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Telethon Kids Institute is a health and medical research institute committed to discovering new and effective ways to enhance children’s health and wellbeing. Within the Institute’s broad research capacity sits the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre. The Centre was established to bring together teams of researchers and clinicians to defeat childhood cancer.
Cancer causes more deaths in Australian children than any other disease and there have been very few treatment advances for decades. Furthermore, many current treatments do not cure the cancer and those children who survive are often left with detrimental life-long side effects. The Telethon Kids Cancer Centre aspires to discover and move new childhood cancer therapies to the clinic that are more effective and less toxic. As such, we are building and expanding our core team to develop and test new immunotherapies and personalised medicines. Vital to the success of this initiative is high quality bioinformatic analysis, and as such we are seeking an expert in the field to drive this aspect of our work.
Telethon Kids aim is to create a workplace where people are respected and encouraged to fulfil their potential. We embrace all employee differences and foster a culture that supports diversity and inclusion. In return, you will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package including salary packaging and the opportunity to be part of a long-standing organisation. We offer excellent training and development opportunities and generous staff benefits including flexible working conditions, paid parental leave, social activities and a health and wellbeing program.
We are looking to appoint someone full time for 2 years, with a likely extension to 3 years. The salary offered will be dependent on experience and will be between $85,000 to $105,000 plus super.
The Position
We are looking for a talented researcher to join our core team to work across all Cancer Centre groups. The successful candidate will be independent, highly motivated, and have a desire to conduct high-quality computational research in paediatric oncology. We are looking for a highly collaborative candidate with a demonstrated passion for teamwork to complement our existing collaborative team.
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- The successful candidate will apply machine learning approaches to discover how to optimise therapies for cancer using bulk transcriptome, epigenome, and a variety of novel single cell based assays.
- The position represents an exciting opportunity to work at the cross-roads of basic discovery and clinical research and offers the successful candidate the opportunity to develop their data analysis skills.
- The role will be based at Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia. We will consider the option of the successful candidate working remotely elsewhere in Australia for the first six months if travel is not possible due to COVID-19.
Reasonable relocation costs will be considered.
Your Experience
You will be an experienced bioinformatician who is used to working on collaborative research projects with a relevant publication track record. The key to your success will be your demonstrated experience in the following:
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- A PhD in genomics, bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science or a related quantitative field. Alternatively, equivalent experience in a research setting may be suitable.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse complex genomics datasets including creating new analysis workflows in R or Python. Experience in high performance computing with experience in C or C++ is beneficial.
- Proficiency with Linux/Unix.
- Excellent data management skills, including experience in using reproducible research frameworks. Previous experience in analysing cancer datasets is highly desirable.
- Supervising and mentoring junior team members (desirable).
How to Apply
If you believe you are the ideal person for this position, please ‘Apply Now’ to navigate to our Career Site and view the Job Description. You will need to upload your CV and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) addressing the essential criteria outlined in the job description.
For further information about this position please contact Timo Lassmann, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7fZs_tEAAAAJ&hl=en
Contact Email: timo.lassmann@telethonkids.org.au
Closing Date: 2nd June 2021 – Telethon Kids reserve the right to hire prior to the closing date ***Previous applicants need not apply.
