Research Fellow - Torrens University Australia

The primary purpose of this position is to undertake research on a 3-year ARC Discovery grant titled “From Oppression to Hope: Reducing Heavy-Drinking with Midlife Women”. The Research Fellow will work with a research team from Torrens University Australia (Prof Paul Ward is leading the study), La Trobe University, and the University of Adelaide, in addition to collaborators in universities in New Zealand, England, the US and Canada. The research fellow will be part of a research team which includes Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators, other funded researchers and PhD students.  The study will work out ways to support the following groups of midlife women to reduce their alcohol consumption (and their breast cancer risk): 1) women living in regional areas of Australia; 2) LGBTQ+ women; 3) women living in poverty; and 4) women working in the corporate sector. This is a 3-stage study: Stage 1 will include an ethnography, netnography, photo elicitation, social media analysis and qualitative interviews; Stage 2 will include deliberative dialogue groups to identify ‘systems level’ drivers of alcohol consumption; Stage 3 will co-develop and implement interventions aimed at increasing critical consciousness and hope for the case-study groups. This Research Fellow position at Torrens University will primarily be responsible for all stages of the study for ‘LGBTQ+ women’ and ‘women in the corporate sector’ but will also be required to contribute to the other two case-study groups when required.

Day-to-day accountabilities: 

• Implement a research plan in line with the funded ARC research proposal (available on request) 

• Achieve required research outputs in line with the research budget available and as set for you by your manager and outlined in the research plan 

• Undertake data collection and analysis and prepare reports, presentations, communications, grant submissions and other correspondence  

• Deliver and coordinate research seminars related to individual research outputs as required  

• Maintain strong collaborative working partnership with all key working relationships 

• Manage administration related to research work including but not limited to process invoices, payments and expenses related to research

​This is a 3-year Fixed term position. The location can be Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide.