Location: Burwood

Salary Rate: Casual HEW level 5 ($52.47 per hour plus 11% superannuation)

Employment Type: Casual (approximately 7 hours per week)

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

As Project Officer, you will be primarily responsible for managing all administrative aspects of the new Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project: Youth Futures after Mobility (YFAM). The project is a multi-method longitudinal wave-based study (2020-2030) of transnationally mobile youth and their transitions to adulthood, led by Professor Anita Harris (Deakin University) and Professor Loretta Baldassar (Edith Cowan University). YFAM will investigate what helps and hinders the social and economic integration of young people after living abroad. It builds on and extends the Youth Mobilities, Aspirations & Pathways Project (YMAP) project https://www.ymapproject.org/, which investigated how mobility shapes young people’s economic, social and civic aspirations, opportunities and outcomes, collecting data in two waves. YMAP’s participants included 800 survey respondents and 45 interviewees. YFAM tracks the same cohort of participants over another two waves (subject to retention and with a possible supplemental sample) and now considers challenges and opportunities for transnationally mobile youth as they age, face decisions about remaining or returning, and seek to settle.

You will be responsible for managing all administrative aspects of this large research project. Previous experience in managing or supporting research projects is desirable.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Set up and maintain project resources on Teams; manage and organise project resources and databases in Syncplicity and other systems as required.
• manage project timelines and monitor project milestones and outputs.
• Coordinate regular ongoing reports, meetings, events and communication.
• Produce, manage and update ethics applications, data management plan, research progress reports and other project documents.
• Liaise with project stakeholders and advisory group and establish and maintain database of relevant researchers, community, government and industry groups.
• Coordinate meetings including agendas and minutes; book rooms, travel and accommodation.
• Maintain the project website and manage social media accounts.
• Manage project administrative and financial processes, reporting, finance reconciliation and expenditure including account balances and liaise with Faculty and central finance and research teams on behalf of the project.
• Undertake any other appropriate administrative tasks and support for research activities as required.

To be successful you will have:

The successful candidate will have strong research management skills, an ability to work independently, an eye for detail, and excellent organisation and communication skills. Desirable: a background in Social Sciences/Humanities; research project officer/manager experience in universities.

How to apply:

Please submit your CV, including contact details for referees, and a cover letter outlining your skills/experience in relation to the key responsibilities by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

For a confidential discussion regarding the role please contact Anita Harris anita.harris@deakin.edu.au

This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working with Children Check.

Applications for this position close on Saturday 31 May 2025.