Total 9 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Hamilton, Victoria

We have a fantastic, full-time, opportunity for a driven and committed individual to join our passionate team and pioneer our content and resources for Physics, Chemistry & Biology at Contour Education for 2025 onwards!

Who Are We?

At Contour Education, we’re revolutionising tutoring with engaging, small-group sessions that prepare students for success. We’ve been reshaping education since 2020, with over 5,000 students enrolled and 100+ team members having joined us on this exciting journey. Recognised as one of Australia’s fastest-growing startups for 4 straight years, we’re not slowing down!

The Role

We’re looking for a Science Content Developer and Question Writer to design exceptional resources that prepare students for VCE Physics, VCE Chemistry, and VCE Biology. You’ll collaborate with veteran tutors and our Head Tutor for each subject to create intuitive, engaging, and rigorous practice materials that make Science accessible, enjoyable, and effective.

If you’re passionate about Physics, Chemistry & Biology, coupled with a love for content creation, and helping students succeed while preparing for our national expansion in 2025—this role is for you!

Opportunity to Impact Thousands

As a Science Content Developer at Contour, your work will impact thousands of students. Your resources—Core booklets for learning and practice, and Mastery resources for revision and exams—will guide Contour classes, support at-home study, and help students ace their tests.

Focus on creating impactful content without worrying about admin or finding students—we’ve got that covered.

Support & Development

You’ll work closely alongside our expert tutors and Subject Leaders, receiving feedback to refine your craft. Collaborate with an energetic, experienced team, learn from the best, and hone your skills.

We offer:

• Comprehensive Training when you join
• Personal Feedback and peer-review sessions
• Ongoing growth opportunities (pay rises, new roles, and perks)
• Support for personal milestones like job references and rental applications

Competitive Pay & Growth

We reward hard work. The role starts at $70,000 + super with growth opportunities, including potentially leading a team of content developers. This is a full-time position.

Minimal Admin, Maximum Focus

Do what you love—Science and content creation. We’ll handle the admin so you can focus on creating resources that inspire and empower students.

Skill Requirements

• Above market rate compensation and guaranteed pay (starting salary of $70,000 plus super).

• Satisfying and fulfilling work helping students succeed (it feels good when your students do good).
• Minimal admin work with a flexible schedule (consistent hours every week).
• Primary focus on preparing excellent content, to ultimately provide an excellent student experience (no hassle with student payments, admin, etc.).
• Significant improvement in team and leadership skills (and you get paid for it).
• Personalised mentorship, training and feedback to improve your communication, writing, and content development skills.
• Creative freedom in a fun start-up environment (no corporate walls, talk directly to the founders or students).
• Opportunities for potential tutoring roles at Contour, and performance based pay rises.

Is taking a human centred approach to insights your superpower? We know people, you know people, let's meet. TRA Melbourne is growing, and we’re looking to build our team further, both now and in the near future.

ABOUT TRA
TRA is a Trans-Tasman insights agency with offices in Naarm (Melbourne), Gadigal Land (Sydney), and Tāmaki-Makaurau (Auckland).

Bringing together the best of both worlds for ambitious and strategic minds, we are a diverse group of thinkers, intent on solving the complex and challenging problems our clients are facing. We combine our understanding of human behaviour with intelligent data capability to navigate uncertainty and answer the big questions. At TRA, we believe there's always a story in the data. Watch this video to see ours.

We are the largest independent research agency in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We won Gold in Campaign APAC’s Market Research Agency of the Year awards in 2023, and our work and culture has been recognised by ESOMAR, AFR BOSS Best Places to Work and many more.

WHO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM
We want to hear from qualitative research specialists! We’re talking the relationship builders, the commercially savvy, the challengers, the client centric, the storytellers, the curators, the inspirational, the collaborative and the action orientated.

We're looking for people of all different levels, but what you all have in common is experience in the insights industry (insights agency or commercial background is a must), the ability to work with diverse inputs and tell a compelling, clear story, enjoy working on juicy client challenges, and want to influence decision making.

As a qualitative researcher in our Melbourne team, you will play an active role in the delivery of amazing work, you will be responsible for all parts of research and insight process, from proposal and project design to moderation and the delivery of actionable and strategic insights and outputs.

