Research Assistant

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia University of New South Wales Full time

**Job no**: 530977
**Work type**: Casual
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Categories**: Research Administration support

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

Ranked among the top 50 universities globally, we attract the highest potential students from Australia and around the world. Our researchers tackle the biggest economic, business, and social challenges with partners around the world.

We are seeking a Research Assistant/s to provide assistance with a systematic review that will examine the prevalence of mental health diagnoses and substance use - including use of specific substances, substance use disorders, and injecting drug use - among trans and gender diverse people.

We have a large, energetic team already established for this work, and the successful applicant(s) would be working with a team of research assistants, research officers, PhD students, postdocs and other academics.

**Position Summary**

A Research Assistant (Level 5) provides technical and research assistance to the research project/team.

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.

**Additional Pre-employment checks required for this position**:

- Dependent on research topic/project scope.

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

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Position Description

**Advertised**: 26 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 07 Mar 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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