Research Fellow – Impact Labs (soda Labs)

Research Fellow – Impact Labs (SoDa Labs)

Job No.: 649686

Location: Caulfield campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 2-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $75,115 – $101,944 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas – and the people who discover them

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – 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.

Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities. 

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The Opportunity

The Monash Business School is structured into seven discipline-based departments (Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Law and Taxation, Econometrics and Business Statistics, Economics, Management, and Marketing) along with the specialist Leadership and Executive Education units and a number of research centres.

A Level A research-only academic is expected to contribute towards the research effort of the university and to develop their research expertise through the pursuit of defined projects relevant to the particular field of research.

The Research Fellow will work closely with researchers at SoDa Labs on key research areas, including supporting academic grade alternative data pipelines (text, images, etc.), develop novel approaches in applied AI, and provide technical documentation and management support to researchers and projects across the lab. The Research Fellow will provide support to key impact objectives of the Lab, particularly associated with the Monash University Impact 2030 strategic research priority around Geopolitical Security. The Research Fellow will also have the opportunity to conduct independent research, leading to potential future grants and scholarly publications. A high level of autonomy will be expected in terms of initiative and the conduct of work. The position will directly contribute to maintaining and extending SoDa platforms, such as the Monash IP Observatory, and other user-facing applications.

The successful appointee will have an honours degree in the relevant discipline area or equivalent qualifications or research experience. 

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

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Monash avidly supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments more easily.

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to ‘How to apply for Monash Jobs’

Enquiries

Dr Simon Angus, Associate Professor – Department of Economics, and SoDa Laboratories, Clayton, [email protected]

Position Description

 Research Fellow – Impact Labs (SoDa Labs)

Closing Date

Tuesday 4 April 2023, 11:55pm AEST