Fulltime,
Fixed Term, 3 years
$82,846
– $98,376
Up
to 17% Superannuation
La Trobe
University’s success is driven by people who are committed to making a
difference. They are creative and highly motivated, pursue new ideas and create
knowledge. La Trobe is among the top 100 universities in the world under the
age of 50 (Times Higher Education Rankings 2014), one of
Australia’s research
leaders, and the largest provider of higher education to regional Victoria. Our
teaching and research address some of the most significant issues of our time
and we’re passionate about driving change to benefit the communities we serve.
In this role
This position sits
within the College of Science, Health and Engineering . The college offers a
range of general and specialist undergraduate and postgraduate courses that
attuned to meeting the needs of students in ensuring their readiness to work in
changing environments.
This position is a 3
year fixed term research appointment and will be located in the Living with
Disability Research Centre.
The position sits
within the La Trobe University and Summer Foundation Living Well with Brain
Injury partnership. The research focus of the Living Well with Brain
Injury partnership is to develop interventions and measure outcomes
(participation, social inclusion, choice, control, well-being and implications
for life time care costs) related to life-time support of people with acquired
brain injury under 65 years. It is anticipated that this research will provide
an evidence base to inform services funded by the NDIS.
The candidate
Duties will include:
Conduct
and publish, or otherwise disseminate high quality and/or high impact research
as a member of a team or independently and produce conference/seminar papers
and publications from that research.
Contribute
to writing up research findings for publication and dissemination.
Contribute
to the preparation or, where appropriate, individual preparation of research
proposal submissions to external funding sources.
Engage
with industry and community to ensure that all research results are
communicated and adopted by industry, community and/or government.
Co-supervise
or, where appropriate supervise Higher Degree by Research (HDR) postgraduate
students as required.
Supervise
research support staff involved in the staff member’s research.
Develop
a limited amount of research related material for teaching or other purposes.
Contribute
to a robust and ambitious research culture.
Contribute
to the activities of the department and school, as agreed with the supervisor
and as consistent with the requirements of any external contracts relating to
funding of the position.
Closing date:
Wednesday 29th of April 2015
Position Enquiries:
Jacinta Douglas, Professor, Acquired Disability Studies. J.Douglas@latrobe.edu.au, 9479 1797
Position Description below:
LTUSummer Foundation Research Fellow POSITION DESCRIPTION.docx
This position is
open to people with a valid full-time working visa.
Please address Key Selection
Criteria and attach these with your application.
Please scroll down
to apply.
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La Trobe University
is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further
enquiries on how to apply for this role, please contact Melissa Favata, Senior
Recruitment Business Partner on +61 (03) 9479 2030.