ABOUT YOU
If you’re looking for an opportunity in an environment that values continuous learning and skill-building, work alongside industry experts, and solve complex problems for clients, this could be the opportunity for you!  

You hold a university degree in your area of expertise. With working experience in a similar role within an agency or commercial environment in Melbourne (a must), you've honed your skills in qualitative research. You have fine-tuned expertise in research, marketing, psychology and/or social science fields.

You have excellent knowledge of insights covering a range of project topics and methodologies, such as brand development, communications development and testing, customer experience, audience understanding, innovation and NPD.

You have a track record of leading projects with ease and impact, backed by solid analytical and storytelling abilities. You have knowledge, or the desire to learn, in the areas of Culture Analysis and/or Behaviour Change.  You're not afraid to think outside the box and explore new ideas, using your creativity to solve complex challenges with our clients.

If this sounds like you, submit your application now!

TRUST US, YOU WANT TO BE HERE.  WHY, YOU ASK:
At TRA, you’ll do the best work of your life, alongside some of the greatest thinkers you’ll encounter in your career and be part of the formative TRA Melbourne team as we grow our footprint. Our team will be working hands on alongside you, with opportunity to learn, grow and develop while doing incredibly valuable work.

We are a curious, creative, and multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering amazing work built on values of collaboration, creativity, and clarity. You’ll join a team of accomplished marketers ready to help guide you through your career and set you up for success.

Winners of Best Innovation Programme at the 2018, 2020 and 2021 AFR Boss Most Innovative Company awards, we are an agency challenging the status quo and influencing decisions.

WE VALUE DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We’re committed to equity and inclusion across race, gender, age, identity, neurodiversity, and experience. Women and under-represented groups of candidates don’t always apply for roles they don’t feel 100% qualified for, so we encourage anyone who is interested to get in touch. Focus on the bullet points that match your experience, not the ones that don’t. Our job posting is the starting point for a conversation, and we’re always excited to hear from people who are interested in working with us.

Atlantic Research Group (ARG), a distinguished Contract Research Organization (CRO) known for our impactful work in oncology, immunology, and neurology clinical trials, is seeking a Freelance Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to support a respiratory-focused clinical trial across multiple sites in Australia. This role involves monitoring three sites in Melbourne, one in Adelaide, and two in Perth, with a total of 35 subjects enrolled.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform and coordinate all aspects of the clinical monitoring process, ensuring compliance with GCPs and ARG's global SOPs.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with investigative sites and client company personnel.
• Represent ARG in the medical research community, enhancing our reputation and contributing to high-quality study outcomes.

Project Timeline:

• Start Date: October 1, 2024 (or sooner)
• End Date: Approximately October 30, 2027 (36-month contract)

Qualifications:

• Prior clinical monitoring experience with a focus on respiratory therapeutic areas.
• Experience with oncology clinical trials is a bonus.
• Must have an established business entity to invoice payment. 
• Ability to travel between Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth.

If you are a detail-oriented, motivated CRA with experience and are interested in a part-time long-term contract, we would love to hear from you. 

Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom. We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you’ll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

We require highly experienced Victorian Curriculum teachers to audit existing Education Perfect content in alignment with the new v 2.0 curriculum.

This position will require the successful candidate to carefully examine each EP lesson and align it to the appropriate content descriptor from the new curriculum. The candidate will also rearrange the existing content into a new folder structure that matches the new curriculum, assess the percentage coverage for the content descriptor, recommend any adaptations to existing lessons, and identify any new lessons that may need to be built due to changes to the curriculum. This role does not include the creation of any content.

This work will all be conducted remotely using the suite of Google Applications (Docs and Sheets) and time management software to track completion.

The work is expected to take approximately 20 hours to complete (in total) and must be delivered within 4 weeks of the agreed start date. The successful applicant will be required for a further 2 weeks to apply feedback and address any questions. We are offering $1500 AUD for successful completion of the project.

Requirements of this position include:

• Minimum 5 years of experience teaching Science subject across Years 7-10
• You are experienced in analysing curriculum documents and content resources
• Experience using Education Perfect in the classroom
• Proficiency in Google Docs and Sheets
• Ability to work independently and to a strict timeline

If you’d like to apply for this opportunity, please apply online with your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your suitability.

