Research Officer
Job No.: 694466
Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Employment Type: Full-time / Part-time, fraction (0.8 - 1.0)
Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $86,344 - $99,179 pa HEW 5 plus 17% superannuation
- Contribute to a national women’s health initiative
- Advance data-driven healthcare
- Make an impact by contributing to clinical practice changes and national health outcomes
The Opportunity
Monash University is seeking a Research Officer to join the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) team within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
As the APFPR Research Officer, you’ll be part of a collaborative, purpose‑driven team ensuring the registry runs smoothly, efficiently and to the highest standards. This is a chance to contribute to patient care, research excellence and national health outcomes while developing your skills across governance, ethics, communications and project coordination.
About the Role
In this position, you’ll provide broad administrative, technical and communications support to the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry. Your responsibilities will span several key areas, including:
- Administrative support - coordinating meetings, preparing agendas and papers, taking minutes and assisting with operational presentations.
- Patient‑facing documentation - organising, preparing and distributing materials such as Patient Information Sheets and recruitment flyers.
- Ethics and governance submissions - assisting with HREC and local governance applications, amendments and annual reports under supervision.
- Site liaison and training - supporting participating hospitals and clinicians, providing database training, responding to queries and undertaking data entry when required.
- Front‑line administrative services - managing calls, mail, photocopying, document preparation, supply ordering and general office support.
- Communications and website updates - maintaining the APFPR website and assisting with newsletters, communiques and social media content.
- Academic and project support - preparing materials for conferences and supporting broader project activities.
- Data and compliance - maintaining organised filing systems, ensuring adherence to research protocols, and staying informed on privacy and legislative requirements.
You’ll report to the Senior Registry Coordinator and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to keep the registry operating at a high standard.
About You
You’ll thrive in this role if you bring a blend of initiative, organisation and communication skills, along with a genuine interest in supporting clinical research and health improvement. You will have:
- A relevant tertiary qualification or Diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to detail.
- Clear, professional communication skills and confidence liaising with clinicians, hospital staff and internal stakeholders.
- A proactive, team‑focused approach and willingness to learn new systems and processes.
- An understanding of, or interest in learning about, research governance, ethics processes and privacy legislation.
- Competence with administrative tasks, digital tools and document preparation.
About Monash University
The School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine is one of the largest schools of public health in the Asia Pacific region, advancing health and wellbeing through research, policy and practice.
The Clinical Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program (CORRP) is a leading national research program that manages several high profile national clinical registries including the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR). The CORRP Program has expertise in clinical registry management, dataset development, registry reporting, qualitative and quantitative research, consumer engagement, and data and database management. The CORRP team leads and delivers a range of impactful reporting and research activities including the production of high-quality Annual Reports, regular benchmarked provider reports to participating health services, health services research, data linkage activities and clinical quality registries methods research.
The Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry (APFPR) is a clinician-led, Commonwealth Government funded-national clinical quality registry that monitors and reports on processes and outcomes of care related to procedures for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The APFPR was established following a Senate Inquiry into the experiences of women who had suffered complications due to use of pelvic mesh devices. The registry effectively monitors the safety and outcomes of these procedures through aggregate data reporting, as well as reporting to clinicians, providers, and in the future to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), and industry. The registry engages lived experience consumers and collects patient reported outcomes as well as clinical outcomes, to ensure that the patient experience is captured.
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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: Rhiannon Whale, APFPR Senior Registry Coordinator, , +61 3 9903 9709
Position Description: Research Officer
Applications Close: Thursday 25th June 2026, at 11:55pm AEST
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