Research Fellow in Gender Equality at Work

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University of Sydney

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: PhD
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Research
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $118,390 AUD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 26/04/2024
  • Location: Australia
Economic justice Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
About the opportunity

The newly established Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work at the University of Sydney is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join and to help lead our growing team. The Centre builds on a significant body of research at the University which has investigated the nature of gender inequality at work, its causes, and potential pathways to better practice and outcomes. This research will be scaled in 2024 under the leadership of Centre Director Professor Rae Cooper and Deputy Director Professor Elizabeth Hill. As a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, you will play a critical role at this exciting time as the Centre establishes and grows.

Projects you undertake as part of the Centre’s research program will contribute to driving positive change in workplaces and labour markets. The Centre aims to generate new data-informed knowledge able to inform and improve gender equality at work. The Centre’s research is organized around four key themes:
  • designing gender equality into the future of work;
  • addressing gender disparities and segregations to build equal and sustainable careers;
  • build alignment in work and care regimes that work for people and organisations;
  • motivate respectful, inclusive work cultures where all people thrive.

Your key responsibilities will be to:
  • lead the research program in one of the research themes
  • undertake data collection, analysis and co-authoring academic papers with senior researchers at the Centre
  • lead the preparation and submission of applications for competitive research grants/fellowships
  • work with research assistants to develop ethics submissions and satisfy reporting requirements
  • further the vision and objectives of the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at work

About you
  • Holds a PhD or nearing completion (submitted thesis) in one of the following fields: Employment relations, Economics/ Political economy, Sociology of work/ professions, Management). Other fields may be considered where relevance can be demonstrated to the Centre’s work
  • research experience working on issues related to gender in/equality in work, occupations, the labour market
  • high level skill in either/both quantitative or qualitative methods
  • skills and capacity to design, manage and disseminate findings from research projects including experience in working on mixed method teams
  • demonstrated capacity to write grant applications and research proposals
  • demonstrated capacity to lead the writing of academic articles for publication in leading journals, as both single author and co-author
  • interest in working with stakeholders on research in organisations and industries to build positive change for gender equality
  • interest in working in a high performing multi-disciplinary research team employing mixed methods approaches.


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