Position Details 3 Year Contract | Full-Time Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $80,405 - $88,737 p.a.(Exclusive of 17% Super) Location: Sir Mark Oliphant Building / Kaurna Country View Position Description About the Role We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Research Assistant to support our innovative sleep research team.In this role, you will be essential in ensuring the smooth operation of high-quality clinical trials while assisting our Chief Investigator and other researchers.You will help maintain compliance with clinical trial protocols, recruit and schedule participants, and manage logistics to facilitate trial operations.Operating laboratory equipment safely, you will also support data collection efforts and contribute to accurate research findings.Your coordination skills will be vital in organizing meetings and ensuring effective communication within the team.Additionally, you will assist with the financial aspects of clinical trials, including managing equipment and payments, while providing essential administrative support.If you are passionate about advancing sleep research and have strong organizational and communication skills, we encourage you to apply.Join us in our mission to enhance our understanding of sleep and improve lives through research!About You To be successful in this role you will exhibit: Completion of a degree, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training in a relevant field of science (e.g.medical sciences, psychology) Effective to well-developed ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with a wide range of people Interest in respiratory and sleep disorders/human physiology Effective to well-developed ability to contribute to the development and coordination of research experiments Ability to provide functional supervision to more junior staff and students where necessary.Life at Flinders We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity.Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all.We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.So, why work at Flinders?17% Superannuation + salary packaging options Flexible working arrangements Wide range of professional development activities and services We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).About FHMRI Sleep Health FHMRI Sleep Health conducts world-leading transdisciplinary research to advance knowledge of sleep, sleep disorders and develop new treatments to improve sleep and is situated within the College of Medicine and Public Health.It also provides a sleep disorders clinical service with a primarily focus on treatment for Insomnia and sleep disordered breathing.About the College of Medicine and Public Health At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services.Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory.Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes.It is at the heart of everything we do.Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy.Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.Prescribed Conditions for Employment A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.How to Apply and Information You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.For more information regarding this position, please contact Assoc.Professor Andrew Vakulin Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy Certification Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm: 17 Nov 2024 At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.Flinders.Fearless.