PhD Scholar - Disability and Mental Health Outcomes

Job no: 0056179
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Fixed-term for 3.5 years
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Department/School: School of Social and Political Sciences
Salary: PhD stipend - $31,200 p.a.

Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

About the School of Social and Political Science

This project will be located in the School of Social and Political Sciences.  The School is home to a dedicated team of academic and professional staff in the disciplines of Sociology and Social Policy, Anthropology and Development Studies, Criminology, and Political Science.  This project will be located in the Sociology and Social Policy Discipline.  Through excellence in teaching and research, and in partnership with our communities, we are:

• Redefining and addressing today’s most important challenges
• Creating, curating, challenging and enriching knowledge; and
• Reshaping understandings of our multicultural and swiftly changing world

The Schools work is underpinned by our values of intellectual freedom, integrity, social justice, diversity, and environmental sustainability. Through our research and teaching our ambition is to redefine the world and change what matters.  This project will be co-supervised with project team members in the Disability and Health Unit located in the School of Global and Population Health at the University of Melbourne. 

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated PhD student whose PhD project will be integrated into a programme of research funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council Synergy scheme titled: Interventions for better life-time mental health outcomes for young Australians with disability.  The student will join a team of academics from multiple disciplines and young people with disability to identify how mental health outcomes can be improved for young people with disability.

About You

You will have the ability to work effectively with team members and other students within a diverse working environment. You will have excellent oral and written English communication skills as well as be highly motivated, self-disciplined, and able to work independently, with clear goals that lead to highly quality outcomes.

Ideally, you will further have:

• Demonstrated research skills and experience in either quantitative or qualitative research, or mixed methods
• Demonstrated professional and collegial behaviour and capacity to work well in a team
• Applicants must fulfil the Doctor of Philosophy in Arts admission criteria for the University of Melbourne, including meeting English language requirements, and demonstrating excellent capacity and potential for research. Further information on entry requirements: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/doctor-of-philosophy-arts/

To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check.

Be Yourself

At UoM, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. Applications from people living with disability are strongly encouraged. Indigenous Australians, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages and culturally diverse backgrounds are also encouraged to apply for our roles. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria^ (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

Applicants must fulfil the Doctor of Philosophy in Arts admission criteria for the University of Melbourne, including meeting English language requirements, and demonstrating excellent capacity and potential for research. Further information on entry requirements:

https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/doctor-of-philosophy-arts/

Interested applicants are encouraged to check eligibility prior to applying by contacting the Faculty of Arts Graduate Research team at: [email protected]

Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] .

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications with current valid working rights in Australia and candidates who are not affected by travel restrictions. Please see the latest updates to Australia's immigration and border arrangements: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/

The University of Melbourne is required to comply with applicable health guidance and directions issued from the Victoria Health Minister.

The University of Melbourne requires all University of Melbourne employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless an exemption order applies. All applicants therefore must meet this requirement when submitting an application.

Position Description