Casual Research Assistant

2 weeks ago


Sydney, Australia University of New South Wales Full time

**Job no**: 523393

**Work type**: casual

**Location**: Sydney, NSW

**Categories**: Research Administration support

The research assistant will work with senior research associates and chief investigators from CEPAR on quantifying differences in life expectancy and time spent in functional disability at ages 65 and 85 amongst older Australians and Americans using socioeconomic status.

The project will also involve determining the pricing implications of these life expectancy and functional disability differentials on long term care.

**This role will**:

- Attend research meetings and training sessions and take minutes.
- Respond to routine enquiries relating to research.
- Undertake unsupervised research support tasks consistent with established methodologies (may include lab or field work).
- Perform data collection entry, and analysis.
- Maintain research databases, records and publication registers.
- Conduct statistical data reporting.
- Recruit study participants and conduct survey mail outs.
- Transcribe interviews.
- Organise fieldwork arrangements.
- Cooperate with all health & safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the psychosocial or physical health and safety of yourself or others.

**A person engaged is generally expected to have the following skills and experience**:

- Completion of a degree.
- Prior experience supporting a research project.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

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Position Description

**Advertised**: 07 Mar 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**:



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