Project Coordinator

**Job no**: 0057031
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Part time 0.6 FTE; Fixed-term for 12 months
**Faculty**: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Department of General Practice
**Salary**:UOM 6 - $89,182 - $96,536 p.a. (pro rata) plus 17% super

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**About - Department of General Practice**

The Department of General Practice originated as a unit within the Department of Community Medicine in 1977. It was established as a separate department within the School of Medicine in 2001 and established the Primary Care Research Unit (PCRU) as a centre of excellence in primary care research, research training and knowledge exchange in 2006. The Department has 68 (full time equivalent) staff supported by an operating budget of $7 million and research income of approximately $11 million annually.
The Department has a successful Primary Care Research Unit (PCRU), including a Trials Unit with a practice-based research and education network (VicREN), which comprises our community-based general practices (600+) and other primary care providers who contribute to and drive teaching and research.

**About the Role**
The Project Coordinator is a key position within our developing Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit (PCTU), a team specifically supporting the engagement of over 600 general practices where we conduct many multi-site research trials recruiting both practitioners and patients for primary care research. We are looking for a collaborative and self-motivated Project Coordinator who is organised; process and detail oriented; and thrives on building and growing relationships. Reporting directly to the Manager, Department of General Practice, you will work closely with the Chair, Patron Management Group (PMG), Primary Care Trials Unit team members and teams within the Department.

Responsibilities include:

- Managing requests to access general practice data via the Data for Decisions program, and the end-to-end process of delivering data to researchers. This includes managing technical deliverables in conjunction with the Department technical unit (HaBIC R2) and includes keeping the applicant informed of progress..
- Supporting the Patron independent Data Governance Committee (DGC) and Patron Management Group (PMG) by completing activities including scheduling meetings, drafting meeting agendas, minute taking and preparation, preparing briefing papers, following up actions, and collating and organising papers for dissemination.
- Identifying, summarising and clarifying potential concerns for each Patron data request to bring to the attention of the independent Data Governance Committee, including an assessment of the request against the Five Safes framework outlined within the Patron Data Governance Framework.

You may be required to occasionally work out of ordinary hours to attend ad hoc evening events for research projects.

**About You**
You will possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and as part of a team. You have highly developed organisational skills, attention to detail and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage competing demands.

You will also have:

- A tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Ability to exercise independent judgement and personal initiative to constructively solve problems and make effective decisions based on knowledge of policy and procedures, relevant events, and strategic priorities.

**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

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