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Position Title: Research Officer – Nutrition and Dietetics
Employment Type: Full time 12 months Fixed Term
Start Date: Feb 2025
End Date: Feb 2026
Hours pw: 76 hours (1.0 EFT)
Salary range pa: $103,000 to $110,000 (commensurate with experience)
Position Summary:
We seek to fill a vital position in research support and coordination to enable implementation and evaluation of a leading research program focused on delivering improvements in women’s health during pregnancy through research and translation into Monash Health antenatal care services at scale. Working collaboratively with clinicians, researchers, and other stakeholders, this position will be responsible for seamless coordination and integration of the intervention into the health system, addressing real-world healthcare needs and optimising outcomes.
Working with a project team, the Research Officer will provide a vital supportive role across the spectrum of conceptualization through to project closure and translation. This includes ethics coordination, project management, stakeholder engagement and health system implementation. Data collection via quantitative and qualitative methods is also integral to this role, requiring an experienced, efficient and effective researcher to achieve this. This research program is focused on optimising health outcomes and as such a background in Dietetics and/or Nutrition is highly desired.
The Research Officer will develop and implement research processes across MCHRI to support the achievement of MCHRI strategic objectives and enhance our position as a leading Centre for collaboration and research translation.
About Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), Monash University and Monash Health
MCHRI sits under the Facility of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. MCHRI is a collaborative partnership between Monash University and Monash Health. MCHRI utilises public health research as well as the translation and implementation of clinical, health services and public health knowledge, underpinned by cross sector end user engagement, to deliver health impact. MCHRI is the base for the new maternity Learning Health System (LHS), embedding research and maternal healthcare provision, to drive unprecedented, sustainable national improvement in maternity care and health outcomes for women and newborns. MCHRI works with broader reach across Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, nationally and internationally in our research and translation endeavours. Our vision is to create, synthesise, implement and translate clinical, health care and public health knowledge, underpinned by cross sector end user engagement, to deliver health impact. MCHRI has led organisational and individual leadership support programs in healthcare for nearly a decade.
Read more about MCHRI research at: https://mchri.org.au/about-mchri/vision-and-overview/
About the Role
Located at Monash Health within the Monash Health Translation Precinct, the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI) is seeking to fill a vital position within the Public Health research stream. The Research Officer will provide a supportive role across the spectrum of conceptualization through to project closure and translation. This includes ethics coordination, project management, stakeholder engagement and health system implementation. A relevant qualification in Dietetics and/or Nutrition is highly desired as this program of work focuses on improving health outcomes for women and their babies that are birth at Monash Health, Victoria’s largest pregnancy care service.
Primary responsibilities include:
Project Coordination
- Development and implementation of effective efficient research processes to support research leads in project coordination and delivery of key research outputs.
- Manage and coordinate operational aspects of the research program including stakeholder communication, participant management, data collection, collation and management and integration of databases.
- Attend relevant meetings, providing updates on project progress and outcomes.
- Manage ethics amendments and submissions in line with trial requirements.
Research and Translation
- Conduct research aligned with the research program objectives across knowledge to action, including formative research, user-testing, trial implementation.
- Lead participant coordination at scale across Monash Health antenatal services.
- Produce and/or contribute to peer-reviewed publications, and project reports based on study findings.
- Assist in the delivery of the intervention, including health coaching where required.
- Assistance in qualitative research methods, including interviews and focus groups with stakeholders/ consumers.
- Create promotional materials to enhance user engagement during the implementation.
- Contribute to the ongoing evaluation of the research program.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate with Monash Health clinicians, midwives, and allied health professionals to facilitate intervention delivery and research activities.
- Foster and maintain relationships with project partners, consumer groups, and collaborators to ensure alignment and engagement.
- Develop in-service materials and deliver staff training to embed the intervention into routine antenatal care.
About You
- Demonstrated experience working in a research or professional environment to optimise the health outcomes of participants and/or patients.
- Proven experience and excellent understanding of the principles, complexities and issues around research
- Project management experience and understanding of the complexity of large-scale projects.
- Demonstrated ability to manage diverse stakeholder relationships effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with research participants in a supportive, evidence-based manner.
- Proficiency in research platforms including REDCap, statistical analysis software (STATA), and survey platforms (Qualtrics) desirable.
What you need:
- A PhD in nutrition, dietetics, women’s health, public health or a related field.
- University qualification in nutrition and/or dietetics. An alternative allied health qualification (e.g. exercise physiology, public health, physiotherapy or equivalent) will also be considered.
- Experience in project management and coordination.
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Experience in statistical analysis desirable.
- Demonstrated ability in academic writing and manuscript production.
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please contact Cheryce Harrison via email at cheryce.harrison@monash.edu
Position Description can befound here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Please Note: This position has been readvertised; candidates who have applied before need not apply again.
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close: 23rd May 2025
