Associate Research Fellow

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Work type:Part-time
Location:Melbourne – Burwood
Categories:Health

• Based at our Melbourne Burwood Campus
• Fixed Term, 12 months, 0.8 FTE
• Level A $74, 024 – $99,512  + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

The Faculty of Health is seeking to appoint an Associate Research Fellow (ARF). This role will initiate and have responsibility for overseeing an externally-funded research project led by Dr Sze Yen Tan. This project focuses on the effects of increased nut intake on older adults’ functional capacity with the specific aim to investigate the effects of 6-month nut butter supplementation on various measures of body composition and functional capacity outcomes such as lean mass, muscle strength, cognitive function, and late-life function and disability. The research project will also explore whether the effects of the nut butter intervention on functional outcomes are mediated by changes in overall diet quality.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Conduct high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs, with mentorship
• Engage collaboratively to participate in novel and high-quality research or creative activities
• Communicate outputs, including as part of team
• Participate in intra- and inter-disciplinary research collaborations
• Begin to build track record of timely delivery of outcomes for industry partners
• Develop working relationship with mentors and supervisors
• Adopt culture of research excellence, innovation and impact
• Contribute to Deakin community and its effectiveness via local engagement and citizenship activities
• Understand the objectives and outcomes to be delivered by the University’s strategic agenda
• Contribute to community beyond Deakin via engagement activities
• Support Deakin community engagement plan

Key selection criteria for this role:

• PhD in exercise or nutrition science, or relevant research qualifications and experience in project management
• Demonstrated organisational skills in conducting clinical research in adults, preferably older adults, and strong project management skills e.g. maintaining a high standard of laboratory and data record keeping
• Experience with screening and recruiting of human volunteers.
• Experience with conducting clinical and laboratory testing of human participants, including muscle strength and function, and body composition (capability to conduct DXA assessment is desirable)
• Experience with managing research databases with programs/software such as Filemaker Pro, REDCap, Excel, SPSS and/or Stata
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and to work effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to meet competing deadlines, and liaise with key stakeholders, decision-makers and other researchers
• Emerging research and scholarship through publications and/or conference presentations

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD Associate Research Fellow.pdf

Applications for this position close on 16 November 2022

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working With Children Check (refer to Deakin’s Recruitment Procedure for further details)
• ARF must ensure that they comply with the external research funding rules

Please submit your resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Sze Yen Tan, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition Sciences at szeyen.tan@deakin.edu.au

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

We understand that our academic workforce is increasingly diverse, and we recognise academic careers may be placed on hold throughout many life circumstances. Achievement relative to opportunity places more emphasis on the quality, as opposed to the quantity of research outputs. In your application, we strongly encourage you to comment on your achievements relative to opportunity.

Advertised:26 Oct 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:16 Nov 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time