Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Human Rights Law

About the role

The TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland offers a part-time (40%) fixed-term postdoctoral research fellowship in Human Rights Law, based at the St Lucia campus in Brisbane. The position runs until May 2029 and sits within an international research project on how human rights agencies balance freedom rights with equality rights. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality legal and interdisciplinary research on the frameworks, procedures and methodologies used by human rights agencies, and publish sole-authored and collaborative papers.
• Support the leadership team in coordinating an international network of researchers and overseeing project milestones, and help deliver conferences, workshops and publications.
• Supervise research assistants and, where appropriate, contribute to supervising undergraduate and higher degree research students.
• Build relationships with human rights agencies, government and professional bodies, and help turn research into practical benchmarks and implementation guidance.

Required profile

• Completion or near completion of a PhD in law or a closely related discipline is preferred; outstanding recent LLB graduates with strong research skills are also considered.
• Demonstrated research knowledge in areas such as human rights law, constitutional law, comparative law, competing rights, procedural fairness or statutory bodies.
• An emerging research profile, for example publications in refereed journals or conference presentations, is desirable.
• Experience in data management and analysis, or the capacity to learn them, and experience in university service or collaboration is desirable.

Required skills

• Strong written, interpersonal and organisational skills and the ability to work in an international research team.
• Project management and leadership skills, and the ability to engage professionally with agencies, researchers and government representatives.

What we offer

• Base salary of $85,373 to $113,660 plus 17% superannuation (Academic Level A).
• Access to world-class facilities, grant-writing support, research funding opportunities and staff development.
• Group of Eight university status, 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 2 November 2026; applicants should submit a resume, cover letter and answers to the 'About You' section through the university's Talent Acquisition team.