Job Purpose

The Research Fellow / Research Engineer (with focus on Data Analytics and Digital Dashboards) will support applied research and innovation in community and allied health by turning clinical, operational and service data into practical analytics outputs, digital dashboards, KPI trackers and evidence reports. The role focuses on hands-on data analytics, project coordination and implementation support for community care projects.

This role is focused on Data Analytics and Digital Dashboards. The candidate should have good project-management discipline and experience coordinating projects or workstreams with clear outcomes delivered. The Research Fellow / Research Engineer will support academic staff and project leads, and contribute his/her assigned share to team-level KPI targets through timely and usable analytics outputs.

Key Responsibilities

Applied Research & Development

• Perform clinical needs assessment and workflow analysis for organisational innovation transition, focusing on but not limited to the community and aged care sector, including nursing homes, hospitals, home-based care, and palliative care settings.
• Develop healthcare solutions and innovation roadmaps for organisational transition, focusing on but not limited to long-term bedridden patient care, caregiver workload reduction, and care automation.
• Develop and execute healthcare innovation projects by conducting experiments, data collection, and analysis for Proof of Concept (POC) and implementation for organisations in, but not limited to, the community care sector, and simulated environments within SIT and / or the Living Lab.

Industry Collaboration

• Support collaborations with industry partners to understand problem statements and contribute to solution development.
• Assist in project scoping by gathering technical inputs and identifying relevant capabilities within the ecosystem (IHLs, research centres, industry partners).
• Participate in industry meetings, discussions, and project engagements.

Project Execution & Support

• Assist Professional Officers, faculty and project leads in planning, coordinating and executing assigned project workstreams, including timeline tracking, documentation and follow-up on deliverables linked to the committed KPI areas: service volume, innovation initiatives, value capture, manpower training and ecosystem establishment.
• Generate technical reports, presentations, dashboards, project trackers, and documentation on the development, validation, deployment, and value capture of healthcare solutions and applications.
• Contribute to grant proposals and project submissions where required.
• Track project progress and maintain proper documentation of milestones, deliverables, risks/issues, partner inputs, funding status and measurable outcomes for assigned projects.
• Support the IaaS Center for Community and Allied Health Innovation in achieving team-level KPI outcomes through assigned analytics, documentation and project support tasks.
• Contribute to assigned analytics workstreams and projects, including data analytics projects and digital dashboard development for industry partners, hospitals, aged care homes, and non-profit organisations, encompassing proposal development, partner engagement, analytics scoping, and project documentation.
• Coordinate assigned workstreams within the team's innovation portfolio, supporting the delivery and deployment of new or improved products, processes, and services to healthcare and community organisations, while monitoring implementation, adoption, and analytics evidence to support value-capture documentation.
• Support training, demonstration, and workshop delivery for company employees and healthcare professionals, contributing to the team's capability-building and knowledge-transfer goals.
• Role-specific skill focus — Data Analytics and Digital Dashboards: clean, structure, analyse, visualise and report health/service data; develop dashboards, KPI trackers and management reports; support evidence for KPI and project-outcome reporting, including outreach to companies and/or healthcare providers; and translate data insights into practical recommendations for Professional Officers, faculty, project leads and healthcare partners.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years experience OR Master's degree with 2+ years experience in Nursing, Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Research, or a related field or related disciplines with relevant experience in research, engineering, product development, or healthcare innovation related work.
• Strong knowledge and experience in clinical workflows, particularly in hospitals, nursing homes, home-based care, palliative care settings and other community care settings.
• Hands-on experience in clinical validation studies, including patient needs assessment and usability testing, is highly advantageous.
• Possess understanding of healthcare innovation concepts (e.g., commercialisation, care automation, health economics).
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Resourceful, meticulous and problem-solving attitude.
• Experience supporting or coordinating industry or applied research projects, preferably involving healthcare, community care, aged care, allied health, digital health, clinical workflow optimisation or healthcare innovation solutions.
• Ability to document project outputs, implementation progress, stakeholder benefits and other measurable outcomes for assigned work.
• Experience supporting project proposals, funded projects or partner engagements will be advantageous.
• For this Data Analytics and Digital Dashboards role, relevant experience in data analytics, dashboard development, business intelligence, data visualisation, health/service data management, KPI tracking, data cleaning, statistical or operational reporting, or equivalent analytics tools and methods is required.
• All Research Fellow / Research Engineer must possess project-management skills and experience managing or coordinating projects/workstreams with good outcomes delivered, including scope, timeline, stakeholder coordination, risk/issue tracking and documentation.

Key Competencies

• Possess understanding of healthcare challenges faced by industries locally and globally, particularly in the community and aged care sectors.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to communicate effectively with industry partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional and multidisciplinary environment.
• Proactive approach to continuous learning and development in the healthcare innovation field.
• Proficient in technical writing and presentation.
• Possess good analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Shows good initiative and takes ownership of work undertaken.
• Project management skills, including planning and execution of healthcare innovation projects.
• Project-management discipline to support assigned workstreams, monitor timelines and dependencies, escalate risks, and complete agreed tasks that contribute to team targets.
• Outcome orientation, with ability to document project outputs, stakeholder benefits, implementation progress and individual contribution within a team-based delivery model.
• Capability in data analytics and dashboards, including data cleaning, data structuring, analysis, visualisation, dashboard development, KPI tracking and preparation of concise reports.
• Ability to coordinate stakeholders, monitor timelines and risks/issues, and deliver assigned project outcomes with clear documentation.
• Ability to work as part of a coordinated delivery team, with clear documentation of assigned analytics outputs and project outcomes toward the overall KPI commitments.