Job Description
Part-time (0.6 FTE), 2-year fixed-term opportunity
Join a collaborative and purpose-driven team where you’ll help shape the future of consumer involvement in health research and create meaningful impact in musculoskeletal health across research, policy, and practice, at the Sydney Musculoskeletal Research Centre, based at the Charles Perkins Centre
Base Salary $103,185 (pro-rata) + 17% superannuation
About the opportunity
Join the Sydney Musculoskeletal Research Centre (SydneyMSK) in bringing together researchers, clinicians, consumers, and community partners to improve musculoskeletal health outcomes through world-class research, collaboration, and translation. We are seeking a Consumer Involvement Lead to play a key role in establishing and delivering the SydneyMSK Consumer Involvement Lab, an exciting pilot initiative designed to embed consumer voices across the research lifecycle.
Working closely with the Centre Director, Prof Mandy Nikpour, Centre Manager, Stephanie Beshara, and senior academic leaders, including Prof Claire Ashton-James, you will support the coordination of consumer involvement activities, build meaningful partnerships between researchers and consumers, and contribute to the development of practical tools, resources, and engagement processes that strengthen consumer participation in research.
This is a unique opportunity to help shape an emerging initiative with real impact, applying your expertise in consumer engagement, stakeholder collaboration, and project delivery to influence how research is designed, conducted, and translated into better health outcomes.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
Support the establishment and day-to-day coordination of the Consumer Involvement Lab, working closely with senior academic leaders to embed meaningful consumer involvement across research activities.
Develop and implement processes, tools, and practical resources that strengthen consumer participation and support high-quality consumer-researcher partnerships.
Coordinate workshops, consultations, training sessions, and other engagement activities that build capability in consumer involvement across research teams and communities.
Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including researchers, consumers, and community partners, to support Lab priorities and initiatives.
Monitor engagement activities, collect participation and feedback data, and contribute to reporting, evaluation, presentations, and other team-based outputs.
Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes best practice consumer involvement in musculoskeletal research.
About you
Bachelor's degree or tertiary qualifications in a field that is relevant to health research and consumer engagement and/or an equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.
Demonstrated experience in consumer and community involvement within health, research, or related settings, with a strong understanding of co-design, participatory approaches, and best practice engagement frameworks.
Proven project management, organisation, and time management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities, monitor budgets and expenditure, and deliver high-quality outcomes with strong attention to detail.
Highly developed communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills, with experience engaging and collaborating with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including consumer and community partners.
Strong written, verbal, and digital communication skills, including the ability to translate complex research concepts into accessible and engaging formats for a broad audience.
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite and strong analytical and reporting capabilities, with experience evaluating engagement activities, interpreting data, and contributing to reports, presentations, and other scholarly or practice-based outputs.
Not essential but training in consumer engagement, research-co-design, ‘train the trainer’ and peer support programs, or facilitation is desirable.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Pre-employment checks and declarations
Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University. Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.
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Applications Close
Tuesday 16 June 2026 11:59 PM