Casual Research Assistant
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Job Summary
Casual Hourly Rate:Casual Research Assistant ($48.90 per hour 11% superannuation)
Employment Type: Casual
Location: Melbourne Burwood Campus
About the Role:
We are seeking a Research Assistant to support the current wave of data collection for the Triple B Pregnancy Cohort Study. The Triple B Project is a large-scale longitudinal study that has followed a cohort of approximately 1600 Australian families from pregnancy examining how a broad range of biopsychosocial factors influence child and family health and development over time.
In early 2024 the project commenced a new adolescent follow-up involving young people aged 1516 years and their parents. This wave focuses on mental health and wellbeing peer and family relationships substance use and other risk behaviours as well as emerging areas including social media and technology use vaping and climate changerelated concerns.
The Research Assistant will work under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer and senior investigators to support the adolescent follow-up with a primary focus on participant management including recruitment follow-up retention and participant tracing. The role is integral to ensuring accurate ethical and high-quality data collection.
To Be Successful youll have:
A degree in Psychology Science Health Sciences or a related discipline
Administrative and/or research experience including database management (experience using REDCap is highly desirable)
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience engaging research participants in recruitment retention and/or data collection
Demonstrated capacity to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
Excellent organisational time-management and analytical problem-solving skills
Your key responsibilities will be to:
Support data collection activities including participant recruitment follow-up and ongoing engagement in accordance with study protocols and guidelines
Communicate with study participants primarily via telephone in a professional respectful and participant-centred manner
Identify and respond to study-related issues and escalate matters to supervisors in a timely manner
Maintain accurate comprehensive and up-to-date records of participant information and study data using REDCap
Assist with data entry tasks ensuring a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
Assist with tracing and re-engagement of participants lost to follow-up
Contribute to the improvement of research processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of data collection
Other administrative duties as directed by the manager
Additional requirements:
- The role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working with Children
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Please submit your updated resume and 1 page cover letter.Applications for this position close on 22/02/2026.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- DNA Isolation
- Stata
- Biochemistry
- Qualitative Research Interviewing
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Molecular Biology
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
About Company
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