Job no: 532738
Work type: Part Time
Location: Sydney, NSW

Categories: Research Administration support, Research Infrastructure

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) examines the natural environment, including life, from the core of the Earth to its upper atmosphere, deep in time through to the present and modelling towards the future. Research within BEES is clustered within four general thematic areas: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Climate Science; Environmental Change, Sustainability and Resources; Paleoenvironments and Earth History. The School of BEES has over 150 academic and professional staff, over 170 research students and 60 honours students.
The Research Assistant (Level 5) provides technical and research assistance to a research team assessing recovery in threatened Australian amphibians and reptiles. The position will be responsible for drafting conservation assessments for species, identifying experts for input, mapping and assisting with the delivery of workshops.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Level 5 – ($85k – $96k) - plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading
• Fixed Term – 2 years
• Part-time (14 hours per week)
  The role reports to the Professor Richard Kingsford and has no direct reports.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS ROLE INCLUDE:

• Collate and enter data on Australian reptile and amphibian species
• Draft IUCN Red List conservation assessments and IUCN Green Status assessments for Australian reptile and amphibian species
• Identify experts on species for input, potentially seek expert elicitations, collate publication and citation data
• Map species distributions
• Assist with the organisation and delivery of workshops
• Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the psychosocial or physical health and safety of yourself or others.