Research Officer - Bioinformatics

Job No.: 697474

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time and Part-time fractions available - 0.8 - 1.0 FTE

Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: Pro rata - $100,155 - 108,106 pa HEW 6 plus 17% super

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

Join the Kwan Lab at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Eastern Health Clinical School and contribute to innovative translational prostate cancer research. As a Research Officer, you’ll provide high-quality bioinformatics and computational research support across genomics, epigenomics and transcriptomics datasets, helping translate complex data into meaningful research outcomes.

You’ll develop, execute, maintain and document reproducible bioinformatics workflows, undertaking data processing, quality control and analysis across tumour tissue and liquid biopsy datasets. Working with researchers, clinicians and collaborators, you’ll prepare high-quality analyses, reports and research outputs while ensuring robust data management and computational standards.

Bring your expertise in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics or a related discipline, with strong programming skills in R, Python or similar languages. Experience with Unix/Linux, high-performance computing, workflow tools such as Nextflow or Snakemake, and genomic or transcriptomic analysis will be highly valued. This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise to research with real-world impact in prostate cancer.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.

In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at **************@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Dr Edmond Kwan, Lab Head & Senior Research Fellow, ***********@monash.edu, +61 3 9905 1033

Position Description: Research Officer

Applications Close: Tuesday, 14th September at 11:55pm AEST

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