Griffith University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Call For Applications

Griffith University: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Job ID: 101634
Location: Gold Coast, QLD
Work Type: Fixed Term
Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Overview:
The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR) is a broad-based humanities and social science research centre operating within Griffith University’s Arts, Education & Law Group. The Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research seeks an outstanding recent doctoral graduate to conduct high quality internationally relevant research, while also building the research capacity and performance of the Centre.

These are fixed term (three years), full time positions based at the Nathan or Gold Coast campuses.

The Role:
The Research Fellow will carry out high-quality, internationally relevant research while also building the research capacity and performance of the Centre. To achieve these dual aims, the successful candidate will pursue a twin-track of activities, developing their own post-doctoral research project while also spending a portion of their time developing research projects which align with the Centre’s core focus, and seeking grant funds. The successful candidate will demonstrate that their Fellowship project will support one of the Centre’s new Research Themes:

  • Media, History and Change (led by Professor Fiona Paisley and Associate Professor Susan Forde)
  • Crises: Communities, Safety and Security (led by Professor Sidney Dekker and Associate Professor Halim Rane);
  • Language, Culture and Belonging (led by Professor Andy Bennett and Professor Cliff Goddard)
  • Heritage and Wellbeing (led by Professor Paul Tacon and Associate Professor Sarah Baker)

The Person:
To be successful in this position you will need to have completed a Doctoral degree in the Humanities or Social Sciences or cognate discipline, evidence of the potential to attract external research income, and the ability to produce research with a developing publication record.

Salary Range:
Research Fellow Grade 1: $69,699 – $81,899. Salary package including 17% employer superannuation contribution: $81,548 – $95,926 per annum.

Further Information:
Obtain the position description and application requirements by clicking: HERE

For position queries contact Associate Professor Susan Forde, Director via email s.forde@griffith.edu.au. For application queries, contact Elsa Pressley, HR Officer on +61 (0) 7 3735 7999.

All applications must be submitted online.
Closing date: Wednesday, 25 May 2016, at 4:30pm AEST.