Full-time or Part-time (0.4 FTE) 12-month fixed-term opportunity, based at the Royal North Shore Hospital (Kolling Building)

Join a leading clinical research team within Osteoarthritis and help deliver innovative clinical trials that improve patient outcomes, while building your career in a collaborative and research-intensive university environment

Base Salary $103,185 - $111,237 (pro-rata for part-time) + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

Join the Kolling Institute as a Clinical Trial Research Coordinator and play a key role in the delivery of innovative clinical research that improves health outcomes and advances evidence-based practice for patients with Osteoarthritis.

Working as part of a collaborative clinical trials team, you will support the set-up, conduct and close-out of clinical trials, ensuring studies are delivered to the highest ethical, regulatory and quality standards. You will coordinate participant recruitment and engagement activities, conduct study visits and assessments, process biological samples, manage trial data and documentation, and support ethics and governance submissions and reporting requirements.

Reporting to the Clinical Trial Project Manager, you will work closely with investigators, research academics, industry sponsors and participants, providing expert coordination and operational support across multiple stages of the clinical trial lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity for a clinical research professional, dietitian, exercise physiologist or health sciences graduate looking to apply their participant-facing experience within a leading university research environment while contributing to research that has a meaningful impact on patient care and health outcomes.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Coordinate the day-to-day delivery of clinical trials, ensuring all study activities are conducted in accordance with trial protocols, ethical and governance requirements, and Good Clinical Practice standards.
• Recruit, screen and support study participants through phone, online and in-person engagement, conduct follow-up activities, coordinate participant visits and assessments, and help maintain a positive participant experience throughout the trial journey.
• Prepare, maintain and manage essential trial documentation, trial master files, databases and regulatory submissions to support the successful delivery of high-quality clinical research.
• Process biological samples in accordance with study protocols and laboratory procedures, maintain accurate source documentation, and ensure timely and accurate data collection and entry.
• Monitor participant safety, identify and report adverse events, protocol deviations and compliance issues, and escalate risks and concerns to investigators and project leadership as required.
• Collaborate effectively with investigators, research staff, sponsors and pharmaceutical partners while providing administrative and project support across the full clinical trial lifecycle.

About you

• Bachelors degree in Nutrition, Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology, Dietetics, Health Sciences or a related discipline
• Experience in participant-facing research, clinical environments, biological sample processing and research data management.
• Experience coordinating or supporting clinical trials, with a strong understanding of trial processes across the full study lifecycle, including participant recruitment, study visits, data collection and trial close-out.
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP, clinical research regulations and ethical and governance requirements, with the ability to maintain compliance and high-quality research standards.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain accuracy and attention to detail, and deliver outcomes within established timeframes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience building rapport with participants, conducting recruitment and follow-up activities, and working collaboratively with investigators, research teams and industry partners.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks and declarations

Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University. Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

As this position is located on an NSW Health site, it is a regulatory requirement to complete compulsory employment checks prior to starting in this position. For more information and instructions, please visit: NSW Health employment requirements (Category A)

EEO statement

At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion, evidenced by our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTQIA+. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion.

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.

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For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Roshik Prasad, Recruitment Operations by email to roshik.prasad@sydney.edu.au

Applications Close

Thursday 09 July 2026 11:59 PM