Associate Research Fellow - Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
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Western Sydney University
Hybrid- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: PhD
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Research
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: AUD 98,611 AUD-AUD 119,137 AUD / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 26/10/2026
- Location: Australia
The Opportunity
In this role, you will contribute to research examining women’s sexual and reproductive health, including contraception, fertility and the menstrual cycle. Working within the Translational Health Research Institute, you will use qualitative, mixed-methods and arts-based approaches to investigate the relationships between gender, health and inequality.
You will contribute across the research lifecycle, including ethics applications, participant recruitment, data collection and analysis, scholarly publications, stakeholder engagement, research dissemination and future grant proposals. You will work with staff, students, community partners, industry partners and external project members to support clear communication and effective research delivery.
Community-engaged research is central to this role. You will conduct research with marginalised communities, including migrant and refugee women, using participatory, culturally responsive and inclusive approaches. You will manage sensitive information with care and undertake research that is attentive to trust, power, privacy, confidentiality and participant wellbeing.
You will also contribute to the Institute’s research culture through collaboration, seminars, workshops, higher degree research supervision activities and other research initiatives. You will balance independent work with shared responsibilities across research programs and maintain high ethical and governance standards.
What Success Looks Like:
In this role, you will contribute to research examining women’s sexual and reproductive health, including contraception, fertility and the menstrual cycle. Working within the Translational Health Research Institute, you will use qualitative, mixed-methods and arts-based approaches to investigate the relationships between gender, health and inequality.
You will contribute across the research lifecycle, including ethics applications, participant recruitment, data collection and analysis, scholarly publications, stakeholder engagement, research dissemination and future grant proposals. You will work with staff, students, community partners, industry partners and external project members to support clear communication and effective research delivery.
Community-engaged research is central to this role. You will conduct research with marginalised communities, including migrant and refugee women, using participatory, culturally responsive and inclusive approaches. You will manage sensitive information with care and undertake research that is attentive to trust, power, privacy, confidentiality and participant wellbeing.
You will also contribute to the Institute’s research culture through collaboration, seminars, workshops, higher degree research supervision activities and other research initiatives. You will balance independent work with shared responsibilities across research programs and maintain high ethical and governance standards.
What Success Looks Like:
- Deliver rigorous qualitative, mixed-methods and arts-based health research.
- Contribute effectively across ethics, recruitment, data collection, analysis, publication, dissemination and grant development.
- Conduct culturally responsive and inclusive research with marginalised communities, including migrant and refugee women.
- Maintain strong communication with staff, students, community partners and other research stakeholders.
- Strengthen the Institute’s research culture through collaboration, collegiality and engagement in research activities.
About You
- A tertiary qualification in psychology, social science, public health or a related health research discipline.
- Demonstrated capacity to undertake high-quality health research leading to refereed journal articles, conference papers or professional reports.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in qualitative and/or mixed-methods research design, data collection and analysis, with arts-based research experience desirable.
- Demonstrated experience conducting community-engaged research with marginalised communities and/or on sensitive health topics, using culturally responsive and ethical approaches.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience presenting research, and the ability to maintain privacy, confidentiality and appropriate safeguards when managing sensitive data.
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