Research Fellow - Communication and Hearing Health Research

About the role

The University of Queensland's School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is offering a part-time (80% FTE), fixed-term Research Fellowship in Communication and Hearing Health Research. The position is based at the St Lucia campus and runs for approximately 4.5 years, through to May 2031. It sits within an internationally recognised research environment focused on improving outcomes for people with communication disability, and involves working with the Head of School and an interdisciplinary network of collaborators.

Key responsibilities

• Develop an independent and/or team research program in hearing health and communication disability, publish high-quality outputs, contribute to competitive funding applications and advance research translation and impact.
• Contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching where required, maintaining high standards of teaching quality and student outcomes.
• Supervise Honours and Higher Degree by Research students, support researcher development, facilitate engagement opportunities and mentor.
• Demonstrate UQ values through collaboration, committee participation, partnership development and contribution to school, university and community priorities.

Required profile

• PhD in a relevant discipline such as speech pathology, audiology or a related field.
• Demonstrated research expertise in communication disability, hearing health, health services research, implementation science, co-design and person- and family-centred care, including qualitative, quantitative and/or mixed-methods research.
• Evidence of a growing research profile: designing and delivering projects, publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.
• Experience in competitive research funding applications and project delivery, and an emerging track record of supervising Honours and HDR students.
• Strong collaboration, stakeholder engagement and partnership-building skills.
• Unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of the appointment; employer-sponsored work rights are not available.

What we offer

• Base salary at 1FTE of $119,462 to $141,545 (Academic Level B) plus 17% superannuation.
• Access to world-class facilities, grant-writing support, greater research funding opportunities and staff development.
• Group of Eight university membership, recognition of prior service, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working and internal-only vacancies.

Applications close 6 November 2026. Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter responding to the selection criteria; applications sent by email are not accepted.