Are you an influential quantitative researcher who wants to make a real difference for clients and deliver actionable insights, backed by frameworks, behavioural science and marketing? Join us and make an impact.

ABOUT TRA
TRA is an insights agency based in New Zealand, Melbourne, and Sydney. We are a diverse group of thinkers, intent on solving the complex and challenging problems our clients are facing. We combine our understanding of human behaviour with intelligent data capability to navigate uncertainty and answer the big questions.

If you're ready to put your problem-solving and analysis skills to the test, we've got an opportunity for you! We are looking for an insights superstar to join our team and help solve problems for some of Melbourne's top businesses. You'll be using your creativity to answer clients' needs, and enabling growth through your amazing quantitative research skills. This is your chance to think outside the box and create solutions that will make a real impact.

Bringing together the best of both worlds for ambitious and strategic minds, we are the largest independent and multi-AFR and ESOMAR award winning research agency.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Join our dynamic team in Melbourne as a quantitative Consultant or Senior Consultant and be at the forefront of innovation and impact. As a key part of our consulting team, you will be fully immersed in every aspect of the research and insight process, you will use your expertise to design, manage, and report on projects that make a real difference.

Responsible for delivering projects end to end, you will work with a diverse range of clients and to deliver meaningful insights that truly make waves.

With your excellent quantitative research skills and amazing analysis skills, you'll tackle projects like a pro. You bring solid marketing know-how, you have a knack for adding richness to stories through data curation, and you seamlessly blend complementary sources such as cultural analysis and quant insights into your work. You'll translate complex findings into impactful insights and strategies that set our clients on the path to success.

All while working alongside passionate, experienced and strategic team that will help you stretch your craft and client skills.

ABOUT YOU

• A university degree supporting your area of expertise.
• Fined tuned expertise in research, marketing, statistical analysis, psychology or social science fields.
• Working experience (between 2-5 years) in a commercial or agency environment is a must.
• Experience in leading the design and successful execution of a wide range of projects.
• Hands on experience analysing quantitative data and applying frameworks and thinking to solve marketing and other organisational problems.
• The ability to innovatively and creatively find solutions and is open to new ideas.
• And is a leader within their own work and with clients.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE OFFER YOU?
Join an award-winning agency that values innovation and transformative thinking TRA has been awarded Gold for Campaign Asia-Pacific Market Research Agency of the Year and Silver for Independent Agency of the Year, in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

We have been recognised across the prestigious AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards system – placing 3rd in the Media and Marketing category in last year and Professional Services category this year for the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Australasia list.

Do the best work of your life, alongside some of the greatest thinkers you’ll encounter in your career and be part of the formative TRA Melbourne team as we establish and grow our footprint. Our senior leaders will be working hands on alongside you, with opportunity to learn, grow and develop while doing incredibly valuable work.

A commitment to focused learning, with two hours set aside each week for TRA Academy, means you will be able to continually expand your knowledge, skills, and thinking. Combined with outstanding on-the-job learning experiences, you will have the support to take your career to the next level.

You’ll be working in a dynamic, new co-sharing office space at The Commons in Collingwood – inspired and connected into creative, strategic people and businesses.

We are a curious, creative, and multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering amazing work built on values of collaboration, creativity, and clarity.

You’ll be given a voice to shape the direction and thinking of TRA and how the wider world uses human understanding to create better outcomes for all.

We have regular social events, some flexibility to work from home, and a competitive salary package to underpin the experience!  

WE VALUE DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We know from research that women or non-binary applicants don’t always apply for roles they don’t feel 100% qualified for, so we encourage anyone who is interested to get in touch. Focus on the bullet points that match your experience, not the ones that don’t.

Our job posting is the starting point for a conversation, and we’re always excited to hear from people who are interested in working with us.

If you’re curious, apply now! We’d love to hear from you

We have a fantastic opportunity for a driven and committed tutor to join our passionate Tutoring Team for 2024!

