Role type: Part Time (0.6FTE); Fixed Term for 2 years
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department: Department of Psychiatry
Salary: $100,847 - $109,163.00 p.a. pro-rata for part time plus 17% super
- Shape evidence-informed mental health policy and systems / coordinate diverse multi-stakeholder research projects / support high-impact publications and grants
- Join us to coordinate transformative mental health research and help turn evidence into better policy and practice.
- Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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You will coordinate a portfolio of mental health policy and systems research across multiple funded projects.
You will support grants, ethics, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge translation to maximise impact.
You will be a trusted partner to the Academic Lead and project teams, ensuring smooth operations.
What you will deliver:
- Coordinate planning, implementation, and delivery of multiple research and evaluation projects, ensuring milestones and reporting requirements are met.
- Monitor project budgets and expenditure, prepare forecasts, and support compliance with University financial policies and processes.
- Lead coordination of ethics, governance, contracts, and regulatory documentation across University and partner institutions.
- Develop and maintain effective project management systems, documentation, and operational processes to support efficient delivery.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement activities and advisory structures, and support literature reviews, reports, publications, and presentations.
You may be a great fit if you:
- Hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in public health, health services research, psychology, epidemiology, or related discipline.
- Demonstrate experience coordinating research, evaluation, or health-related projects within complex organisational or partnership environments.
- Manage project budgets, timelines, and reporting, and contribute to funding submissions or competitive grant applications.
- Navigate human research ethics and governance processes, ensuring compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Produce clear, high-quality written materials, including reports, documentation, and stakeholder communications, with excellent verbal communication.
- Prioritise multiple tasks, work independently, and build strong relationships with academic, government, and lived experience partners.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:
- Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
- Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
- Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
- Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
- Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
For more information check out our benefits page!
Your new team –
You will join the Health Policy and Systems Science group within the Department of Psychiatry at Melbourne.
The team focuses on generating actionable evidence to improve mental health systems, services, and policy outcomes.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary academics and partners across government and services to drive real-world impact.
The group offers a supportive, inclusive culture that values co-design, lived experience, and evidence-informed decision making.
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. The diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Discover more about Diversity and Inclusion at UniMelb.
We're committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support, providing adjustments throughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Learn more about how we support an accessible recruitment process.
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Application essentials:
- Visit "apply with us" to learn more about the process, including tips and FAQs.
- You must have current valid work rights for Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
- A Working with Children Check is required for all positions. If successful, we will guide you through the process and reimburse you.
- Please upload your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest and experience as part of the application process.
- Please upload your responses to the Selection Criteria, found in the Position Description.
Want to know more?
- For queries related to this specific position, contact Katrina Witt by emailing [email protected]
- For questions related to our recruitment process email Walid at [email protected]
- For recruitment adjustments contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at [email protected] (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments').
Apply today, and join a community that’s shaping the future.
Applications close: 6 September. 11:55 PM; Melbourne time zone.
Position Description:
JR-016982 Research Coordinator PD.docx
JR-016982 Research Coordinator PD.pdf
Skills Required
- Relevant postgraduate qualification in public health, health services research, psychology, epidemiology, or a related discipline
- Experience coordinating research, evaluation, or health-related projects in complex organisational or partnership environments
- Experience managing project budgets, timelines, and reporting
- Experience contributing to funding submissions or competitive grant applications
- Experience navigating human research ethics and governance processes
- Ability to produce high-quality reports, documentation, and stakeholder communications
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and work independently
- Ability to build relationships with academic, government, service, and lived-experience partners
- Current valid work rights for Australia
- Working with Children Check
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