance groups and community members.
• Supporting research dissemination through assisting with the writing and publishing of papers, conference presentations and community reports.
• Assisting with other research or administration tasks as required.
• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the position as assigned by the Aboriginal Health Equity Co-Theme leaders
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality in accordance with the privacy act and government regulations.
• Ensure research activities and other outputs are compliant and aligned with the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research and working to the principles of the South Australian Aboriginal Health Research Accord
• Australian Vice-Chancellors’ committee (AVCC) guidelines and principles of research conduct with vulnerable or disadvantaged groups.
• Support the mentorship, training, professional development and/or supervision of trainees, undergraduate, post graduate research students, peers and senior program leads as applicable.

About You

The successful candidate will possess the following key attributes:

• An undergraduate degree in Health and Medical Sciences, Public Health, psychology or a health-related discipline; or other Certificate-level qualifications in a relevant health discipline.
• Lived experience of Aboriginal community protocols
• Knowledge of and experience working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in South Australia
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team in a co-operative and collegial manner.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships across a broad range of industry and research professionals.
• High-level verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present information effectively and clearly to a wide audience.
• Experience in, or a strong interest in, research, including participant recruitment, data collection, analysis reporting, qualitative research, survey development, quantitative data collection and analysis, implementation research and systematic reviews.
• Demonstrated high level organisational skills to manage competing demands and meet project timelines together with sound problem-solving skills.

Special Requirements

• Identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• Some out of hours’ work may be required.
• DCSI Employment screening will be required.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values and our institute is dedicated to grow a culture that pursues, enables and demands research excellence. We are proud of the work we do and work hard as a team to make a positive difference to the community.  Our values of excellence, innovation, courage, integrity and teamwork are what help us achieve our goals. If these are also your values and goals, apply today.

As a not-for-profit organisation, SAHMRI employees can access salary packaging options up to $15,900. Salary packaging lets you pay for things like the everyday costs of living with money from your salary before tax. This reduces your taxable income, meaning you could pay less tax and take home more of what you earn. For more information on salary packaging please see the Maxxia website.

For a copy of the position description, please click here.

For more information, please contact Rachel Reilly at Rachel.Reilly@sahmri.com

Applications close: Tuesday 6^th May 2025

Applications may close earlier than advertised if a suitable candidate is identified prior to the close date.

SAHMRI considers that being Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under sub-s 56(2) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA). To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and proof of Aboriginality will be required.