We empower students and their studies by providing highly engaging small-group tutoring designed to prepare them for school assessments and final exams. Our sessions are presented by experienced but young tutors that can teach the study design in a simple and intuitive yet engaging way. VCE students will greatly benefit from positive role models and enthusiastic educators, so if you're passionate about helping students find a love for mathematics and achieve their best, we believe this is a great opportunity for you!

Over 2,000 students have joined our tutoring services since our founding in 2020. Our growth is a testament to our dedication to providing ALL our students and parents with a high-quality tutoring experience (from 24/7 personal support to on-demand resources) and our commitment to helping them achieve their goals.

It's our vision to reshape education, starting with tutoring.

Opportunity to Tutor Groups

Have you ever wanted to do group tutoring but never got the time or students to? Maybe you’ve been doing one-on-one tutoring so far, and now you want to explore group tutoring? As a VCE tutor at Contour, rather than tutoring one student at a time, you can now motivate groups of students with your knowledge and experience without the hassle of more admin work and finding students.

Access to High-Quality Tutoring Material

You’ve probably spent hundreds of unpaid hours making tutoring resources for your students. We know it can be an extremely time-consuming process, and arguably one of the more boring and tedious parts of being a tutor. But that’s where we come in! We’ve spent thousands of hours creating resources and detailed notes for VCE subjects. All we need now is you—the tutor!

All you have to do is prepare for your tutoring session by reading over the class workbooks beforehand, and provide an excellent tutoring experience to your students :)

Competitive Pay and Compensation

We pride ourselves on compensating and rewarding our tutors for their hard work. The starting rate ranges from $90 to $200 per 2-hour class (incl. Super) depending on the size of the classes you take. If you're already a veteran tutor, then apply for our senior tutor role and the rates can only get higher as you pick up more classes, show dedication to Contour, and contribute to the success of your students!

We're also introducing a new compensation model in 2024 where you'll also share part of the revenue generated by your classes. We want you to feel rewarded for introducing students to Contour and doing a great job at making them happy, so if Contour grows, you'll grow with it!

In some circumstances, if you already have private students but want to transfer them over to Contour, we can potentially even provide payouts so you can move all your tutoring work to us. Win-win!

Minimal Admin Work

There is almost no requirement for admin work. All you have to do is take simple attendance, manage student emails, and address student questions promptly outside of class via social media/text/email. If you’d like to create additional resources for us or do more non-tutoring work, we can also organise tailored payment plans to suit your needs :)

Support & Personal Development

Working in a collaborative environment and an energetic team can be a fantastic opportunity to hone your skills and learn so much along the way! When you work with us, you’ll also have the chance to learn from tutors who have spent thousands of hours tutoring and have garnered years of experience, perfecting their craft.

You'll be trained upon joining and we'll provide you with personal feedback as you settle in. You'll also be engaged with the rest of the team through routine catch-ups and peer-review sessions, and over time you'll receive further perks, pay rises, classes and work opportunities. We'll also be there to support you through any personal ventures such as rent applications and job references!

Subject Openings

• VCE Mathematical Methods 3/4
• VCE Mathematical Methods 1/2
• VCE Specialist Mathematics 3/4
• VCE Specialist Mathematics 1/2

Skill Requirements

• Above market rate compensation and guaranteed pay (ranging from $90 to $200 per 2-hour class per week).
• Bonuses for student enrolments (the better you perform, the more you share in our company's success).
• Satisfying and fulfilling work helping students succeed (it feels good when your students do good).
• Minimal admin work with a fixed schedule (consistent hours every week).
• Primary focus on providing an excellent student/parent experience (no hassle with student payments or admin).
• Significant improvement in public speaking, team and leadership skills (and you get paid for it).
• Personalised mentorship, training and feedback to improve your tutoring and communication skills.
• Creative freedom in a fun start-up environment (no corporate walls, talk directly to the founders or students).
• Opportunities to do more classes and performance based payrises.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a driven and committed tutor to join our passionate Tutoring Team for 2024!

We empower students and their studies by providing highly engaging small-group tutoring designed to prepare them for school assessments and final exams. Our sessions are presented by experienced but young tutors that can teach the study design in a simple and intuitive yet engaging way. VCE students will greatly benefit from positive role models and enthusiastic educators, so if you're passionate about helping students find a love for mathematics and achieve their best, we believe this is a great opportunity for you!

