Global Pathogen Genomics Bioinformatician & Trainer

The University of Melbourne; Victoria; On-site; AUD 125,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Salary packaging

Professional development opportunities

Health and wellbeing programs

Discounted services

Job summary

The University of Melbourne invites applications for a Bioinformatician – International training and research based in Parkville, Victoria. You will develop and deliver bioinformatics training underpinning genomic surveillance across the Asia-Pacific and collaborate with global partners to deploy analysis pipelines for public health action.

You will contribute to high-impact research and translate genomics into policy.

Qualifications

• Hold a PhD, Masters or equivalent in bioinformatics, computational biology or a closely related discipline.
• At least five years' bioinformatics and genomics experience, ideally in microbiology or infectious diseases.
• Experience installing, managing and troubleshooting bioinformatics pipelines, tools and data storage or compute environments.
• Strong ability to communicate complex genomic analyses through data visualisation, publications and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver bioinformatics training and capacity building programmes for regional public health genomics teams.
• Implement, maintain and optimise analysis pipelines and platforms supporting pathogen genomics in public health laboratories.
• Contribute to translational research, funding applications and publications in microbial genomics and genomic epidemiology.
• Build and nurture communities of practice, mentoring students, postdoctoral researchers and regional partners.
• Represent the Centre in national and international forums, informing policy and best practice in genomic surveillance.

Education

PhD or MSc in bioinformatics / computational biology

Tools

Bioinformatics pipelines

Job description

The University of Melbourne invites applications for a Bioinformatician – International training and research based in Parkville, Victoria. You will develop and deliver bioinformatics training underpinning genomic surveillance across the Asia-Pacific and collaborate with global partners to deploy analysis pipelines for public health action.

You will contribute to high-impact research and translate genomics into policy.