Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Identified (s25), School of Education

• School of Education

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

• Strong commitment and action toward a diverse and inclusive workforce

• Identified (s25) position for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples only

• Based at our vibrant and picturesque 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.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.

About This Opportunity 

An excellent opportunity is available for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow based within the School of Education. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a team of researchers in the School in the broad area of Indigenous Education. The appointee will undertake their own research project, along with a timetable and likely outputs, ensuring that their topic will contribute in a significant way to research on Indigenous Education The incumbent will be expected to undertake administration, service, and leadership roles commensurate with their level of appointment.

Key responsibilities will include, but is not limited to: 

Research

• Conduct a productive program of research in an area relevant to your expertise and to the priorities of the School.

• Apply for external research funding and work collaboratively with researchers within the School and across the University.

• Publish high quality scholarly journal articles, reports, book chapters, monographs and texts.

Supervision and Research Development

• Contribute to the effective supervision of Honours and Higher Degree by Research students (as appropriate).

Citizenship and Service

• Demonstrate citizenship behaviours that align to the UQ values.

• Contribute to the School’s links with community, industry, government and professional organisations and groups.

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

For further information, please click here to view the information booklet.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position until 31 December 2025, 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. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

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, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You  

The University of Queensland considers that being Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational requirement for this position under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991(Qld).

The position is therefore only open to Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Successful candidates are required to provide evidence to confirm that they are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.  

The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence to confirm that they are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.  

The successful candidate will have completion of a relevant PhD (or successful PhD confirmation) in the past three years, in the area of Education. Additionally, candidates will have with the ability to work within a team, while maintaining an individual profile in a research area. You will also have an emerging track record of high-quality publications and the ability to build research expertise over time, demonstrated by an emerging profile in research with increasing autonomy.

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. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

• Add other mandatory requirements here: Blue card and valid teacher registration with the Queensland College of Teachers

Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Robin Shields , Head of School, School of Education. For application queries, 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 the 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 Monday, 6 May 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R-37265).