Administrative Research Officer

Job No.: 693010

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $86,344 - $99,179 pa - HEW 5 plus 17% super

• 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

Do you want to work at the cutting edge of lifestyle health, wearable technologies and AI-driven data science?

An exciting opportunity is available to join the Stamatakis Group, a world-leading, translational research program advancing how movement, sleep and everyday behaviours shape cardiovascular, brain and mental health.

Based at BrainPark, this role places you at the heart of innovative research focussed on real-world solutions for preventing and managing chronic disease. You’ll work to support internationally recognised researchers, contributing across the full research lifecycle, from study design and ethics approval through to data analysis, manuscript submission and stakeholder engagement.

Why this role is different

As a Research Officer, you’ll play a central, hands-on role in projects that integrate wearable technologies, digital health platforms and advanced analytics, including AI. You’ll help a team to translate complex data into meaningful health insights, support high-quality publications and grant proposals, and ensure smooth day-to-day research operations. Executive support duties will include meeting coordination, diary management, correspondence, travel, report preparation, and general administrative support

What you’ll be doing

• Coordinating research projects, participant recruitment and data collection
• Managing wearable devices and digital health platforms
• Supporting ethics, governance, grants and financial administration
• Contributing to manuscripts, figures and journal submissions
• Driving continuous improvement and adoption of AI productivity tools by the rest of the research team
• Supporting research students and fostering collaborative research culture
• Executive assistance to Research Directors
• Administration across both research and operational tasks
• Support day to day administration and follow-up actions
• Coordinate travel, expenses, and purchasing

What we’re looking for

You’ll bring strong organisational, administrative, and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a genuine interest in lifestyle, behavioural or health research. Experience in research administration and/or executive administration, data handling, or wearable technologies is highly regarded, along with curiosity, initiative and a collaborative mindset. You’ll also bring excellent organisational and communication skills, strong calendar and task management abilities, the capacity to support academic leaders, and flexibility to move between research and executive administration tasks. 

Make an impact

This is your chance to support research that directly influences population health, health policy, clinical practice and everyday lives, while growing your skills in a dynamic, supportive academic environment.

Apply now and help shape the future of preventive and lifestyle health research

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.

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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

Please include your experience from the following points within your cover letter:

• Research project administration and governance.

• Financial administration and grant support.

• Data collection and research documentation.

• Organisational skills and managing competing priorities.

• Communication and coordination across stakeholders.

• Manuscript preparation and submission support.

• Leadership in day-to-day research coordination.

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. 

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 Emmanuel Stamatakis, Director of Brain Park, School of Psychological Sciences, +61 3 9905 1074 or Emmanuel.Stamatakis@monash.edu 

Position Description: Research Officer

Applications Close: Sunday, 10th May at 11:55pm AEST