The University of Notre Dame Australia Careers

Research Fellow
Fremantle Campus
Part-time opportunity (0.6), fixed-term contract for 21 months

• Friendly and collaborative work environment
• Rewarding opportunity offering career development
• Level B from $112,361 + 14.50% super (pro-rata)

About the university

The University of Notre Dame Australia is a private Catholic University with over 1,000 permanent staff providing an exceptional educational experience to over 12,000 students across our Fremantle, Broome, and Sydney campuses, as well as clinical schools in Victoria and New South Wales.
 
About the role

The WA-based National Echo Database of Australia has recently migrated from a ‘standalone’ database into one that is integrated within the National Health Data Hub (NHDH) curated and managed by the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare).

With >1 million individual adults contributing to NEDA (of which >234,000 are WA residents), its successful curation into the NHDH will result in a world-leading health resource that will be shared with locally based and national researchers seeking to generate new insights into the burden and clinical management of heart disease in WA and Australia-wide.

To successfully deliver this new resource (NEDA’s successful integration into the NHDH) and then generate a series of ‘proof-of-concept’ analyses derived from its expanded health linkages, the NEDA team are seeking to appoint an early career, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to provide advanced statistical support.

Key Responsibilities

• To conduct big data linkage research as a member of the UNDA-based NEDA team and contributing to the production of late-breaking science reports, seminar papers and publications derived from the newly expanded NEDA v3.0 cohort. Specific outputs will include National and global burden of disease reports, health economic analyses, systematic reviews, new thresholds of prognostic risk based on cardiac structure/function
• Statistically focused supervision of internal and externally based members of the NEDA team.
• Contribute to the preparation of an updated Statistical Analysis Plan and Data Management operational procedures for NEDA v3.0.
• Contribute to the preparation of NEDA-based research application to the NHMRC and MRFF.
• Co-supervision of higher degree candidates and clinical researchers focused on heart health.
• Statistical support to other heart disease-focussed research projects.
• Occasional contributions in the teaching program within the field of Statistics.
• Attendance at NEDA meetings and those of the Institute of Health Research.

Qualifications, skills & experience

• As a minimum, a PhD (completed within the past 5 years) in a health-related research field (essential) and preferably with a specific focus on cardiovascular health/health outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to publish your research findings in high-impact, health-related journals.
• Experience in providing statistical support to a broad range of research projects (from surveillance studies to randomised trials).
• Demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate with WA-based (essential), national and global (preferable) interdisciplinary, research teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge of advanced statistical techniques suited to each research problem and design.
• High-level proficiency in operating advanced statistical programs (e.g. SAS and R).
• High-level proficiency in building large research datasets.

Benefits

• Fitness Passport on offer
• Generous training and development opportunities.
• Friendly and collaborative working environment.

How to apply

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date: 13 February 2026

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.      

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Melissa Schmidt, melissa.schmidt@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.