Research Fellow

**Job no**:0061571
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Part-time (0.8 FTE); Fixed-term for 3 years
**Faculty**:Melbourne Law School
**Salary**:Level B - $114,645 - $136,136 pro rata, plus 17% super
- **Join a pioneering international research institution and work alongside world renowned experts to eliminate violence against women.**:

- **Generate fundamental research to advance an area focused on promoting justice and safety for women and their children who are living with and leaving violence in the Indo-Pacific region.**:

- **Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families**

**About the Role**
The project, Legal Responses to Violence Against Women will see you will work as part of a team in partnership with CEVAW researchers, Partner Investigators and Organisations. You will conduct research, including fieldwork, data collection and data management across multiple sites in the Indo-Pacific region, focused on developing tools and methods for assessing the safety and justice outcomes of legal responses to contribute to the development of survivor-centred legal responses that promote justice and safety for violence effected women in the region.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Contributing as both a member of a team and independently to analyse in-depth qualitative and/or quantitative research, focusing on identifying and analysing legal responses to violence against women which promote safety and justice in diverse context.
- Conducting legal research (cases/legislation), utilising surveys, case study development, interviews, yarning circles and focus groups.
- Leading fieldwork, data collection, and data management across multiple sites in the Indo-Pacific region. Domestic and International Travel will be required.
- Preparing and formulating publications, workshops, presentations, and research reports.

**Who We Are Looking For**
You will exhibit the ability and willingness to collaborate in teams to deliver successful research project outcomes. You have experience producing conference and seminar papers, and a strong track record of original and independent research evidenced by a publication record of high impact, international, esteemed peer-reviewed journals.

You will also have:

- A doctoral qualification in law or a cognate social science discipline with knowledge of legal responses to violence against women and/or gender-based violence.
- Qualitative research experience.
- Evidence of publication of high-quality research on violence against women, and/or sexual and gender-based violence.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team and with partner organisations, and a demonstrated ability to work independently in a research environment to meet project deadlines.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

**Your New Team - **The CEVAW, Melbourne Law School**
The Post Doctoral Research Fellow is located in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) and is based at the Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne.

CEVAW is the world’s first centre to tackle the full range of forms of violence against women in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. The team will work to generate fundamental knowledge and pioneering new, evidence-based, approaches to inform trajectory-altering practice and policy.

CEVAW comprises 14 chief investigators at seven Australian institutions, 15 partner investigators worldwide, 33 partner organisations and over 100 HDR students and postdoctoral fellows.

Melbourne Law School is a vibrant community of creative scholars, committed to a highly collegial, research-intensive institutional life. The Law School has strengths in comparative analysis. It aims to integrate teaching with research and engagement activities and to engage with local, national and global communities.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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