Job Description:

Job no: 0053966
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Fixed-term for 3 years
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Australian BioCommons
Salary: UOM 8 – $115,137 – $124,622 p.a. plus 17% super

• Play a leading role in driving the adoption of human genomics data sharing and analysis platforms across major national research initiatives.
• Combine hands-on technical data management skills in close collaboration with data custodians, with broader engagement and community building activities across the research community.
• 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
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Research Data Manager to join our dynamic Human Genome Informatics (HGI) team.

Reporting to the HGI Associate Director, you will participate in a portfolio of collaborative projects and work alongside domain experts to maximise the value of nationally significant data collections. You will also play a key role in the promotion, evaluation and implementation of international data standards within the Australian human genomics community. This includes active participation in national and international efforts towards harmonisation of genomic data management approaches.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with health domain experts and data custodians to develop harmonised metadata in structured formats, including data dictionaries, appropriate for data sharing platforms that enable cross collection querying and the identification of virtual cohorts.
• Work closely with technical experts, including software developers, engineers and cloud architects to adapt and configure existing software platforms and develop custom technical solutions to meet user requirements.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of the HGI program of work, including strategic planning, communication outputs, reporting, budgeting, as required.

Who We Are Looking For
You are an experienced Research Data Manager, offering a blend of technical data management expertise and community engagement skills. You will also have demonstrated capability and enthusiasm for learning new technologies and software tools in biomedicine, genomics, and bioinformatics.

You will also have:

• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent working experience in a relevant field (e.g. health informatics, data sharing, data management, applications of genomics, bioinformatics).
• Working experience with best practice standards in research data generation, analysis, storage, sharing, ethics and governance within large scale research programs.
• Knowledge of data management principles, standards and best practices.
• Demonstrated technical skills in transformation, validation and organisation of a variety of standard data formats.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check to ensure the University provides a safe environment for everyone.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your New Team – Australian BioCommons

Melbourne Bioinformatics is host to the Australian BioCommons, an NCRIS-funded research infrastructure entity for life science research. The missions of the Australian BioCommons are to:

• sustain strategic leadership in the provision and use of bioinformatics and bioscience data infrastructures at a national scale;
• actively support life science research communities with community scale digital infrastructure developed and maintained in concert with international peer infrastructures; and
• provide access to platforms and services that:
• provide sophisticated analysis capabilities, including software and hardware platforms that underpin world class science.

• support digital asset stewardship and management, retention, integration and publication solutions as they evolve.

• enable researchers to observe best-practice data standards, management, interoperability and publication approaches as they evolve.

• provide enduring access to digital techniques, data and tools that are needed by world-class environmental, agricultural and biomedical research.

• provide training and support solutions that enable the rapid and broad-based adoption of the above.

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!

About the University of Melbourne
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We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the email address listed at the bottom of the page.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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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
• The responses against the Essential Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Katie Robertson via email at Faculties-TA@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.