Manager (Prevention & Screening Research)

7 months ago

Fortitude Valley, Australia Cancer Council Queensland Full time

**Research Fellow (Manager, Prevention and Screening)**

**About Us**

For over 60 years, Cancer Council Queensland’s pioneering work has helped save thousands of lives and has improved the quality of life for people living with cancer. Our mission is to lead Queenslanders in a partnership against cancer.

Cancer Council Queensland raises funds that are dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with cancer through research to support prevention and early detection.

We are dynamic, outcome-focused, responsive to community needs, and committed to voluntarism and the pursuit of excellence.

Cancer Council Queensland employees and volunteers lead Queenslanders in a partnership against cancer by employing high-performing employees who live our values of being responsible, inclusive, equitable, and collaborative.

**Working at Cancer Council Queensland**

Our greatest asset is our diverse team of talented, savvy people. Our awesome employees and volunteers tell us that Cancer Council Queensland is a meaningful, rewarding and fun place to work.

We provide a positive and supportive working environment where you will be a valued team member, and we love to recognise and reward our team of superstars with employee benefits such as extra paid days off.

**About the role**

This role is a Fixed-Term, Full-time (5 days per week) role for 2 years.

Under the supervision of the Senior Manager (Health Systems & Behavioural Research), drive the ongoing strategic advancement of CRC research programs and:
The Manager (Prevention & Screening Research) position is equivalent to a Level B/C role in university setting academic equivalent role (i.e., Senior/Research Fellow). You will be responsible for:

- Leading and conducting focused research into cancer prevention and screening behaviour that aligns with the strategic priorities of the CCQ Viertel Cancer Research Centre (CRC).
- Building and expanding upon our prevention and screening research programs
- Supervising and mentoring early career researchers.
- Working closely and maintaining relationships with stakeholders within and external to CCQ.
- Driving the ongoing strategic advancement of CRC research programs in Prevention and Screening
- Actively conceptualizing, leading and coordinating cancer research projects and where appropriate, contributing to other health research initiatives at the CRC as directed.
- Managing day-to-day aspects of projects, including staff, budgets, reporting, and all other operational matters as appropriate.
- Publish in high quality, peer-reviewed journals.
- Presenting results in various formats and arenas, including scientific and policy publications and presentations to academic and other audiences.
- Initiating and fostering multidisciplinary research alliances and collaborative projects with research partners and national and international collaborators.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have the following qualifications, experiences, knowledge, and skills:
**Qualification/s and Experience**
- Essential_
- Demonstrated experience in conceptualising, designing and conducting health behaviour and and/or health systems research in the context of chronic disease prevention and/or behaviour change.
- Demonstrated experience in independently managing other researchers to undertake research projects and to produce high quality research outputs, including publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.
- Experience supervising research students, including Honours, Masters, and/or PhD.
- Desirable_
- A track record in cancer prevention research.

**Technical Skills and Abilities**
- Essential_
- Demonstrated initiative in conceptualising and leading new research projects.
- Strong skills in quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
- Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to work with diverse individuals and groups.
- Excellent writing skills, including the ability to prepare a variety of research outputs and reports in a timely manner with mínimal review and editing required.
- Demonstrated ability to direct, review and edit the written work of junior team members and students to reach publication standard.
- Demonstrated skills in project coordination.
- Ability to respond to changing circumstances and priorities in a positive, focused, and timely manner and the ability to address issues as they arise.
- Highly developed time management skills and the ability to prioritise multiple tasks.
- Desirable_
- Advanced skills in (and/or evidence of teaching) quantitative data analysis, including use of statistical programs such as R, SAS, and MPlus.

**Your Leadership Contribution**

CCQ has a Leadership Capability Framework which outlines the necessary capabilities of leaders at different leadership levels: Executive (CEO and GMs), Senior Managers, Managers, and Frontline Managers (Team Leaders and Senior Coordinators).

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