- Full time, fixed term contract for 3 years with possible extension
- An exciting opportunity in a newly created research role within the team focused on wearables and health within the Charles Perkins Centre and the Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Base Salary starting from $118,390 + 17% superannuation
About the opportunity
The University is seeking to employ a Research Fellow to support the multi-disciplinary research team in our Centre’s Theme of Physical Activity. The incumbent will lead a program of incidental physical activity in socioeconomically diverse populations, as well as aspects of the ProPASS consortium health improvement in, Exercise and Energy Expenditure Theme, led by Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis. We are a leading multidisciplinary research institute of the University of Sydney.
Since our inception 160 years ago, the University has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We are Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 8,100 academic and non-academic staff who support over 73,000 students.
We are at the forefront of multidisciplinary research and education and undertakes high-impact research that anticipates the cardiometabolic health issues of tomorrow while overcoming the challenges of today.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Lead physical activity interventions, including ethics approvals, recruitment, data collection, analyses and manuscript preparation
- lead co-design and community involvement work
- provide leadership to the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS)
- provide leadership of epidemiological publications on physical activity, sleep, and other behaviors
- provide regular contributions to physical activity measurement related studies included in the above program of research.
- significantly contribute to successful applications for competitive research grants and/ or funding to deliver research impact
- work under the supervision of academic staff
- typically conduct research/scholarly activities under limited supervision, either independently, or as a member of a team
- undertake administration primarily relating to staff member’s activities at the University
- maintain quality, standards and excellence in all research activities and outputs
- Work out-of-office hours, as the needs of the multiple international collaboration the above program entails dictates.
About you
- PHD in relevant field
- experience with intervention design, co-design and evaluation, particularly within physical activity or health behaviour change settings
- strong expertise in qualitative research methods, including conducting interviews and thematic analysis
- experience working with diverse socioeconomic groups and/or research addressing health inequalities
- familiarity with ProPASS or similar international consortia
- background in behavioral interventions related to physical activity, sedentary behavior, or sleep
- solid understanding of epidemiological methods and study designs (e.g., cohort studies, prospective studies)
- expertise in physical activity, sedentary behavior, and/or sleep research and their associations with health outcomes
- experience with biostatistics and working with large population-based datasets
- strong track record of peer-reviewed publications in relevant fields
- experience in writing research grants and preparing reports for stakeholders or funding agencies.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note in your application if you require a visa for this position.
Australian Temporary Residents currently employed at the University may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the reasons for the position.
Applications Close
Tuesday 17 December 2024 11:59 PM
