Masters in Law Scholarship, MedTechVic

• Scholarship focus on the Legal aspects of Digital Health and Enabling Technologies
• Full time, 2-year position at our Hawthorn campus
• Annual $28,579 stipend

About the Scholarship
Swinburne’s newly launched initiative, Medical Technology Victoria (MedTechVic), works to support and connect individuals and organisations across the assistive and medical device sector in Victoria, ensuring rapid clinical and technical, prototyping and manufacturing of new ideas. Our goal is to bring together individuals with lived disability, their carers, allied health and clinical professionals, engineers, designers and industry to co-create products and services that enhance lives.

To helps us achieve our goals MedTechVIC is offering a Masters in Law Scholarship to consider the responsible use of data, generated by medical technology, when the individual from whom it is obtained is cognitively or physically impaired to the extent that consent cannot be personally provided, nor responsible use monitored.

Legal aspects that may be relevant to this study include:

• Data and privacy regulation in health and medical settings;
• Consumer protection regulation, including product safety;
• General law aspects of consent, agency and mental capacity;
• Law and technology.

You will be interested in working at the interface between technology, society, businesses and law and be driven to undertake solution focused research as part of a broader team. The ideal candidate is expected to be enthusiastic and self-motivated with a demonstrable aptitude for research and development.

To be suitable for this role you will need to have experience in the below key accountabilities:

• Research and/or work experience relevant to the project
• Good team-working, observational and communication skills.

A Bachelor of Laws degree, or equivalent law degree

About Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

• Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
• Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
• Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
• Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

To Apply
Please submit your CV, cover letter and Key Selection Criteria addressing why you believe you are suitable for this position.

For further information about this role and to review the position description; please click 'apply' or click onto it at the bottom of the advert.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected]

Applications Close: Sunday 24 July at 11.00pm

Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.

Diversity and Inclusion
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity and inclusion through key initiatives. For further information on all our initiatives visit our equity and diversity website

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact Maree Norden, Diversity & Inclusion Manager at [email protected]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

For any support please contact our Aboriginal Employment Coordinator at [email protected] or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP Reconciliation Action Plan

Vaccination Requirements
Orders from Victoria’s Minister for Health require all Swinburne workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they are an Excepted Person as defined by the Pandemic COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Specified Workers) 2021 Order (No. 1). All applicants must therefore be able to comply with this requirement.

We are a 2022 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.(#LI-SW)

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