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Position Summary

A Research Assistant (Level 5) provides technical and research assistance to the research project/team.

This role will:

• Attend research meetings and training sessions and take minutes.
• Respond to routine enquiries relating to research.
• Liaise with stakeholders in the preparation of ethics and grant applications, abstracts, annual and progress reports.
• Undertake unsupervised research support tasks consistent with established methodologies (may include lab or field work).
• Perform data collection entry, and analysis.
• Maintain research databases, records and publication registers.
• Conduct statistical data reporting.
• Recruit study participants and conduct survey mail outs.
• Transcribe interviews.
• Organise fieldwork arrangements.
• Cooperate with all health & 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.

A person engaged is generally expected to have the following skills and experience:

• Completion of a degree.
• Prior experience supporting a research project.
• Strong level of computer literacy with strong skills in the use of Microsoft Office software and other applications or systems/databases.

To submit an application for the role, please do so via the 'Apply Now' button. Please note, no applications will be accepted via email.

If you require any further information regarding the role, please contact Louisa Degenhardt via l.degenhardt@unsw.edu.au.