Research Fellow – Participant Experience Measures
Job No.: 687461
Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $118,974 - $141,283 pa Level B (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Monash University is proud to invite applications for a Research Fellow (Level B) to join the newly established ARC Laureate Fellowship research program led by Professor Alex Collie, one of Australia’s most influential scholars in work disability, workers’ compensation and social protection systems.
Backed by a $3.8 million Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, this flagship research program will modernise Australia’s work disability support systems by developing new evidence-based tools and policy models that improve participant outcomes, reduce long-term work disability and strengthen national productivity.
This is a rare opportunity to join a high-impact, multidisciplinary team at the very beginning of a nationally significant research initiative.
About the Role
This position will lead a major project focused on the development and validation of participant-reported experience measures for people interacting with Australian workers’ compensation and social security systems. Working in close collaboration with Professor Collie and the broader Laureate Fellowship team, the successful candidate will:
- Design, test, refine and validate survey-based participant experience measures
- Lead cohort recruitment and quantitative data collection
- Undertake advanced statistical analysis and publication of findings
- Contribute to translation of findings into policy and system reform
- Play a leading role in project management, reporting and stakeholder engagement
- Co-supervise a PhD student aligned with the project
- Contribute across other major projects within the ARC Laureate Fellowship portfolio
This role offers exceptional scope for intellectual leadership, career development, national policy impact and international collaboration.
About Professor Alex Collie and the Program
Professor Collie is Director of the Healthy Working Lives Research Group and the Division of Health Systems, Services and Policy within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He is an ARC Laureate Fellow, President of the Scientific Committee on Work Disability Prevention for the International Commission on Occupational Health, and a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts.
His research spans work injury rehabilitation, occupational health, workers’ compensation, motor vehicle injury compensation and disability insurance systems. The Laureate Fellowship builds on his nationally and internationally funded research programs and establishes a new research centre of excellence at Monash.
About You
You will bring disciplinary expertise in psychology, allied health, social sciences, behavioural science, or a related field, together with strong quantitative research capability and a passion for participant-centred system reform.
Essential qualifications and experience include:
- A doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline, or equivalent research experience
- Demonstrated statistical analysis capability and a strong publication track record
- Experience contributing to competitive research funding proposals
- Capacity to supervise and mentor research staff and PhD students
- High-level organisational, communication and project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary research team
- Advanced experience with analytical software such as R Studio, STATA or SPSS
- Highly desirable: Experience in participant-reported experience measures and/or participant-reported outcome studies
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
For instructions on how to apply, please refer to
'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Professor Alex Collie, Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group, Alex.Collie@monash.edu
Position Description: Research Fellow - Participant Experience Measures
Applications Close: Sunday 1 February 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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