"Research Fellow-School of Public Health"

Research Fellow-School of Public Health

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locations

Camperdown Campus

time type

Part time

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Posted Yesterday

job requisition id

0137809

• Part time (0.60 FTE) fixed term until 31 March 2027
• Research focused academic to contribute to the Faculty of Medicine and Health's standing as a national leader
• Base Salary $127,436 + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The Social and Behavioural Insights in Immunisation Research Group (SABII) - is part of the School of Public Health and Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases (Sydney ID). SABII’s goal is to build knowledge and capacity in social and behavioural science to strengthen vaccinations programs around the world and its home Faculty is the Faculty of Medicine and Health. This position reports directly to Professor Julie Leask.

The group is looking to appoint a Research Fellow to undertake independent and collaborative research to lead on aspects of research within the SABII group.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• undertake research aimed at closing national, regional, and global gaps in immunisation coverage
• provide expert technical and scientific support in the relevant behavioural sciences to contracted projects
• demonstrate a sound knowledge of relevant qualitative and quantitative methods applicable to the behavioural sciences, including the capacity to perform relevant statistical analyses as required
• synthesise and effectively communicate evidence on vaccination social and behavioural sciences to contracting partners and other relevant stakeholders
• project management responsibilities in collaboration with research support staff
• contribute to the supervision of junior staff and students
• contributing to creating a positive workplace culture that values the diversity of thought, contribution, collaboration, excellence, and achieving outcomes

About you

To be successful in this role, you have:

• a PhD in behavioural science, social science, Public/Global Health or related doctoral qualifications
• sound knowledge of immunisation programs
• experience use of the WHO Behavioural and Social Drivers of vaccination tools to gather relevant qualitative and quantitative data
• ability to use statistical packages to conduct data analysis, such as, SPSS, Stata or R
• demonstrated track record of publications, reports and other relevant research outputs in immunisation social science
• ideally a track record of working in international settings, including multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary teams, and working in low and middle-income countries
• demonstrated ability to provide valuable, pragmatic advice to contractors in global agencies, governments, and civil society organisations.
• experience in mentoring higher degree research candidates.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Work Rights: you must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. 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.

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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 Cecilia Blamey, Recruitment Operations by email to cecilia.blamey@sydney.edu.au.

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Monday 18 August 2025 11:59 PM