Research Assistant

**Job no**: 0058452
**Location**:Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville
**Role type**:Part time (0.2 FTE); Fixed-term for 2 years
**Faculty**:Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne Medical School
**Salary**: Level A - $77,171 - $104,717 p.a. (pro-rata for part time) 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 Department of Psychiatry**
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne was established in the 1960s. It is one of the largest Departments in the Melbourne Medical School.

The Department is located across a broad reach of Melbourne. It has teaching and research units at Austin Health, St Vincent's Health, and within NorthWestern Mental Health: the latter includes units at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Sunshine Hospital, and Northern Hospital. The Department also has units at two private hospitals: Albert Road Clinic (Ramsay Health Care) and The Melbourne Clinic (Healthscope).

The Department’s research focuses on improving our understanding and treatment of mental health disorders. It covers a broad range of psychiatric research, including prediction and biomarker research, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, psychosocial research, economic evaluation, ethics, psychiatric epidemiology, and mental health service delivery.

**About the Role**

Responsibilities include:

- Collaborate with Kite trial principal investigators and the steering committee to integrate LE perspectives in the development, implementation, and evaluation phases of the trial.
- Kite recruitment activities, including promoting the trial to diverse communities, development of recruitment materials, development of strategies to target underrepresented perspectives, input into development of Participant Information and Consent Forms and screening processes.
- Collaboratively engage with other individuals who have a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery and demonstrate understanding of trauma informed practices.

**About You**
You will have lived experience of mental ill-health or be a carer of someone with mental ill-health, be involved in Australian mental health LE networks, and have an ability to draw on these experiences to inform work practices. You will have experience in contributing to independent or team-based research.

You will also have:

- An honours or post-graduate degree in behavioural or social sciences or a related discipline
- Experience in contributing to independent or team-based research.
- Highly developed organisational and time-management skills, including demonstrated ability to set priorities and meet project deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with an ability to build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) and work collaboratively.
- Excellent oral and written communication, including the ability to generate reports for various stakeholders in a concise and timely manner.
- 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._

**_ Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia._**

**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 LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

**Joi