Research Fellow in Biosecurity Analytics

**Job no**: 0054240
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full time; Fixed-term
**Faculty**:Faculty of Science
**Department/School**:School of BioSciences
**Salary**:Classification is either Level A or Level B depending on experience and qualifications
Level A - $77,171 - $104,717 p.a. plus 17% super or Level B - $110,236 - $130,900 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

**About the School of BioSciences**

This position presents an opportunity to join The University of Melbourne’s School of BioSciences. BioSciences houses 60 continuing academic staff, and more than 150 academic staff overall (including postdocs, and other research contingent staff) all working on the world’s top biological challenges - from climate change, biosecurity and pollution to reproductive health and food production. Collectively members of our School lead more than 240 research projects in the general areas of ecology, evolution, zoology, marine biology, genetics, plant science, genomics, biosecurity, biological pollution, reproductive biology and data science.

**About the Role**
The School of BioSciences is seeking an enthusiastic, collaborative Academic to join the School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne. The position is based in the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) to work with a team of quantitative biosecurity experts on a review of the scientific and statistical principles that underpin Biosecurity Tasmania’s border intervention activities and policies. This position will be support the project leads, with activities including interviews, workshops, background reading, data handling, cleaning, manipulation, analysis, contextualising, reporting, as well as scenario development, model construction and testing.

The appointment will be at level A or B at the discretion of the selection committee.

Responsibilities include:

- Contributing to and conduct internationally competitive research and development, resulting in publications in high impact journals or impactful project outcomes. High level collaboration required
- Contributing to and publish scholarly outputs to a high academic standard in accordance with the research expectations of the University of Melbourne
- Contributing to teaching, training, scientific mentoring and supervision of students
- Actively participating at School meetings and contribute to planning activities or committee work to support capacity building in the School/discipline

**About You**
You will possess excellent organisational skills to meet deadlines and bring projects to a timely completion with limited supervision. You will display both written and oral communication skills in English and the ability to work co-operatively and positively in a multi-disciplinary research-based team environment and liaise with people from diverse backgrounds.

You will also have:

- Completion (or near) of a PhD in applied statistics, operations research, applied mathematics, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated experience in problem solving, data processing and analysis, mathematical or statistical modelling
- Experience in assisting with supervision of students undertaking undergraduate or higher degree research projects is not essential but desirable
- To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check._

**About the University**
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

**Benefits of Working with Us**
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

- Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
- Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
- Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
- Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
- Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

**Be Yourself**
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as