Senior Research Fellow, Psychiatry

Job No.: 638446

Location: Monash Medical Centre

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $127,624 – $147,159 pa Level C (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 Opportunity

A Level C research-only academic is expected to make independent or original contributions to the research effort within their field of expertise and to the organisational unit or inter-disciplinary area of which they are a part. An academic at this level is expected to play a major role in research including the exercise of some leadership in research.

This position will be within the Centre for Women’s and Children’s Mental Health at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton. The focus will be on developing areas of research in mental health across pregnancy and into the postpartum including undertaking studies, data collection and data analysis and being part of the development of scientific publications. In particular, undertaking and analysing longitudinal cohort study data. The position reports to Professor Megan Galbally.

Specific duties required of a Level C research-only academic may include: 

• The conduct of research and the production of conference and seminar papers and publications from that research
• Supervision of research-support and administrative staff involved in the staff member’s research
• Supervision, where appropriate, of the research of less senior research-only Academic staff
• Involvement, where appropriate, in the promotion of research links with outside bodies
• Preparation of research proposal submissions to external funding bodies
• Significant role in research projects including, where appropriate, leadership of research teams or management of projects
• Responsibility for the oversight of financial management of grants received for their research projects
• Involvement in professional activities including, subject to availability of funds, attendance at conferences and seminars in the field of expertise
• Occasional contributions to the teaching program within the field of the staff member’s research
• Supervision of major honours or postgraduate research projects within the field of the staff member’s area of research

The appointee will have a doctoral qualification in the relevant discipline area or equivalent accreditation and standing together with subsequent research experience.

If this sounds like a position that suits your current career focus we look forward to hearing from you.

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

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check and a satisfactory 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

Professor Megan Galbally, Professor and Director of the Centre for Women’s and Children’s Mental Health, [email protected]

Position Description

 Senior Research Fellow, Psychiatry

Closing Date

Monday 21 November 2022, 11:55pm AEDT

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