Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 22nd Jul 2021
The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) is home to significant scientific discoveries. We believe there is an answer, a cure or a better treatment for every childhood condition and we’re determined to find it. We are a diverse team of world-leading researchers, doctors, engineers, and hardworking professionals in corporate and scientific services from all corners of the world with one shared goal — to transform child health worldwide. Our strength lies in our partnership and co-location with The Royal Children’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne — the Melbourne Children’s Campus. This rare model amplifies opportunities to quickly translate research into clinical care. At MCRI, you’ll also find our subsidiary organisation, the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (VCGS), a specialist childhood, prenatal and adult genetics service. VCGS provides an integrated genetic consultation, counselling, testing and diagnostic support service to children, adults, families and prospective parents.
Together, we share a powerful vision: re-imagine the future of child health.
This position is based in the Centre for Population Genomics (CPG), a joint initiative of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Garvan) in Sydney.
CPG’s vision is a world in which genomic information enables comprehensive disease prediction, accurate diagnosis and effective therapeutics for all people. CPG’s purpose is: To establish respectful partnerships with diverse communities, collect and analyse genomic data at transformative scale and drive genomic discovery and equitable genomic medicine in Australia.
The CPG is led by experts in community engagement, software development, genomic analysis and project management. Director Daniel MacArthur previously served as the co-director of Medical and Population Genetics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where he led the development of the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD), the largest and most widely used collection of human DNA sequencing data in the world.
We are seeking a Senior Administrative Assistant to join the Centre for Population Genomics. This is a key administrative role with responsibility for a variety of administrative functions relating to Centre operations including in the domains of finance, fundraising, grant management, communications and human resources. You will also provide administrative support, including scheduling and travel expense reimbursement, to several research leaders within the Centre.
The Senior Administrative Assistant will report to Hannah Nicholas, Associate Director of the Centre. You will also work closely with the Director, the Executive Assistant to the Director, and with research and professional leaders within the Centre. You will also need to build and maintain a network of relevant contracts throughout MCRI and Garvan.
The position will be based at MCRI. To adapt to the impact of COVID-19, we have launched the Centre under a completely remote model and anticipate continuing in a primarily remote model of work throughout 2021.
Be part of a happy team of people who like what they do and are passionate about making a difference.
A position description is attached.