The University of Sydney (View other jobs from this organisation)
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Faculty of Health Sciences
Reference no. 1661/0817
About the opportunity
This position is funded by the University in recognition of Communication Disorders being a research strength of the Faculty of Health Sciences and the role has been created to facilitate research productivity of the Communication Disorders Team. Consequently, the role will be split between research support for existing researchers with the specific projects allocated based on the successful applicant’s strengths and leadership of your own research projects.
About you
The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support the Communication Disorders team who will:
To succeed in this role you will have:
The successful applicant will be expected to apply for national and/or international competitive funding before the end of their fixed term position. Applicants should have a plan to apply for funding for ARC DECRA or NHMRC Early Career Fellowships or similar and therefore need to be within the relevant time frames (generally less than 5 years post award of PhD but variable in relation to opportunity).
About us
Speech Pathology at the University of Sydney includes world leaders in traumatic brain injury; stuttering; aphasia, motor speech disorders, literacy and emerging strengths in paediatric speech and language disorders, dysphagia and vocology.
Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.
We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.
For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.
All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply.
Closing date: 11.30pm 24 September 2017
The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.
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