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• Co-ordinate the Rare Disease Advisory Group and rare disease community stakeholder engagement activities
• Conduct data collection, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and observations
• Part time (0.4FTE), fixed term until December 2026, based in Hobart

About the opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a Research Officer (Rare Diseases) at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research (Menzies), University of Tasmania.

The Menzies Institute for Medical Research (Menzies), at the University of Tasmania, is one of Australia’s leading health and medical research institutes. Menzies exists to improve human health and wellbeing by performing excellent basic, clinical and population health research that focuses on the major diseases affecting the Tasmanian community. Taking a disease prevention approach, our research is aimed at improving patient care and clinical outcomes for the community by translating knowledge and clinical actions.

Research at Menzies is structured around research themes, flagships and research platforms.

What you’ll do:

• Provide research-related administration, including ethics approvals, annual reports, governance submissions and protocols.
• Assist with the development of data collection instruments (surveys, interview schedules etc), data collection protocols and data capture systems (eg: REDCap).
• Assist in collecting, inputting, and maintaining accurate and up-to-date patient data in research databases, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
• Ensure data accuracy, adherence to ethical guidelines, and compliance with research protocols through regular quality checks and documentation updates.
• Understand and adhere to relevant legislation, policies, and procedures including the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research and UTAS Framework for the Responsible Conduct of Research.

What we’re looking for:

• A degree level qualification in a relevant field, such as health science, nursing, allied health, or medicine.
• Experience supporting the implementation of community or hospital-based research projects.
• Ability to meet deadlines and deliver milestones in a timely manner and demonstrated ability to perform tasks with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders including funding bodies and members of the rare disease community.
• Experience supporting ethics applications, writing protocols and community and stakeholder engagement and experience in operation of data capture systems (e.g., REDCap).
• Experience in analysing data and contributing to write up of findings through reports or other dissemination outputs (e.g., academic manuscripts, presentations, infographics).

Salary details

Appointment to this role will be at HEO 5 and will have a total remuneration package of up to $105,665 pro rata comprising base salary within the range of $80,869 to $90,312 pro rata plus 17% superannuation.

How to Apply

• This vacancy is being advertised internally only in the first instance to current staff.
• In submitting your application, you acknowledge you have/intend to discuss your interest in this vacancy with your current manager and understand they may need to be contacted confidentially by the hiring manager as part of the assessment of your application.
• To apply online, please provide your CV and 1-2-page cover letter outlining your interest in the role, skills, capabilities and experience.  You do not need to separately address the success profile criteria.
• For further information about this position, please contact Lauren Akesson, Clinical Senior Research Fellow,   lauren.akesson@utas.edu.au or 0408 032 882.
• Please visit https://www.utas.edu.au/jobs/applying for our guide to applying and details on the recruitment process.
• Please refer to the attached Position Description Below for full details.

 Position Description - 501493 -Research Officer (Rare Disease).pdf

Applications close Sunday, 5 October 2025, 11.55pm

The University of Tasmania acknowledges the Palawa/Pakana and Gadigal/Wangal people as the traditional custodians of the land, sea and waters of the areas upon which we live and work. We recognise their valuable contributions and deep connection to country and pay respect to Elders past and present.

As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive workplace, employment history and police checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.

To be eligible for this position, you are required to hold Australian or New Zealand Citizenship, permanent residency or a valid visa that enables you to fulfil the requirements of this role.