Come and work with us!
Level A academic salary $74,024 to $99,512 + 17% superannuation
Based at Deakin University Burwood Campus in Naarm (Melbourne)
Full-time and fixed term for 2 years
Applications close Friday 9 June 2023
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This role will provide support for predator-related research as part of a DEECA-funded project.
The appointee will help examine spatial and temporal relationships between predators and prey and environmental features.
Your work will include field-based wildlife surveys, analysis of camera data and ecological statistical modelling.
Key responsibilities
- Conducting high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities generating high impact outputs, with mentorship
- Engaging collaboratively to participate in novel and high-quality research or creative activities
- Communicating outputs, including as part of team
- Ensuring impact of academic activity on the field and the community
- Supporting and may lead applications for funding for research and creative activities
- Participating in intra- and inter-disciplinary research collaborations
- Building awareness of industry partners and participates in opportunities for research partnerships
- Supporting and may lead in applications for external competitive and other funding
- Co-supervising honours to timely outcomes with productive high-quality outcomes
- Develop working relationship with mentors and supervisors
- Developing early career research plan with guidance from mentors and supervisors
- Adopting a culture of research excellence, innovation and impact
- Building awareness of relevant industry partners and opportunities for HDRs/ECRs placements
Key selection criteria
- PhD in a relevant discipline and/or other relevant qualifications and experience
- Emerging research and scholarship through publications, and/or other outputs as appropriate to the discipline
- Ability to make a contribution to communities through research
- Capacity to contribute to teaching, research and administration
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues
- Ability to make a contribution to community engagement for research
Regular travel will be required within Victoria, as part of field-based research and liaison with stakeholders and industry partners. A manual drivers licence and Working with Children check are required.
Position description
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More information
For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact me.
For more information, please see the Deakin University website.
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