Lecturer in Research

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Lecturer in Research. This is a dynamic role that balances teaching and research responsibilities, ideal for candidates from diverse health-related backgrounds.

• Teaching (40%): Provide high-quality research teaching and support for medical students at the Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit.
• Work closely with the Academy for Medical Education in developing and reviewing the MD Program's research curriculum.
• Research (40%): Maintain personal academic standing, including the pursuit of research and scholarship.
• Review and draw upon best practice research methodologies.
• Supervision and Researcher Development: Communicate research opportunities for students as part of their curriculum and extra-curricular research.
• Citizenship and Service: Develop partnerships, demonstrate leadership through mentoring, engage in internal service roles and committees, perform administrative functions, provide support to colleagues, and uphold university values.

• Bachelor's degree and PhD, preferably in a health-related discipline.
• Experience in undertaking or facilitating research, including progression of research publishing, translation, and impact.
• Demonstrate design of effective learning materials in research (methods) education.
• Demonstrated research-relevant knowledge and skills with expertise in a wide range of specialist and general research techniques, including qualitative data analysis methods.
• Developing track record of contribution to the supervision of students in research, including enrolled HDR candidates.
• High-level communication and interpersonal skills for working with students, colleagues, and the wider community.
• Evidence of a high level of quality teaching at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate level across a variety of settings, including small and large groups.
• A commitment to and an understanding of the issues surrounding living and working in a rural and/or regional area.
• A growing profile in research discipline that is transferable to rural health, including contribution to successfully seeking, obtaining, and managing external research funding.

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

We are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a university to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements, including hybrid on-site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.