Research Assistant

Position Details

• Fixed Term – 2 Years | Full-Time

• Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $84,599 - $93,366 p.a.

• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

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About the Role

Join the Bowel Health Service within the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer and contribute to impactful, grant-funded research focused on gastrointestinal health and colorectal cancer prevention. Working closely with researchers, clinicians, industry partners and study participants, you will provide a mix of laboratory, administrative and clinical trial support to help deliver high-quality research outcomes that improve patient care and health outcomes.

• Support clinical and laboratory research activities, including the collection, processing, packaging and shipment of biological samples in accordance with study protocols.

• Conduct laboratory procedures and maintain accurate research records, databases and documentation to ensure data integrity and compliance.

• Assist with participant engagement and study coordination activities, including obtaining consent, responding to enquiries, preparing study materials and liaising with clinical stakeholders.

• Contribute to research administration and outputs by supporting ethics submissions, governance reporting, data analysis, publications and presentations.

This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to change 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035, through directly contributing to the strategic driver of Research that Matters. By supporting innovative gastrointestinal health and colorectal cancer prevention research, this role helps generate evidence, advance clinical practice, and improve health outcomes for communities locally and globally.

About You

You are a proactive and detail-oriented research professional with a strong foundation in health or laboratory sciences and a passion for contributing to meaningful health research. Comfortable working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you bring excellent organisational skills, scientific rigour and a collaborative approach to supporting research projects from data collection through to reporting and publication.

To be successful in this position, you will bring:

• A relevant qualification in health or laboratory sciences, or an equivalent combination of experience, education and training.

• Demonstrated laboratory and technical skills, with sound knowledge of research methods and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Strong organisational, computing and data management skills, including experience working with databases and Microsoft Office applications.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with researchers, clinicians and stakeholders while managing competing priorities and deadlines.

College of Medicine and Public Health        

 

At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services. Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes. It is at the heart of everything we do.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence due to our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing program

• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers 

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice 

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan 

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy 

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document.  This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.

• Flinders University is committed to providing an environment where staff with disability are valued, supported and encouraged, and can, as far as practicably possible, participate fully and independently in the life of the University. If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the selection process, including being accompanied by an accredited assistance animal with public access rights as per the Disability Policy, please advise the contact the Recruitment Team so that we can make appropriate arrangements through [email protected] or call 08 8201 2383.

• For more information regarding this position, please contact Erin Symonds

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

23 Aug 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.