Research Assistant

6 days ago


Sydney, Australia The Garvan Institute of Medical Research Full time

THE OPPORTUNITY

**Salary**: up to $71,278 + 14% depending on experience
Employment Type: 6 months maximum term contract

SNAP SHOT OF BENEFITS
- Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)
- Ample opportunities for on-going training and development
- Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment
- Flexible work arrangements e.g. location, start / finish times etc
- 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation
- A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave
- Discounted Health Insurance
- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

RA1 - RA2

Performs under supervision
An RA1- RA2 is accountable for conducting experiments within his/her Research Pillar and key responsibilities include:

- Conduct experiments under supervision such as tissue culture, genotyping, maintenance and monitoring of mouse colonies and routine assays
- Record experimental procedures and results
- Regularly attend meetings with the wider Research Pillar community as required
- Be involved in junior lab responsibilities such as:

- Store duties, wash-up and cleaning of shared rooms
- Stock control: monitoring and ordering consumables under supervision
- Media preparation
- Responsible for imparting knowledge in relation to limited skills or experimental expertise

ABOUT YOU

The key skills and experience include:
RA1 - RA2
- RA 1 - Bachelors’ Degree in Science or Medicine (preferably with Honours);
- RA 2 - Bachelors’ Degree in Science or Medicine (1st Class Honours);
Research Assistants within the Garvan are expected to possess the following attributes as shown below:
RA1 - RA2
- Strong commitment to quality.
- Team-focused approach.
- High degree of flexibility.
- Ability to take direction well.
- Showing ability to time manage.
- Appropriate prioritisation of workload.
- Good communication skills.
- Comfortable with basic decision making.

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
- Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging._

HOW TO APPLY

**Salary**: Up to $15,900.00 per month


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