Part-time (0.6 FTE), fixed-term role for a detail orientated Research assistant Opportunity to support applied health research at Westmead within the Westmead Applied Research Centre Cardiology team Base Salary $89,755.00 17% superannuation (pro rata) About the opportunity Seeking a Research Assistant providing high-quality research support within the Westmead Applied Research Centre, contributing to the design, coordination, and delivery of applied research projects. Working closely with researchers, clinicians, and external partners, you will support grant applications, data management, and research documentation while ensuring strong compliance with university and regulatory requirements. This role plays a key part in enabling impactful research outcomes by supporting research activity from planning through to reporting and publication. Your key responsibilities will be to: support the development and execution of research protocols in collaboration with researchers and clinical partners coordinate and submit grant applications, ensuring accuracy and compliance with funding requirements assist with research data collection, analysis, and quality assurance activities manage research documentation and publication processes from drafting through to submission engage with internal and external stakeholders to support effective communication and collaboration process research purchasing and payment activities, including invoice management engage in ongoing learning pertaining to cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. About you experience working in a research-intensive or higher education environment demonstrated experience supporting research administration or research projects, with clinical trials experience desirable able to work independently and as part of a team capacity to work on-site have a reasonable understanding of anatomy and physiology experience assisting with grant applications and research compliance processes ability to conduct scientific literature searches and support research reporting experience managing research data and maintaining accurate records within systems tertiary qualifications in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of training and experience. To keep our community safe, please be aware of our COVID safety precautions which form our conditions of entry for all staff, students and visitors coming to campus. 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. 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