Project Officer

Position Details

• Fixed term until May 2025 | Part-Time at 0.7 FTE

• Higher Education Officer Level 7| $90,063 - $99,696 pro rata

• Location: Bedford Park, Flinders Medical Centre

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About the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute

Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) is a proud leader in life-changing medical and health research in Australia. We are working on some of medicine's greatest unknowns and are leading new discoveries with the bold ambition of eliminating disease and improving the health of all global citizens.

To do this, FHMRI brings together world-leading, innovative, and inspiring research experts. We work with health practitioners, patients and with one of the largest networks of remote and rural community partnerships to better understand and seek solutions to the most pressing health and medical needs.

About the Role

Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute are seeking a Project Officer to help a national research study aiming to encourage detection, diagnosis, and management of dementia - ‘Promoting Timely Diagnosis of Dementia’. Working in a small team and under broad supervision, the Project Officer will assist in developing the campaign in Adelaide through participant recruitment, data collection and preparing reports, among other responsibilities. Stakeholder engagement is essential to this role, by-way-of consultation with the public, sharing educational materials and achieving project milestones within the team. The role may involve some travelling and the Project Officer will be required to have a drivers license and car.

About You

To be a successful Project Officer you will be an excellent communicator in all formats, particularly in your ability to discuss topics including risks of dementia with older people and their families, and in establishing great working relationships. You are highly organised by nature, managing multiple deadlines and tasks while working independently. Experience working with public health campaigns is desirable.

You should also demonstrate:

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent qualifications; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and/or training.

• The ability to give engaging presentations to a wide range of audiences.

• Experience working with older people or in communications roles (desirable).

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Wide range of professional development activities and services

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services , gym  and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

• Please note that you may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy  

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description .

• For more information regarding this position, please contact Kate Laver

Late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications to be submitted before 11.59pm:

26 Jan 2023

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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