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Research Associate/Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow – Environmental Bioinformatics

Faculty of Science/Climate Change Cluster

UTS has a bold vision to be a world-leading university of technology. We are a dynamic and innovative university in central Sydney, consistently ranked the top young university in Australia. With a culturally diverse campus life and extensive international exchange and research programs, UTS prepares graduates for the workplaces of today and tomorrow.  

About the role

This role presents a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated researcher to join a diverse team of microbial ecologists, microalgae physiologists, molecular phylogeneticists, plant molecular biologists to build bioinformatics research capacity and to contribute to a range of research projects across the group.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director of C3, Professor Peter Ralph , you will liaise with researchers within and across research teams to resolve issues, negotiating access to data and resources, documenting results to meet project goals and timelines and preparing publications for leading international journals

As the resident subject matter expert  in bioinformatics you will contribute to the development and research performance of C3 by providing input and guidance on the design and conduct of research projects, analysis of data from metagenome  and transcriptome sequencing, genotyping, expression, and other molecular studies.

About the Institute

Since its inception in 2008, the Climate Change Cluster (C3)  at the University of Technology Sydney has been delivering on its strategic plan to build momentum, increase impact and be recognised internationally for its research excellence.

The institute has quadrupled in size since 2008 and has expanded its research capability from ecology to include additional expertise in plant physiology, microbiology, cellular biology, microfluidics, biochemistry, molecular biology (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics), physics (bio-optics), ecological modelling, chemistry, bio-informatics and remote sensing.

As the successful candidate you will have: 

• a PhD in a relevant area of environmental bioinformatics, biostatistics, molecular phylogenetics, molecular genetics or very closely related field
• extensive expertise in handling large data sets, data management systems and programming relevant to bioinformatics studies,
• demonstrated expertise and advanced knowledge in the use/application of bioinformatics tools and software platforms to analyse sequencing, metagenomic, metatranscriptomic, genomic and transcriptomic data, with the ability to refine, improve and develop these and novel bioinformatics tools/pipelines and software packages for specific projects
• knowledge and understanding of biological/ecological systems and mechanisms. The candidate will contribute to the effective design of experiments for dataset generation and  drive the interpretation of the results to answer biological and evolutionary research questions.
• demonstrated experience working with, and communicating within, cross disciplinary teams including  biological researchers in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems
• demonstrated experience in publication of research findings in international journals with an excellent publication record commensurate with career stage
• experience in project and budget management and grant writing

Remuneration

Salary Range: $72,916 to $131,743 pa Level A/B/C

The university offers 17% superannuation.  Employee benefits include flexible work practices, child care centres, generous parental leave and salary packaging opportunities.

This appointment will be on a fixed-term, full-time basis for four years.

How To Apply

Prior to commencing your application for IRC83321 please review the Position Statement and the relevant selection criteria, which you are required to address in your submission in a separate document.

Please note that only those applications submitted via the UTS online recruitment system will be accepted.  Current UTS employees should apply through their UTS Employee Self Service function.

As you will be unable to save your application once started, please have all required documents and information available prior to commencing.

Please ensure that the file name for each document submitted includes IRC83321.

Specific enquiries or issues with your application may be directed to the UTS Recruitment Team at recruitment@uts.edu.au or on +61 (0) 2 9514 1080.

Specific enquiries about the role may be directed to Professor Peter Ralph via email at peter.ralph@uts.edu.au

Closing Date:  27 July 2016 at 11.59pm (AEST)