The UNSW Ageing Futures Institute is a newly formed virtual institute which brings together ageing research expertise across the University. It supports innovative interdisciplinary research and research translation in Ageing, across several priority areas ranging from aged care, the built environment, cognitive ageing, healthy economics, technology, and ageing in diverse communities.The Project Officer position includes the following roles:- Project management and operational delivery and support, including managing of resources, and development of policy briefs and procedural documents.- Administer inter-disciplinary research programs within agreed timelines and assist with administration of assessment for funding applications.- Develop effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment of approach, clarity of project scope, milestones and outcomes.- Communicate Institute research to members, stakeholders and the public through various media.- Alongside the Institute Manager, establish governance structures across the Ageing Futures Institute.- Drive the development of the Ageing Futures Institute website, branding and other promotional materials.- Conduct in-depth literature reviews and prepare materials for core Institute projects.- Coordinate activities to support interdisciplinary research including but not limited to open innovationand co-design.

Oversee a portfolio of data-driven and policy-based projects including:- Australian Medical Council / Medical Deans Assessment Benchmarking Collaboration Project- Medical Schools Outcomes Database & Data Linkage Project- Operational Benchmarking of Medical Schools- Provide project lead to the Student Health, Medical Education, and Social Accountability CommitteesUndertake the collection and analysis of relevant data, with roles including:- creating and distributing national surveys and data collection templates- undertaking the cleaning and storage of in-house datasets to be used for relevant reporting- performing analysis (through statistics programs such as RUMM 2030, SPSS and Excel) on our in-house datasets to respond to government, policy and public issues- producing national data reports, such as the MSOD National Data Report and Workforce Data Reports- liaising with committees as the Medical Education Collaboration Committee (MECC) and the Medical Students Health and Wellbeing working groups to run projects that improve both health and education policy outcomes- composing relevant media releases to be distributed to media contacts in collaboration with the CEO

- Effective coordination and management of Medical Deans datasets under the broad direction of the CEO and any relevant Steering Committees - Data analysis of existing datasets and reporting as directed by the CEO including generation of snapshot reports and website publications- Coordinate new data collections relevant to the existing datasets and consistent with Medical Deans priorities- Liaising with key external partners to assist in collecting, sharing and linking data- Providing support to maintain and communicate outcomes from data set analyses including preparation of relevant ethics applications/reports, policy development and communication management

Working on the Medical Schools Outcomes Database (MSOD) Longitudinal Tracking project, my roles are primarily:- act as the main point of contact for data request and applications- liasing with various stakeholders to resolve anomalies and improve quality of data- providing assistance to the Senior Research Analyst and members of the Research & Scientific Advisory Committee with data anlyses- preparation of research presentatios, reports and publications- assist the Data & Systems Manager with the revision, generation and monitoring of data reports- maintanence of ethics administration

Working on the Medical Schools Outcomes Database (MSOD) Longitudinal Tracking project, my roles are primarily:- checking questionnaires and entering data into spreadsheets and database- proofreading documents and changes in documents- e-filing and sorting of online share drives- using a specialised system (MANTIS) to track and communicate issues- making phone calls to follow-up questionnaires

Worked on the Connecting Older Adults Project (COAP) with the majority of my time spent as the sole research assistant, my roles were primarily:- drafting and proofreading questionnaires for data collection- producing, carrying out and transcribing focus groups- data entry and analysis using Excel and SPSS- producing research publications and government reports- teaching the use of social media technologies to seniors (over 30 classes)