Research Fellow (Level BRF)

• Open to Australian Aboriginal Peoples and UniSA employees only
• Part-time (0.8TE), 30-month fixed term contract
• Salary: $109,074 - $128,877 (pro rata) per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role 

Reporting to a Professorial Lead, you will contribute to the research efforts of the Future Industries Institute and will undertake research on the project titled ‘Improving farmer profitability and sustainability by understanding polyhalite fertilizer interactions with soil’ via an Agreement between the University of South Australia and Anglo American Woodsmith Limited (AAWL). 

About the Future Industries Institute 

UniSA STEM  links engineering, mathematics, science, defence and cybersecurity, environmental science, aviation, information technology, construction and project management, harnessing the connections across disciplines to bring big ideas to fruition. Our researchers are solution focused and collaborative to deliver technical expertise and advice to industry, government and community groups to make commercially viable and sustainable impacts. We integrate research into our teaching, with students working alongside researchers in first-class facilities, what’s discovered one day is taught the next. Our graduates are entrepreneurs and trailblazers, who design and build the world they want to live in. UniSA STEM also incorporates leading edge research organisations; the Future Industries Institute, the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments and the Centre for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI).   

The Future Industries Institute  brings together world-class strength in high-tech manufacturing, nanomedicine, minerals and resource engineering plus environmental science, with the end goal of building economic growth through innovative partnerships and translational research. The Institute builds on the significant capability, infrastructure and reputation of the University’s existing research strengths and substantial research infrastructure and supports state and national research priorities.  

Core Responsibilities 

• Conduct high-quality research project independently or under limited supervision and in collaboration with industry and other stakeholders 
• Design, perform and record experimental work 
• Independently or under limited supervision, communicate research outcomes in both verbal and written form to the research team 
• Ensure delivery of project’s research milestones, objectives and work programs are met on time, within budget and to the industry partner’s satisfaction 
• Develop a record of independent research that results in high-quality publications 

• Knowledge and hands-on experience in agricultural/environmental chemistry, soil fertility and plant nutrition experimentation and supporting analytical techniques 
• Demonstrated research productivity as a postdoctoral researcher, with experience relevant to at least one research strand 
• Evidence of participation in external activities such as industry or community engagement relevant to the field of research 
• Ability to meet tight work schedules, including effective organisational skills in prioritising to meet deadlines often with competing demands 
• High-level communication and interpersonal skills including demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with team members, other colleagues and external parties 

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:  

• Access to great personal development opportunities  
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%  
• Flexible working conditions 
• A variety of leave arrangements 

The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.   

Please address your cover letter to Kiara Lalli, Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected]  using job reference number 6129.  

Applications close: 11.30pm Sunday 19 May 2024 

To be eligible to apply for internal positions, you must either identify as an Australian Aboriginal Person, or be a current UniSA continuing, fixed-term or casual staff member at the time the position is advertised and have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of the appointment. 

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