Uniting’s Research and Social Policy team is looking for a Principal Researcher to join us on a Full-Time Permanent basis in North Parramatta.
Applications Close 11 July 2025, Friday

About the Role

• Full-time Permanent (38 hours per week)
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office, 2 days work from home – Based in North Parramatta
• Attractive remuneration: Base salary + salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 (pay less tax) + 12% superannuation

YOUR SKILL SET WILL INCLUDE:

• Knowledge of a range of research methodologies/approaches relevant to program evaluation, practice improvement and innovation
• An ability to translate research findings into proposals which can drive reform of practice improvement, innovation, and policy change
• An ability to consult and cultivate productive working relationships with practitioners, policy makers and academics
• A firm commitment to social justice and interest in the research and policy areas covered by Uniting’s services

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g. social science, public health or social work)
• Three to five years’ experience in conducting high-level qualitative or quantitative social research in applied contexts, with sufficient expertise in the other methodological tradition to manage mixed-methods projects.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Uniting’s Research and Social Policy team is recruiting a Principal Researcher to join us on a full-time ongoing basis. The team sits within Uniting’s Social Impact and Advocacy directorate, alongside the Advocacy/Government Relations team and the Innovation team. We work to disrupt entrenched disadvantage by informing practice improvement, innovation and advocacy.
This is a broad and varied role, with a focus on aged care and interactions with programs, practitioners, university partners, and government agencies. On any given day, the Principal Researcher may be surveying the contemporary research landscape and identifying strategic issues, gathering the voices and experience of our staff and clients, analysing administrative data, or presenting findings to colleagues, academics or policymakers.
About You
This role would suit an experienced researcher looking to lead a strategic body of research designed to influence practice and policy. We are particularly interested applicants with knowledge of aged care, deep expertise in either qualitative or quantitative methods and enough experience in the other to lead mixed methods research projects, and experience disseminating results to diverse audiences and translating them into practice.

About the Role

• Full-time Permanent (38 hours per week)
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in the office, 2 days work from home – Based in North Parramatta
• Attractive remuneration: Base salary + salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 (pay less tax) + 12% superannuatio