Research Fellow – Psychology

Job No.: 641454

Location: Clayton campus / Epworth HealthCare

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12-month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $72,927 – $98,975 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

The Monash School of Psychological Sciences is ranked among the best in the world, its mission is to develop outcomes that will make significant contributions to improving the lives of people both locally and globally. Drawing on the expertise of our staff and the University’s unique research platforms and technology, we will sustain and build on Monash’s position as a world-class research and training institution. For more information, please visit our website .

The Monash Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre is a world-leading centre that conducts research investigating outcomes and the effectiveness of interventions for individuals with brain injury or orthopaedic injury sustained as a result of trauma, aiming to maximise functional, psychological and social outcomes. To learn more, please visit our website .

The Opportunity

The Research Fellow will provide a variety of high-quality research services to support the operations of the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre in conducting the longitudinal head injury outcome study and other ongoing research projects. 

The Research Fellow will have the opportunity to be involved in the coordination, conduct and publication of studies that require clinical interviewing, cognitive assessment and follow-up of patients with traumatic brain injury, data entry and data analysis. The successful applicant will also write grant applications and research papers, conduct literature reviews, and supervise or co-supervise honours students. 

You will have: 

• A doctoral qualification in the relevant discipline (i.e., Neuropsychology) or a closely related field
• A track record of refereed research publications
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage junior staff or supervise students
• Experience administering neuropsychological tests for the brain injury population

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

The successful applicant will need to possess a current valid Police Check.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to “How to apply for Monash Jobs “.

We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

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Enquiries

Dr Marina Downing, Deputy Director, +61 3 9426 8923 

Position Description

 Research Fellow – Psychology

Closing Date

Monday 21 November 2022, 11:55pm AEDT

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