Research Support Officer

Monash University; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Monash University is seeking a Research Support Officer to join the Stamatakis research group within the School of Psychological Sciences at BrainPark (Clayton campus). The 6-month fixed-term appointment provides administrative, operational and research support with a strong emphasis on organisation and accuracy.

The role reports to senior researchers and involves coordinating meetings, events and travel, managing finances, ethics documentation, manuscript support and participant workflows.

Qualifications

• Diploma-level qualification with relevant work experience or equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training
• Strong administration and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality customer service are essential

Responsibilities

• Organising and scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and preparing agendas and minutes
• Coordinating research events, seminars, travel and bookings
• Processing purchase requests, invoices and reimbursements, and maintaining records of project expenditure
• Supporting research project administration, including ethics documentation, approvals and progress reports
• Assisting with formatting and referencing manuscripts, reports and presentations
• Supporting participant recruitment and scheduling, and maintaining participant databases
• Maintaining laboratory supplies and supporting the booking and tracking of wearable devices
• Assisting with onboarding and day-to-day administrative support for research students and new staff
• Other administrative and research support responsibilities, as per the Team’s needs

Job description

Duration: 6-months fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $79,430 -$84,963 pa HEW Level 4(plus 17% superannuation) (pro-rata for part-time)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

We are seeking a Research Assistant to provide administrative, operational and research support to the Stamatakis research group, led by Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis in the School of Psychological Sciences. The group is based at BrainPark (Clayton campus) and undertakes translational research on how movement, sleep and other everyday behaviours shape cardiovascular, brain and mental health, using wearable technologies and advanced data science. We would particularly welcome expressions of interest from current Monash staff in administrative or research support roles who are looking to initiate a new role or pick up additional part-time hours.

The person employed in the position will work directly with Associate Professor Matthew Ahmadi, Mrs Meghna Pathak, Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis, and members of the research group. The role has a strong administrative focus.

What you’ll do:

• Organising and scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and preparing agendas and minutes
• Coordinating research events, seminars, travel and bookings
• Processing purchase requests, invoices and reimbursements, and maintaining records of project expenditure
• Supporting research project administration, including ethics documentation, approvals and progress reports
• Assisting with formatting and referencing manuscripts, reports and presentations
• Supporting participant recruitment and scheduling, and maintaining participant databases
• Maintaining laboratory supplies and supporting the booking and tracking of wearable devices
• Assisting with onboarding and day-to-day administrative support for research students and new staff
• Other administrative and research support responsibilities, as per the Team’s needs

The successful applicant will have a diploma-level qualification with relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training. Strong administration and organisational skills, excellent attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality customer service are essential. Experience in a university or research environment is highly desirable.

Familiarity with Monash systems and processes (e.g. purchasing, travel and event booking) would be an advantage, as would a willingness to learn new software, including reference management and AI productivity tools.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.

In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at **************@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Position Description: Research Support Officer

Applications Close: Sunday 1 November 2026, 11:55PM AEDT

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