Job No. 495729
Faculty / Portfolio: Faculty of Science
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: Up to three years fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $74,032 – $79,469 pa Level A PhD
(includes 9% employer superannuation)
• Early career research opportunity
• Innovative and creative environment
• Clayton campus
At Monash, we want our research to change things for the better, our teaching to set us apart and our social justice agenda to make a global difference. To continue achieving these objectives, we need people who have the same ambitions.
To attract excellent people we know we need to offer excellent benefits and conditions. That’s why when you join Monash, you’ll join a workplace where fairness and flexibility are standards, not afterthoughts. We offer a variety of professional development opportunities, support for research, generous maternity/parental leave and work arrangements that acknowledge one size doesn’t fit all.
The Opportunity
The Faculty of Science at Monash University established the Margaret Clayton – Women in Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2007 to attract female early career researchers with outstanding potential to undertake research in areas of identified faculty research strength or emerging research potential.
The Fellowship is again offered in 2011 (for commencement in 2012) in the form of a direct appointment following a faculty-conducted competitive process open to all women researchers within five years of the award of their PhD as at 1 July 2011.
Applicants must have demonstrated excellent research outcomes at international level.
The successful applicant will be appointed within the Level A (Step 3 and above) academic salary range for three years depending on experience (Level A (PhD) $74,032 – $79,469) includes 9% superannuation. Research support of up to $15,000 per annum will also be available. The Fellowship is only tenable in one of the Clayton campus-based Schools of the Faculty of Science and it is expected that most of the time will be spent in the relevant school or centre.
Additional information, including the guidelines, application form, referee report form and the conditions of award can be obtained from the following Monash University website:
http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/research/clayton-fellowship.html
Your application must address the selection criteria.
Please refer to “How to apply for Monash jobs”
Enquiries
Mr Tom Keegan, Manager, Research and Research Training, on +61 3 9905 2079 or via email: Tom.Keegan@monash.edu
Position Description
2012 Margaret Clayton Women in Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
Closing Date
Friday 1 July 2011, 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time