• Employment Type: Part Time, 28 hours per week
• Duration: Fixed Term Until 30 June 2027
• Remuneration: Professional Level 5 $88K-- $100K pro rata (based on experience) + 17% super+ annual leave loading
• Location: Kensington Campus, New South Wales. This is a predominant client facing onsite position at the Health Translation Hub.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must hold unrestricted work rights to be considered for this position.

About Us:

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world (QS top 20) and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

Position Summary

The Research Assistant (Exercise Physiologist) plays a key role in the Keeping the Body in Mind – Primary Care (KBIM-Primary) program, based at the UNSW Health Translation Hub. KBIM-Primary supports people experiencing mental health distress to improve their physical health and wellbeing, with a focus on preventing and managing cardiometabolic risk.

Reporting to the Project Manager, Mindgardens, this position delivers hands-on exercise physiology intervention sessions to study participants within a research context, while also providing administrative and research support to ensure the successful delivery of project milestones. The role involves participant screening and recruitment, data collection and analysis, coordination of research activities, and contribution to ethics applications, grant submissions, and research outputs.

Working within a multidisciplinary research team, the Research Assistant also builds referral pathways with general practitioners and other stakeholders, supports student clinical placements, and maintains accurate research records and databases.

Skills & Experience

• Accredited Exercise Physiologist through Exercise Sports Science Australia.
• Demonstrated clinical experience as an accredited exercise physiologist, with consumers with mental illness.
• Experience working with a range of computer systems and applications including Microsoft 365 products and SPSS (desirable).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail and analytical abilities.
• Knowledge and/or experience working with people with lived experience of mental illness.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and productively within a team, but also to take initiative and work independently while managing competing demands.
• Knowledge of health and safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

Benefits and Culture:

UNSW offer a competitive salary and access to a plethora of UNSW-perks including:

• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

More information on the great staff benefits and culture can be found here

How to Apply:

Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your application including your resume & cover letter online before Tuesday 17^th March 2026 at 11:55pm. A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.

Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks: - 

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

Get in Touch:

Aarti

a.aarti@unsw.edu.au

Talent Acquisition Associate

Please apply through the application portal and not via the contact above.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.