Job Title
Research Officer / Senior Research Officer (Bioinformatics)
Job Description
An excellent opportunity is available for a motivated and talented Research Officer to join the Colonial Foundation Diagnostics Centre (CFDC), contributing to the development of new kinds of diagnostic pathology tests for a range of inflammatory diseases and conditions of ageing at Australia’s pre-eminent biomedical research institute.
About the Position
The role will involve the development of novel statistical strategies, bioinformatics software tools, and M/L-based models for processing, interpreting and analysing large scale patient cohort data and planned spatial omics datasets with linked clinical information related to ageing and disease.
The position will be based in CFDC, a joint initiative of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) and the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) that benefits from transformative multi-year support from the Colonial Foundation. The Centre aims to bring advanced discovery tools out of the research space and into the clinic, to drive new opportunities to improve patient care through next-generation diagnostics. It builds on the success of the Colonial Foundation Healthy Ageing Centre (2019-2024), which established a clinical platform for proteomics-led diagnostics, and leverages internationally leading technological capabilities in genomics, proteomics, single-cell, spatial-omics, imaging and computational biology (including AI/ML).
The successful candidate will work closely with a passionate team of scientists and clinical pathologists at CFDC, with members of WEHI’s outstanding Bioinformatics Division and with other collaborators and consumers across WEHI, RMH and externally.
Selection Criteria
The successful candidate will have extensive experience in large scale single-cell and spatial-omics data analysis and will be highly motivated to tackle complex problems in medical biology in an interdisciplinary environment.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Relevant PhD/Doctoral qualification and relevant postdoctoral experiences in a quantitative discipline such as Bioinformatics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computational Biology.
• Strong data analysis skills using R/python and Bioconductor software.
• Experience in performing analyses using various software tools in Unix environment or on high-performance computing platforms.
• Prior experience in genomic, transcriptomic, single-cell or spatial-omics research.
• Expertise in machine learning or artificial intelligence.
• Ability to manage data security and integrity.
• Ability to work closely and effectively with scientists, bioinformaticians, and external collaborators from clinical and research settings.

Personal Qualities:

• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capacity to perform under pressure, to meet time constraints and determine work priorities.
• Highly motivated to work on improving medical biology.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills to be able to work constructively within a team environment.
• Excellent organization skills, attention to detail, and comprehensive documentation and record-keeping.

Terms of Appointment
This full-time position is available for a period of 2 years in the first instance with the possibility of renewal. Salary is Research Officer Level A 6-8 ($101,039 - $108,453), or Senior Research Officer Level B1 ($114,170). Up to 17% superannuation and very attractive salary packaging options are available.
General enquiries can be directed to A/Prof Edwin Hawkins (
hawkins.e@wehi.edu.au
), A/Prof Michael Christie (
christie.m@wehi.edu.au
) or Dr Yunshun Chen (
yuchen@wehi.edu.au
).
A Research Officer position description is available
here
.
A Senior Research Officer position description is available
here
.
How to Apply
Please apply by uploading your CV, cover letter and a document addressing the key selection criteria in pdf format.
Application Closing Date: Monday 24th March 202

Please refer the Job description for details