Job Summary
Remote / Work from Home
- Perth > CBD, Inner & Western Suburbs Perth
- $90,000 - $109,999 per annum + salary packaging
- Job posted on: 14th Nov 2023
- Applications close:
Remote / Work from Home
Perth, Western Australia (flexible if interstate).
The Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health Aboriginal Corporation (Jilya) is a not-for-profit organisation that was founded by Dr Tracy Westerman to address the gaps in culturally informed and clinically validated approaches to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Australia across the areas of mental health and suicide prevention, justice, child protection, and education.
The Research Psychologist will be responsible for working within Jilya’s research arm which is focused on Indigenous mental health, suicide prevention and criminogenic research and evaluation. They will work with the Jilya Research Manager to ensure the advancement of research and evaluation priorities and, associated strategies including the development of funding and partnership opportunities. The expansion of Jilya’s research also includes supervising and supporting a caseload of Jilya psychology students at honours, masters and PhD levels in partnership with our scholarships manager and other Jilya staff. The successful candidate will ideally have a track record of peer reviewed publications and research grants, and a PhD or be a tenured academic in psychology or a relevant health or mental health discipline and have a strong understanding of Indigenous suicide prevention, mental health and well-being. Additionally, experience in managing relationships within the Aboriginal community controlled, non-profit, government and non-government sectors is required.
To be considered for this role, you will need to demonstrate the following essential criteria on your cover-letter:
Prior to appointment, the successful candidate will require the following:
To submit your application, click Apply now.
For a full position description, please see the careers page, or view the attachment below.
For a private discussion regarding the position, please get in touch with Merinda Dickson, Chief Operating Officer, at [email protected], using the subject line: Research Psychologist enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call (08) 6244 3399.
Remote / Work from Home