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• Fast track your career with our early career academic development program
• Work at our vibrant and conveniently located St Lucia campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

As part of our commitment to research excellence, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and post-fellowship contracts via our UQ Amplify initiative.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. Not only do we have one of the largest PhD enrolments in Australia, but we have also made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

About This Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Level A) or Research Fellow (Level B) to focus their efforts on developing their expertise and emerging research profile in Developmental Neuroscience. At this level it is expected that the incumbent will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Research

Level A:

• Produces quality research outputs consistent with discipline norms by publishing or exhibiting in high quality outlets.
• Participate in applications for competitive research funding to support projects and activities.
• Work with colleagues in the development of joint research projects and applications for competitive research funding support.
• Contribute to progressing towards transfer of knowledge, technology and practices to research end users through translation, including commercialisation of UQ intellectual property.
• Develop a coherent research program and an emerging research profile.
• Review and draw upon best practice research methodologies.

Level B in additional to the above:

• Develop an independent and/or team research program to achieve national recognition and impact in the research area.
• Produces quality research outputs consistent with discipline norms by publishing or exhibiting in national research journals, other appropriate refereed publications and conference publications, with a lead role in some outputs.
• Participate in or contribute as chief investigator role (often in conjunction with more experienced researchers) in applications for competitive research funding to support projects and activities, which includes actively seeking, obtaining and managing research funding.
• Work with colleagues in the development of joint research projects and applications for competitive research funding support.
• Contribute to progressing towards transfer of knowledge, technology and practices to research end users through translation, including commercialisation of UQ intellectual property.
• Review and draw upon best practice research methodologies.

2. Supervision and Researcher Development

Level A:

• Contribute to the effective supervision of Honours and Higher Degree by Research students (as appropriate).
• Demonstrates personal effectiveness in supervision and the management of researcher development.
• Effective lead and develop supervisee performance and conduct by providing feedback, coaching, and professional development.
• As appropriate, manage research support staff effectively throughout the employee lifecycle in accordance with University policy and procedures.
• Working to promptly resolve conflict and grievances when they arise in accordance with University policy and procedures.

Level B in additional to the above:

• Demonstrate a track record of the effective supervision of Honours and Higher Degree by Research students.
• Facilitate engagement opportunities for Higher Degree by Research supervisees
• Manage staff effectively throughout the employee lifecycle in accordance with University policy and procedures.

3. Citizenship and Service

Level A:

• Demonstrate citizenship behaviours that align to the UQ values.
• Shows leadership of self through collaboration and active participation in priority activities for the unit
• Provide support to other academic positions and unit operations as needed during other team members absences.
• Contribute to internal service roles and administrative processes as required, including participation in decision-making and service on relevant committees.
• Collaborate in service activities external to the immediate organisation unit.
• Begin to develop external links and partnerships by cultivating relationships with industry, government departments, professional bodies and the wider community.

Level B in additional to the above:

• Effectively and efficiently manage internal service roles and administrative processes as required, including participation in decision-making and service on relevant committees.
• Actively pursue and develop external links and partnerships by cultivating relationships with industry, government departments, professional bodies and the wider community.

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ's Criteria for Academic Performance.

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position for 3 years with possible extension.

Academic level A. The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $74,308.68 - $99,426.59, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $86,941.16 - $116,329.11 annually.

Academic level B. The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $104,579.67 - $124,187.99, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $122,358.21 - $145,299.95 annually.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You

Level A:

• Completion or near completion of a PhD in Neuroscience or related area.
• An emerging profile in research in Neurodevelopmental Neuroscience.
• Recent experience with one or more of: in vitro patch-clamp recordings, opto-genetics, pharmaco-genetics, in vivo recordings in freely-moving animals, 2-photon calcium in mice, ChiP/RNA sequencing and related assays, transcriptional analyses and flow cytometry.
• Evidence of original intellectual contribution, critical thinking and self-motivation in pursuit of career goals.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team toward delivery of required research outcomes.
• Well-developed time management and organisational skills as well as excellent written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by an ability to present recent research.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems and to be flexible and adaptable in an ever-changing professional environment.
• A demonstrated general knowledge and understanding of equal opportunity principles and commitment to the application of these policies in a university context.
• Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences.
• Evidence of contributions towards successfully obtaining external research funding.
• Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities
• The candidate will be self-motivated and work with a high level of initiative to balance their workload between experimental work, adequate reading of the literature, preparing their results for publication or presentation and supporting or supervising students and other staff. The experimental work will include electrophysiology, molecular biology, opto and/ or pharmaco-genetics in vitro and/or in vivo, analysis of and development of new techniques.

Level B in additional to the above:

• A growing profile in research in the discipline area.
• A developing reputation and track record of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences.
• Evidence of successfully seeking, obtaining and managing external research funding.
• A growing record of supervision of Honours and Research Higher Degree students to successful completion.
• Experience in meaningful internal service roles in conjunction with active contributions to external activities

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: Visa sponsorship may be available for this appointment.
• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Relocating from interstate or overseas? We'll support you with the visa sponsorship process and a relocation support package. You can find out more about life in Australia's Sunshine State here.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Nathalie Dehorter n.dehorter@uq.edu.au

For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Responses to the 'About You' section

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Saturday 30 September 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (R-28401).