Senior Research Fellow – Part Time

Company Description

MedHealth are a purpose-built collection of industry leading health, medical and employment brands. Our unique and diverse capabilities come together to get the best possible health and employment outcomes the people we support.

We support whole populations to better outcomes, yet never lose sight of the individual we are working with to build a better life through work and health.

MedHealth is part of a global network with over 3500 employees based in Australia.

Job Description

MedHealth is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Fellow to join our team on a part-time basis. This pivotal role will contribute to positioning MedHealth as an industry and thought leader in the delivery of evidence-based health and injury rehabilitation services.

The successful candidate will lead and conduct high-quality research, engage with strategic partners, and apply best practice methodologies to support innovation and service development. You will undertake literature reviews and comprehensive data analysis to inform the improvement of existing services and the creation of new, evidence-driven solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing insightful, research and data-driven literature reviews to inform strategic decision-making and foster continuous innovation across MedHealth.
• Supporting conference papers, tender and grant applications through robust research and development of evidence-based proposals.
• Designing and implementing evaluation surveys, risk screens, assessments, and targeted evaluations for specific services, clients, and groups.
• Embedding innovation and innovative thinking within research processes and organisational culture.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in health-related research and data analysis.
• Strong ability to communicate research outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven capability in securing research funding or supporting grant submissions.

Additional Information

If you are passionate about advancing health services through research, innovation, and strategic collaboration, we invite you to apply.

Location: Flexible within Australia | Hybrid Flexibility | Part-time

We are not accepting applications from agencies and overseas applicants.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.