The Opportunity

The Human Development and Community Wellbeing Team conducts research across the lifespan from conception, childhood, and youth to adulthood and the social determinants that impact and influence outcomes. The team’s focus is on the broader life course of individuals and communities within the family, school, and online environments, and includes economic evaluation of programs and outcomes.

This exciting opportunity offers an experienced Research Assistant in a relevant field the chance to build experience and advance their career by working on projects that focus on empowering fathers to improve the health and wellbeing of children and investigate the critical factors underlying disadvantage across the life course. Collaborating with an experienced team, you will develop skills in research, stakeholder engagement, data dissemination, and knowledge translation.

Some of your duties will include but are not limited to:

Contribute to dataset cleaning, standardisation and management as required, utilising existing procedures and set up procedures as required for quality assurance and data validation.

Create analytic datasets by integrating data from multiple data sources.

Conduct appropriate statistical analysis in a reproducible research framework.

Actively participate in meetings with Investigators, the research team and external stakeholders to communicate results and provide feedback.

Conveniently based at Perth Children’s Hospital, this role will be offered on a full-time basis for 4 years.

About You

The ideal applicant for this role will have a n undergraduate degree in statistics or another relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or equivalent experience in a quantitative field. Along with this, your application must also demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

Skills, experience and confidence in the application of a wide range of statistical techniques using large and complex integrated data sets.

Excellent programming skills and proficiency with statistical software packages for the manipulation and analysis of data (strong preference for R skills).

Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate statistical ideas and results (both written and oral) with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Good time and project management skills, including maintaining open communication regarding project progress; an ability to take responsibility for own work.

Understand issues related to data governance (security/ privacy).

We are driving inclusion and diversity as part of the way we work and embrace the diverse career and life experiences of our staff. If you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application. We also encourage you to address any career disruptions (if applicable) you may have had in your cover letter.

About Us

Our aim is to create a workplace where people are respected and encouraged to fulfil their potential. We encourage a workforce that is innovative, eager to acquire knowledge and enhance skills; we embrace all employee differences, foster a culture that supports diversity and inclusion, and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations where required.

Some of our staff benefits include:

Additional annual leave over Christmas and Easter.

Save on tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging up to $15,899 of Living Expenses and up to $2,650 on Entertainment Benefits each FBT year.

Extensive health and wellbeing program with weekly events.

Flexible work options and hybrid working.

Reward and recognition program.

Professional development opportunities including access to unlimited online training with LinkedIn Learning.

Modern offices and end of trip facilities, including sit to stand desks.

Access to Corporate Health Insurance.

Staff purchasing discounts including travel, IT Hardware and stationery.

How to apply

If you think that this is the right role and an exciting new challenge for you, please click on 'Apply Now' to navigate to our Career Site to view the Job Description and submit your application.

Your cover letter (no more than 2 pages) should specifically address your skills and experience outlined in the “About You” section above.

Applications will only be accepted through our career portal. If you are experiencing technical difficulties with our online portal, please direct your query to [email protected].
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].

For more information about the role please contact Vincent Mancini, Senior Research Fellow and Kate Erceg, Program Coordinator.

Contact Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Closing Date: 14.04.25 - We reserve the right to hire prior to the closing date.