Senior Research Assistant — Translational Cancer Data

The University of Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 97,000 - 104,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

26 weeks parental leave and primarycar

17% super

Leave loading 17.5%

Hybrid working options

Health and wellbeing programs

Study for Staff program

On-campus childcare

Salary packaging

Job summary

Frazer Institute invites applications for a part‑time (0.8 FTE), fixed‑term role with the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research at the Frazer Institute. Based at the Herston Campus, you will manage diverse datasets, analyze data, and contribute to manuscripts for publication.

You will collaborate with researchers and clinicians, draft grant and ethics submissions, and support a dynamic program focused on improving patient outcomes in gynaecological cancer.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in health sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Demonstrated experience in research data management, analysis and interpretation within a clinical, biomedical or health research environment.
• Proven ability to contribute to, draft and prepare high-quality scientific manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Strong analytical skills with experience transforming complex datasets into meaningful insights that support impactful research outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, clinicians and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Experience using statistical software such as R, SPSS, STATA, SAS or Python, and confidence working with laboratory and/or clinical trial datasets.

Responsibilities

• Collect, curate and manage complex laboratory, clinical and translational research datasets, ensuring the highest standards of data integrity and quality.
• Analyse and interpret laboratory, clinical and translational research data and liaise with researchers, clinicians and external collaborators to support project deliverables.
• Draft and contribute substantially to scientific manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals, working closely with investigators to prepare and revise manuscripts through the publication process.
• Contribute to literature reviews, grant applications, ethics submissions and research reporting activities that support the success and growth of a dynamic research program.

Skills

Data management

Data analysis

Scientific writing

Communication

Statistical software

Education

Health sciences / biomedical sciences / public health degree

Tools

R

SPSS

STATA

SAS

Python

Job description

Frazer Institute invites applications for a part‑time (0.8 FTE), fixed‑term role with the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research at the Frazer Institute. Based at the Herston Campus, you will manage diverse datasets, analyze data, and contribute to manuscripts for publication.

You will collaborate with researchers and clinicians, draft grant and ethics submissions, and support a dynamic program focused on improving patient outcomes in gynaecological cancer.