About the role
"This frontline support role provides essential support enabling the development and delivery of frontline services, programs and outcomes."
Your new role
Join the Cancer Trials Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital and play an important role in supporting the business and operational functions that enable high-quality cancer research. Working closely with the Business Coordinator, researchers, finance teams and external stakeholders, you will contribute to the effective management of research funding, financial information and reporting requirements.
- Provide accurate activity, costing and financial information to support research planning and decision-making.
- Assist with the coordination and administration of research grants and service contracts, ensuring funding requirements and deadlines are met.
- Work with researchers and finance teams to monitor grant funding and coordinate progress reports, final reports and other post-award requirements.
About you
You are an organised, proactive and detail-oriented professional who enjoys working with financial information, coordinating competing priorities and supporting a team to achieve its goals. You bring strong analytical and communication skills, a commitment to accuracy and a willingness to develop your knowledge of research funding and the health sector.
- Strong financial management, problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work independently and make sound decisions.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills, including the ability to manage deadlines and maintain accurate records.
- Well-developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
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What we can offer you
- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.