Research Services Administrator

Australian National University; Canberra; On-site; AUD 81,000 - 88,000; Part time

Job summary

Australian National University is seeking a part-time Research Services Administrator to support the Systems and Data Quality Team. The role focuses on data entry and cleaning for Research Portal+ and ARIES, with stakeholder engagement and minor projects under supervision.

Ideal candidates may be HDR students or current HDR candidates, and applicants must have rights to work in Australia. The position is 0.8 FTE with a pro-rata salary plus 17% superannuation.

Qualifications

• Ability to enter and clean large volumes of data accurately.
• Willingness to learn university research administration processes.
• Experience working under supervision in a team environment.
• Eligibility to work in Australia is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Systems and Data Quality Team.
• Perform data entry and data cleaning for Research Portal+ and ARIES projects.
• Engage with stakeholders via functional inboxes and support minor projects.
• Assist with backlogs and learning data management within a complex university setting.

Skills

Data entry

Data cleaning

Stakeholder engagement

Administrative support

Research data management

Tools

Research Portal+

ARIES

Job description

Classification: ANU Officer 4 (Administration)
Salary package: $81,296 -87,954 per annum (pro-rata) plus 17% superannuation
Terms: Part Time (0.8 FTE), Continuing

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The Position

The Research Services Administrator provides administrative assistance to the Systems and Data Quality Team, contributing to the efficient and effective service delivery in the administration and promotion of Research Portal+ and ARIES. The role includes data entry and cleaning, stakeholder engagement through functional inboxes and minor project tasks. The successful candidates will gain experience with research administration systems and processes, with opportunities to engage with academic and professional staff under supervision.

The role will have particular involvement in the following projects:

• Research Portal+: A major data improvement project and work to enhance the knowledge base and improve accessibility of the system. This entails a significant increase in data entry and record-management requirements.
• ARIES replacement: The existing Research Management System (ARIES) is being discontinued. A large data-cleaning project is underway and a future data-migration project will require additional work as well.

This position will be assisting with the backlogs within the team, but also offer the opportunity to learn about data management within a complex organisation such as ANU.The Research Services Administrators will be part of the Systems and Data Quality Team in the Office of Research and Information Services.

The Person

You will join a small team of data administrators and must be prepared to work through large volumes of data entry under supervision. Ideal candidates are motivated to learn about administration in the university sector.Current HDR candidates and other ANU students are strongly encouraged to apply.

For further information please contact,Alex Dullow, Manager Data Quality T: [phone], E: [e-mail].

ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to people of all backgrounds and identities.

Please note: The preferred candidatemust have rights to live and work in Australia andwill be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence.