Senior Research Officer

at  Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a fantastic opportunity if you are looking to apply your research experience in a mental health setting, your interest in working with Aboriginal young people and their families as well as your outstanding project management skills!
Our Healing Kids, Healing Families team is commencing a research project that aims to co-design, develop, and implement a culturally safe and responsive parenting program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who have experienced trauma. The program will have social and emotional benefits for families by strengthening a sense of connectedness with family, kin, country and culture, and Indigenous identity thereby promoting healing in a culturally safe and responsive way.

Working closely with our research and project teams you will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of this new study, including:

• Obtaining ethics to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Recruiting and engaging with participants.
• Monitor study progress and ensuring compliance with the study protocol.
• Collect, manage and analyse complex and sensitive data.
• Produce high-quality research outputs.
• Build strong relationships with all stakeholders across the program, including Aboriginal communities.

You will be directly supported by lead researchers and have a chance to develop your leadership skills by mentoring and supervising staff involved in this project.
Conveniently located within the Perth Children’s Hospital, this part-time (0.8FTE) opportunity will be offered until May 2027.

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.

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 recruitment@telethonkids.org.au
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please direct your inquiries to recruitment@telethonkids.org.au.
Contact Name: Karen Lombardi
Contact Email: Karen.Lombardi@telethonkids.org.au
Closing Date: 12/06/2024 Telethon Kids reserve the right to hire prior to the closing date

• Obtaining ethics to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• Recruiting and engaging with participants.
• Monitor study progress and ensuring compliance with the study protocol.
• Collect, manage and analyse complex and sensitive data.
• Produce high-quality research outputs.
• Build strong relationships with all stakeholders across the program, including Aboriginal communities