Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Ageing, Vision & Hearing Research

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

• Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50

• Opportunity open to applicants considering either full-time or part-time working arrangements

• Fast track your career with our early career academic development program

• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

As part of our commitment to research excellence, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and post-fellowship contracts via our UQ Amplify initiative .

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. Not only do we have one of the largest PhD enrolments in Australia, but we have also made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

About This Opportunity 

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our world-class School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and support our Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR). CHEAR is a coalition of leading researchers across disciplines including audiology, speech pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology and health economics with an interest in prevention, identification and management of hearing loss across the lifespan.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly funded programme to improve the lives of people living with dementia as well as hearing and vision impairments in residential aged care settings. In this role you will assist with the implementation and evaluation of a complex but pragmatic home-based intervention to be used to support people with dementia with concurrent vision and hearing impairment.

This position will appeal to those with a strong background in clinical research with elderly people, particularly in the areas of dementia, vision and hearing health. Experience with trials or intervention development, as well as strong skills in qualitative and/or quantitative analytic methods, is required.

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance .

This is a fixed-term position through to May 2025 at Academic Level A. This opportunity is open to applicants considering either full-time or part-time working arrangements. Flexible part-time job share arrangements would also be considered.

At Academic level A, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $77,324 - $102,945, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $90,470 - $120,445 annually. 

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You  

Our ideal candidate will possess:

• Completion or near completion of a PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. psychology, occupational therapy, speech therapy, audiology, optometry or nursing).

• An emerging profile in research in the relevant discipline area.

• Demonstrated ability in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods.

• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences specifically in ageing, vision or hearing research.

• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities.

It would be advantageous for you to possess:

• Experience undertaking research with older or vulnerable populations, particularly those with cognitive and/or sensory impairment.

• Quantitative research experience including data analysis plans for within trial analyses, gained from industry or academia.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.

Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Piers Dawes, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, at [email protected] .

For application queries, and to request a copy of the position description of this role, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume

• Cover letter

• Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] . 

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Sunday 5 May 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number: R-35711).