Part-Time Postdoctoral Researcher — Education & Wellbeing Analytics

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 87,000 - 118,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Salary packaging

Health and wellbeing programs

Professional development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

The University of Melbourne is seeking a part-time Researcher to lead key activities in a landmark ARC Linkage project focusing on student wellbeing and engagement. You will collaborate with leading scholars, policy partners and schools to produce publications and actionable insights for practice.

The role involves coordinating researchers, managing data, applying advanced quantitative methods, and contributing to high-impact outputs across education sectors.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of peer-reviewed publications and scholarly outputs relative to career stage.
• Advanced quantitative skills, including longitudinal analysis and large education datasets.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver longitudinal research activities, including data management, analysis, stakeholder engagement and coordinated project outputs.
• Apply advanced quantitative, longitudinal and person-centred methods to large education datasets on wellbeing, engagement and learning.
• Lead and contribute to high quality publications, conference presentations, reports and funding proposals.
• Coordinate research assistants and graduate students, providing guidance and workflows across project tasks.
• Represent the research program with partners and schools, strengthening networks and dissemination and impact across the education sector.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Longitudinal analysis

Data management

Education

PhD in psychology / education / related social science

Job description

The University of Melbourne is seeking a part-time Researcher to lead key activities in a landmark ARC Linkage project focusing on student wellbeing and engagement. You will collaborate with leading scholars, policy partners and schools to produce publications and actionable insights for practice.

The role involves coordinating researchers, managing data, applying advanced quantitative methods, and contributing to high-impact outputs across education sectors.