Database Coordinator
Job No.: 684920
Location: 110 Church Street, Richmond
Employment Type: Part-time, fraction (0.5)
Duration: 10-month fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: Pro-rata of $96,768 - $104,450 pa HEW Level 06 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact as a Database Coordinator with NAMHSU
- Join our collaborative team driving addiction and mental health research
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Join our team as Database Coordinator and play a pivotal role in the Eastern Health Clinical School’s National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit (NAMHSU). In this dynamic role, you will optimise the collection and management of ambulance data and help develop applications that visualise population-level insights, working closely with senior staff, external data custodians and colleagues across the organisation.
Working with the NAMHSU team, the Database Coordinator will manage data integration and migration, create user-friendly manuals and deliver training in both technical and lay terms. The role includes designing reliable database solutions, addressing usage issues, ensuring data security and accuracy and supporting report preparation, requiring a proactive approach and strong collaboration with diverse stakeholders to achieve timely outcomes.
We are seeking someone with a degree in a relevant field, along with excellent administration skills and a strong understanding of relational databases and data management. Proficiency with SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS Access and experience in scripting and software development are important to success in the role.
This is an opportunity to apply your technical expertise to meaningful projects that inform addiction and mental health research and policy. We encourage you to apply and contribute to a team that is shaping the way data drives improvements in health outcomes.
Monash University seeks applicants for this opportunity who are able to demonstrate present valid and current Australian work rights.
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.
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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 hr-recruitment@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 Rowan Ogeil, Strategic Lead - NAMHSU, +61 3 9903 9416, Rowan.Ogeil@monash.edu
Position Description: Database Coordinator
Applications Close: Tuesday 7 October 2025, 11:55pm AEST
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