Research Assistant

1 week ago

University of South Australia City East Campus University of South Australia Full time

Open to Australian Aboriginal Peoples and UniSA employees only
- Part-time (0.4 FTE), fixed term contract from 1 April 2025 until 31 December 2025, based in UniSA Justice and Society
- Salary: $80,099 pro rata per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

**About the Role**

This position is responsible for undertaking research related activities to support the senior research staff within the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP).

Required research activities include proactively supporting and contributing to high quality research, competitive research grant activities, and active participation in research concentrations and other relevant collaborative forums, to deliver high quality research outcomes to meet the Excellence in Research in Australia (ERA) criteria.

**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 literature reviews, collect and analyse data and performance statistics, and prepare and draft information and reports independently and as a member of a team
- Support the publishing and communicating of research outcomes from the Centre to different audiences including by participating and presenting at conferences and seminars
- Liaise with academics, researchers and other research participants including organising and attending meetings associated with ACCP projects
- Work with other researchers as part of a team and provide efficient project and administration support to members of the research team

**Essential Skills and Experience**
- Honours or Post Graduate Research Degree in a Behavioural, Social Science, Social Work, Education, Health, Policy or related discipline
- Research, policy or practice experience in an area related to any of the following: child protection, out of home care, child trauma, child sexual abuse or harmful sexual behaviours
- Demonstrated understanding of qualitative research methods and ability to undertake qualitative data analysis and strong skills in understanding and critiquing the quality of published research studies
- Demonstrated research writing skills, including an ability to locate, evaluate, compile, and edit relevant literature and research data
- Excellent initiative, problem solving, time management and organisational skills, including experience in priority setting, the ability to perform multiple tasks, to work productively with limited supervision and within a team environment, and to work to deadlines

**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%
- Flexible working conditions
- Employee assistance and development programs

**Start Your Unstoppable Career**

**Applications close: 11:30pm Thursday 20 February 2025**
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