Ref 6194/23 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Music in Aged Care), MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development

• Join an organisation that is ranked in the top 2% of Universities worldwide!
• Remuneration Package: $106,765 to $128,989 p.a. (paid pro-rata)
• Part-Time (0.4), Fixed-Term until 31 December 2024, Westmead Campus

• Westmead Campus
• Part-Time 0.4 FTE (14 hours per week)
• Fixed-Term until 31 December 2024

The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development is seeking to appoint an outstanding and innovative scholar to this fixed term Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. The position is associated with a Dementia Australia Research Foundation project on Building the evidence for the benefits of music programs in aged care. The aim of the project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training package for aged care staff in music use for behaviour support for people living with dementia.

The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development is an interdisciplinary research institute of Western Sydney University. The vision for the Institute is to optimise human interaction, and wellbeing across lifespan. We strive to solve the problems that matter most through the themes: sensing and perceiving, interacting with each other, and technologies for humans. Researchers in MARCS come from many disciplines including cognitive science, developmental psychology, language science, music science, cognitive neuroscience, and biomedical, electrical, electronic and software engineering. The Institute consists of three Research Areas - the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Brain Sciences and Biomedical and Human Technologies. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will join the Brain Sciences research program, and will be part of a research team in the Music Science Research Interest Group and Age Lab.

The Institute is committed to a culture that embraces equity and a diverse and inclusive community where everyone participates in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities.

This is a part-time (0.4 FTE), fixed-term position until 31 December 2024, based at the Westmead Campus.

Further information is available from our website – http://westernsydney.edu.au/marcs

For further information please refer to the position description.

Remuneration Package: Academic Level A - $106,765 to $128,989 p.a., (comprising Salary of $90,218 to $108,997 p.a., plus 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading).

Note, the above salary will be paid pro-rata based on 0.4 FTE.

Position Enquiries: Dr Sandra Garrido via [email protected]

Closing Date: 8.30pm, Sunday 11 February 2024

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