Principal Research Officer

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role

**Among other duties, your key responsibilities will include**:

- establish and maintain strategic collaborative research partnerships with universities, research centres, and other key agencies;
- contribute to the communication and dissemination of research within the department and other audiences, including convening regular research forums to promote research, its findings and implications for policy and practice;
- participate in project teams involved in the formulation of innovative and workable research and policy options and solutions and provide direction, guidance and technical leadership to project staff; and
- establish networks and liaise with senior officers or other departmental representatives in a range of government and non-government agencies on research and policy implications of submissions to the Minister, the Director-General and senior officers of the department.

How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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