Research Assistant

Based in Justice & Society at the Magill campus
- Part time (0.8 to 0.9FTE), fixed term contract until 31 December 2027
- Commencement Salary: $80,099 pro rata per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

**About the Role**

You will be responsible for undertaking research-related support activities for the NHMRC Grant project titled ‘Predicting delirium vulnerability from pre-surgery neurophysiological measures’. This will involve providing administrative support across a range of tasks, liaising with a broad range of stakeholders, and collecting data all while maintaining diligence and attention to detail.

**About UniSA**

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Undertake logístical elements of the project, including participant recruitment and scheduling, and liaising and meeting with Consumer Representatives
- Collect psychophysiological, psychological, functional and mood data from older adults under limited supervision
- Undertake administrative duties including taking meeting minutes, developing and updating Standard Operating Procedures, maintaining a project risk register, and being involved in data entry and database management
- Under direction, provide training to students and study investigators on the collection of high-quality data

**Essential Skills and Experience**
- A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate Psychology or Allied Health area relevant to the research
- Demonstrated organisational and time management skills together with resourcefulness and initiative to manage multiple priorities and demands in the context of research
- Proven ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences in the context of running a research project under supervision, including research participants, clinical scientists, and consumer advocates
- Experience in submitting and reporting to an Ethics Committee
- Experience with data entry and database management, and the ability to collect psychological or psychophysiological data

**Benefits**

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:

- Access to great personal development opportunities
- Generous superannuation contributions of 17%
- Employee assistance and development programs
- Staff study support
- A variety of leave arrangements

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**Applications close: 11:30pm Wednesday 12th February 2025**
- Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment._
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