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Education & Training
Science & Technology
Swinburne has an international reputation for research excellence, innovation and impact through active research engagement with industry, business and the community. Our commitment to high-quality teaching and research is reflected in our place within a number of prestigious world academic rankings.
We invite an enthusiastic and professional Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to experimental research investigating universal phenomena at the few-body and many-body level in ultracold 2D gases of fermionic atoms. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work in the Centre for Quantum and Optical Sciences to support research on ARC Discovery Project DP170104144. In addition to the day to day running of the experiments, this position will require assisting with the supervision of postgraduate students working on the project, writing up results for publication and presenting results at conferences.
Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have will obtained a Bachelor degree in Physics or relevant field and PhD (awarded) or thesis submitted in Physics or relevant field. You must be able to demonstrate sound knowledge of cold-atom experiments, atomic, quantum and optical physics, design and conduct experiments successfully and safely.
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 such as career development opportunities including 50% study reduction and staff and management development programs. You will receive up to 17% employer contributions (pension) and various voluntary salary packaging options. Other discounts include annual Myki cards and private health insurance. We also recognise the need to support the work/life balance and flexible needs of our staff. As such a range of flexible working arrangements including negotiable removal expenses for Academic staff, paid maternity/partner leave, working from home and part time options are available. To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/jobs/why-work-at-swinburne/
Swinburne is committed to advancing gender equality in academia, particularly in STEM disciplines. Swinburne was one of the first Australian universities to join the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) pilot to improve the promotion and retention of women and gender minorities in STEM. We also welcome applications from Indigenous people; varying age workers; people with disabilities; people who identify as LGBTIQ; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are proud to be recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2015 and of key initiatives such as our Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan which are integral components of our 2025 vision to be world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation.
Swinburne University of Technology is a Child Safe Organisation and as part of this commitment, we require all employees to have a current Working with Children’s Check. All appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.
How to apply
To start an application click on 'begin' at the bottom of the page and submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description.
Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.
For further information, please contact Associate Prof. Chris Vale by email:
cvale@swin.edu.au or telephone: +61 39214 8026
If you are experiencing technical difficulties submitting your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).
Applications close: 5pm, Monday 10th July 2017.
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