Over 2,000 students have joined our tutoring services since our founding in 2020. Our growth is a testament to our dedication to providing ALL our students and parents with a high-quality tutoring experience (from 24/7 personal support to on-demand resources) and our commitment to helping them achieve their goals.

It's our vision to reshape education, starting with tutoring.

Opportunity to Tutor Groups

Have you ever wanted to do group tutoring but never got the time or students to? Maybe you’ve been doing one-on-one tutoring so far, and now you want to explore group tutoring? As a VCE tutor at Contour, rather than tutoring one student at a time, you can now motivate groups of students with your knowledge and experience without the hassle of more admin work and finding students.

Access to High-Quality Tutoring Material

You’ve probably spent hundreds of unpaid hours making tutoring resources for your students. We know it can be an extremely time-consuming process, and arguably one of the more boring and tedious parts of being a tutor. But that’s where we come in! We’ve spent thousands of hours creating resources and detailed notes for VCE subjects. All we need now is you—the tutor!

All you have to do is prepare for your tutoring session by reading over the class workbooks beforehand, and provide an excellent tutoring experience to your students :)

Competitive Pay and Compensation

We pride ourselves on compensating and rewarding our tutors for their hard work. The starting rate ranges from $130 to $210 per 2-hour class (incl. Super) depending on the size of the classes you take. The rates can only get higher as you pick up more classes, show dedication to Contour, and contribute to the success of your students!

We're also introducing a new compensation model in 2024 where you'll also share part of the revenue generated by your classes. We want you to feel rewarded for introducing students to Contour and doing a great job at making them happy, so if Contour grows, you'll grow with it!

In some circumstances, if you already have private students but want to transfer them over to Contour, we can potentially even provide payouts so you can move all your tutoring work to us. Win-win!

Minimal Admin Work

There is almost no requirement for admin work.All you have to do is take simple attendance, manage student emails, and address student questions promptly outside of class via social media/text/email. If you’d like to create additional resources for us or do more non-tutoring work, we can also organise tailored payment plans to suit your needs :)

Support & Personal Development

Working in a collaborative environment and an energetic team can be a fantastic opportunity to hone your skills and learn so much along the way! When you work with us, you’ll also have the chance to learn from tutors who have spent thousands of hours tutoring and have garnered years of experience, perfecting their craft.

You'll be trained upon joining and we'll provide you with personal feedback as you settle in. You'll also be engaged with the rest of the team through routine catch-ups and peer-review sessions, and over time you'll receive further perks, pay rises, classes and work opportunities. We'll also be there to support you through any personal ventures such as rent applications and job references!

Subject Openings

• VCE Mathematical Methods 3/4
• VCE Mathematical Methods 1/2
• VCE Specialist Mathematics 3/4
• VCE Specialist Mathematics 1/2

Skill Requirements

• Above market rate compensation and guaranteed pay (ranging from $130 to $210 per 2-hour class per week).
• Bonuses for student enrolments (the better you perform, the more you share in our company's success).
• Satisfying and fulfilling work helping students succeed (it feels good when your students do good).
• Minimal admin work with a fixed schedule (consistent hours every week).
• Primary focus on providing an excellent student/parent experience (no hassle with student payments or admin).
• Significant improvement in public speaking, team and leadership skills (and you get paid for it).
• Personalised mentorship, training and feedback to improve your tutoring and communication skills.
• Creative freedom in a fun start-up environment (no corporate walls, talk directly to the founders or students).
• Opportunities to do more classes and performance based pay rises.

At Stile, we have a key mission – to help teach scientific literacy skills. Currently, over 1,000 schools, 1,500,000 students and 52,000 teachers around the world use Stile.  From designing investigations to critically evaluating media statements, we want to equip our future citizens with the scientific literacy to confidently participate in public discourse around the ethics and social impacts of scientific issues. 

We create world-class resources for science teachers (whom we call superheroes because… they are). Our resources (videos, lesson plans, questions, simulations, activities, and more!) spark excitement and curiosity in every student. 

