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Academic Level B: $81,239 – 96,435 plus 17% superannuation

Full-time, 3 year position from January 2015, based at the Hawthorn campus

Swinburne University of Technology has a long, proud history of educating and training students for over 100 years. 

A unique opportunity exists for a Postdoctoral Researcher to conduct research into Swinburne's new PhD program in technology innovation. The position will be based in the Centre for Transformative Innovation and connect to the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Biodevices (Swinburne BioReactor).

The successful candidate will have expertise in the educational and training aspects of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and will be keen to apply these abilities to address the challenges faced by manufacturers and developers of high technology products, including biomedical devices and diagnostics. The role will involve research into the impacts of the BioReactor on student, industry and academic participants.

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:

An earned doctoral qualification in entrepreneurship and/or innovation and/or business

Demonstrated knowledge of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, technology, commercialisation and innovation processes

A high degree of organisational and administrative skills and capacity to contribute to management of research program delivery

Demonstrated resourcefulness, initiative and the ability to meet tight deadlines

A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

Benefits 

As a Swinburne staff member you will have access to many benefits and opportunities including salary packaging options, Employee Assistance Program as well as discounts on private health insurance, newspaper subscriptions, movie tickets, transport, computers and software.

To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/corporate/hr/swin/benefits/index.htm

How to apply

Swinburne encourages applications from Indigenous people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, women and men.

To start an application refer to position number 31091 on the Swinburne jobsite, click on 'apply' at the bottom of this page and submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description on the Swinburne online portal.

Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted on the Swinburne online application portal.

See: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/science-engineering-technology/biodevices/pdr.php

For further information about the position, please contact A/Professor Alex Maritz, Education Director: ARC Training Centre in BioDevices, Faculty of Business and Enterprise on +61 3 9214 8045 or email amaritz@swin.edu.au

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).

Position number: 31091

Applications close: 5pm on 7 November 2014