Project Officer, Research Assets Division

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Project Officer, Research Assets Division. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Not for profit sector
• Full Time, maximum-term contract – 2 years, (with possibility of extension)
• Ultimo Location, professional and friendly environment
• Competitive remuneration package, including salary packaging

About the Sax Institute

The Sax Institute is a leading Australian expert body in helping decision makers find and make best use of research to solve real-world health and social problems.

We connect individuals and organisations with research, we build research platforms that generate new knowledge for use in decision making, and we lead thinking and knowledge around how to ensure more research has a real-world impact.

We are a transformative organisation established to develop innovative ways of better connecting knowledge from research with those who can use it.

The Research Assets Division runs a number of programs to enable Health Research including:

• The Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH), Australia’s largest long-term study of the health and wellbeing of urban Aboriginal Children
• The Health Insight Study, a new proof-of-concept cohort study of privately insured Australians
• The 45 and Up Study, the largest ongoing study of healthy ageing in the Southern Hemisphere
• The Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE), a secure computing environment developed to help make best use of sensitive data.

The Research Assets Division has primary responsibility for the following Institute goals:

• Build and maintain research assets that enable high-quality research and produce new knowledge for decision making
• Drive research that contributes to policy, program and service delivery decisions.

About the position

The Project Officer, Research Assets is responsible for customer service and administration activities related to the Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE) program. This includes providing business and client services support, and assistance with the development of systems and processes to manage client support. From time to time the position will provide various types of administrative support. The position requires initiative and the capacity to build professional relationships with a wide range of people.

The Project Officer will have excellent customer service, coordination and organisational skills, with demonstrated capacity for problem solving and developing solutions. The Project Officer plays a key role in coordinating activities across SURE. The role requires you to work closely with other members of Research Assets and liaise with external partners and researchers accessing SURE. You will be very organised, be able to work independently, be able to project a professional tone in all interactions, have excellent teamwork skills and be able to keep oversight of a number of activities.

About the Selection Criteria

To be successful the Project Officer should demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies:

Essential -

• Excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with a diverse range of people including researchers, clinicians and government officers
• Excellent customer service skills and a focus on achieving positive outcomes for customers
• Experience in process-driven delivery of software or IT platforms
• Demonstrated capacity for problem solving and developing solutions
• Excellent (advanced) computer skills, including MS Access and other Microsoft Office programs, databases, and office management systems
• Adaptability and flexibility to handle ambiguous conditions, changing priorities and ability to meet deadlines.

Desirable -

• Experience in epidemiology and/or public health.

About the benefits

• Competitive salary including salary packaging
• Opportunity to impact health policy/program delivery
• Opportunity to broaden your skills through application in a leading operational research environment.

Further details

The full position description for this role can be obtained on the Careers Opportunities page of our website, https://www.saxinstitute.org.au/about-us/career-opportunities/.

To apply, please send your CV and a letter addressing the selection criteria to [email protected] referencing the following in the subject heading: Project Officer, Research Assets.

Thank you for your interest in the position. Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.

For any enquiries please contact Mr Matthew Gorringe at [email protected] or on 02 9188 9587.

Applications closing date:  5pm, 27 July 2018.

The Sax Institute is an Equal Opportunity employer.