Assistant Director Research Ethics

**Assistant Director Research Ethics**
**Executive Level 1**

This is an Identified position open to all Australian Citizens

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**Our Journey**
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led
national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life
to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures and stories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of
our Nation’s history and future on Australia’s truth-telling journey, working towards collective
healing.

In 2024, AIATSIS celebrates our 60th anniversary and reflects on our evolution as an
organisation during that time. Over the next five years, our operating environment will continue
to change, and we must position ourselves to respond to this change.

**Our Vision**
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge,
cultures and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated and valued.

**Our Purpose**
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely
dedicated to telling the story of Australia’s First Nations peoples.

We collect, steward and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’
knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research and our network of collaborations
and partnerships by:

- Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.
- Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality; and
- Shaping our national narrative.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.

AIATSIS is a statutory authority under the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and a Corporate
Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act.

AIATSIS employees are employed under the Public Service Act 1999, with terms and conditions
of employment as set out in the AIATSIS Enterprise Agreement.

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RESEARCH ETHICS

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 50_04/25

Classification Executive level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $115,443 - $125,832

Group Research and Education

Area Research Policy and Ethics

Employment Status Ongoing/Non-ongoing

Hours Full time

Close Date 11.30pm, Wednesday 16 April 2025

Contact Person Lori Richardson
02 6129 3936

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**About the Group**
The purpose of the Research and Education Group is to define, lead, produce, share and
support cutting edge research and learning by, with, and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples. The Group supports an annual flagship AIATSIS summit and connects
AIATSIS with universities and the wider research sector to coordinate and influence research
agendas.

**About the Program Area**
The Ethics team sits within the Research and Education Group. In the ethics space, the team is
responsible for leading and influencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research, ethics,
and protocols. This includes the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Research and the AIATSIS Research Ethics Committee, which is responsible for reviewing ethics

**Role Summary**
The Assistant Director Research Ethics will be responsible for delivering, growing and
promoting the AIATSIS Ethics program.
A merit pool may be created for future vacancies of similar positions across the Institute.

**Key Responsibilities**
Key responsibilities of the role include:

- management of the AIATSIS Research Ethics Committee (REC) in accordance with the

REC Charter and Standard Operating Procedures, including the need to be responsive
to member queries and the timely turnaround of meeting feedback to applicants.
- developing productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including

the development of collaboration agreements wherever possible.
- development and delivery of ethics education through workshops, presentations and

the production of ethics resources as required.
- reporting to AIATSIS governance committees, partner organisations, AIATSIS senior

leadership and government departments.
- management of staff, setting priorities, establishing work plans, allocating resources,

and evaluating project outcomes.
- preparation of complex briefs, annual reports to the National Health and Medical

Research Council, and parliamentary reporting.
- other duties as directed.

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**Cultural capability - essential**
and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and
demonstrate the following specifi