Position Number: 0065017
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Fixed-term for 3 years
Faculty: Architecture, Building and Planning
Department: Melbourne Centre for Cities
Salary: Academic Level A – $83,468-$113,262 p.a. plus 17% super
- Conduct research on community networks' role in infrastructure governance to enhance urban resilience within the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project.
- Work in an interdisciplinary research environment, collaborating with leading experts to influence urban resilience policy and community engagement.
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!
About the Role
The Research Fellow will join the Melbourne Centre for Cities and the Informal Urbanism Research Hub to contribute to the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project, funded by the Australian Research Council. This role focuses on exploring how community networks influence infrastructure governance to enhance urban resilience, with a particular emphasis on fieldwork, research, and engagement activities. The successful candidate will have experience in urban resilience policy, community engagement, and interdisciplinary collaboration, and will work closely with the Chief Investigators to drive the project forward.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborate with and support the CIs in planning and delivering the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project of research and engagement
- Manage the co-ordination of key research and engagement activities in the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project
- With the CIs, deliver the Bottom-Up Urban Resilience project research through co-design fieldwork, framework development, and the dissemination of materials and events
Who We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will be a collaborative and highly communicative professional with strong project management skills, capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders to drive urban resilience initiatives. They will demonstrate a commitment to building academic partnerships and contribute to outreach, public engagement, and scholarly dissemination activities.
You will also have:
- A postgraduate degree (at PhD level) in a built environment or related discipline
- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively
- Demonstrated capacity to conduct urban fieldwork
- Demonstrated capacity to manage projects with multiple stakeholders and objectives
- High-level interpersonal and communication skills
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is the leading educational and research institution in the Asia-Pacific region addressing the design and realisation of inhabited environments. The Faculty actively seeks to extend the linkages between education, research and practice in the built environment, and maintains excellent and extensive relationships with members of the built environment professions, government, professional associations and the wider community.
The Faculty has nearly 200 staff and approximately 3000 students, one third of whom are international. It is responsible for the University’s undergraduate Bachelor of Design degree, and offers majors in architecture, landscape architecture, property, construction, and urban planning.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
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