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Period of Appointment

Fixed term for 3 (three) years

Hours per fortnight

36.75 hours per fortnight 

Duties 

• Conduct an extensive review of the coronial file (comprising the coronial brief, medical records and forensic material) and accurately record complex information consistent with the Data Dictionary to code variables in the Tasmanian Suicide Register and the associated death surveillance systems.
• Actively monitor all deaths reported to the coroner and update databases as required. Identify, request access to and return coronial files on suspected suicides investigated by the coroner.
• Maintain, extract and analyse data of the Tasmanian Suicide Register, Overdose Death Register, and death surveillance databases and undertake regular quality audits and infrastructure reviews and provide reports as required using statistical software.
• Support report preparation to the Tasmanian Government on suicide in Tasmania in consultation with coroners and the Department of Health, including aggregate descriptive statistics for dissemination upon request to stakeholder groups.
• Undertake other duties as directed.

Desirable Requirements

• Extensive experience and/or a relevant tertiary qualification in public health, social sciences, data management, biomedical science, or other related fields.
• Proficient use of the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Microsoft Access and Excel and statistical software packages such as Stata or SPSS, R, or Python.
• Understanding of mental health and suicide prevention policy environment, and the intersectionality between suicide and deaths related to domestic violence and alcohol and other drugs.

Pre-employment Checks

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer.

The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Pre-employment (National Police Record) checks for: Arson and fire setting, violent crimes and crimes against the person, sex-related offences, drug and alcohol related offences, crimes involving dishonesty, deception and/or conspiracy, making false declarations, malicious damage and destruction to property, serious traffic offences, crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice, Executive or the Legislative Power.
2. Disciplinary action in previous employment.
3. Identification check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

 Statement of Duties (358125) Research Officer - Magistrates Court - June 2025.docx

 Statement of Duties (358125) Research Officer - Magistrates Court - June 2025.pdf

 Information for applicants (Magistrates Court of Tasmania).docx

 Information for applicants (Magistrates Court of Tasmania).pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.  We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 4911. 

For more information

Runi Larasati
Senior Research Officer
Email: runi.larasati@magistratescourt.tas.gov.au 
Phone: (03) 6165 4992 

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

Organisational Development and Design Team
(03) 6165 7603