That's why we need your help! We’re looking for a creative, organised and determined person to support our content team in the crafting and publishing of our world-class science resources. As a Science Content Coordinator, you'll be working closely with the science content team, design team and engineering teams to assist in the creation, rollout, and maintenance of our suite of digital and print products. You'll oversee updates and reprints of our print product, co-ordinate regular releases of our digital products, and liaise with student testers and teachers, subject matter experts and career profilists to ensure our resources are bullet-proof before they get into the classroom. 

We're passionate about giving students the best science education ever and we hope you are too. Ultimately, we're looking for people who love science and want to be an important part of communicating it to everyone.

You'll be someone with an eye for detail who relishes spinning plates in a supportive and collaborative environment and takes pride in being part of an outstanding team of science nerds. Sound interesting?

If so, please read below to find out more about what's in it for you. You can also read about the role's responsibilities in further detail. 

If you'd like to apply, please send us your CV and a cover letter (no more than a page or two) explaining why you're going to smash this role out of the park. Include a paragraph on which Behaviours of an Effective Stile-ist most resonate with you or which you disagree with and why. Address your letter to Clare Feeney and submit both documents through the apply for this job link below.

Please note if your application does not include a cover letter it will not be considered.

More information on our hiring process is available here.

We can't wait to hear from you!

What's in it for you:

• You'll be working on something that really matters. We're coaching students to become problem solvers and critical thinkers in partnership with teachers. The internet democratised information. With a strong command of science, we believe that tomorrow’s citizens and leaders have a fighting chance of sorting the misinformation from the facts.
• You'll join a fantastic 70-strong team of teachers, scientists, artists and engineers who genuinely care about and work towards improving scientific literacy amongst our young citizens. We hold ourselves and each other to a high standard and love what we do.
• Your own professional development – we're lifelong learners here at Stile. Alongside teaching you everything you need to know to succeed in this role, you’ll have the opportunity to attend internal and external PD.
• A Mac laptop and whatever other bits and pieces you need to be productive.

How you'll spend your time

This role will vary from day to day. It will always be interesting but might include: 

• Working side-by-side with our ‘dream team’ of writers, teachers, simulation designers, illustrators, animators and editors to make the best science resource in the known universe.
• Rolling out new engineering delights in our libraries to ensure teachers and students always have access to our most up-to-date content and features. 
• Working closely with the Head of Curriculum and Pedagogy to assist in the writing and publishing of teacher resources.
• Supporting our amazing video production team in writing scripts, testing labs and coordinating filming on set. You may even be asked to step in front of the camera from time to time!
• Raving on about the latest and coolest science news with other “science nerds” in our communal kitchen at lunchtime.
• Coordinating and facilitating in-house and on-site student testing sessions for our work-in-progress resources and fostering a great sense of community with one of our main stakeholder groups.

A bit more about you

Don’t worry if you aren’t all these things! 

• You're incredibly organised and can manage several projects at a time. 
• You're smart and you love to get sh*t done. You can hit the ground running.
• You have a strong track record as an administrative "superstar" who is not content until you’ve triple-checked all your dotted i’s and crossed t’s.
• You're creative. You find inventive solutions to problems.  
• You're eager to learn. Super eager. You soak up feedback, incorporate it, and are constantly driven to be better. You can't help it.
• You love working in a fast-paced environment. We're dynamic; we move quickly.
• You're constantly thinking about how you could do your job better and accept feedback willingly. But you also aren't afraid to defend something when you think it's right.
• You're passionate about sharing your love of science with others. It doesn't matter your background; what's most important is that you want to share your passion for science with hundreds of thousands of students across Australia and beyond.

Hours and location

This is a full-time, permanent role with some flexible work hours. We really value collaboration and about three days in the work week are in person in the office but we also really value focus time and this can be done at home or in the office, whatever works for you! To provide you with the best onboarding experience, the first 4-6 weeks of this role will be worked in-person in our Melbourne office. We're all about what you achieve, not the hours of the day that you achieve it. Our (awesome) office is located on Exhibition Street in Melbourne CBD.

At Stile, we have a key mission – to help teach scientific literacy skills. Currently, over 1,000 schools, 1,500,000 students and 52,000 teachers around the world use Stile.  From designing investigations to critically evaluating media statements, we want to equip our future citizens with the scientific literacy to confidently participate in public discourse around the ethics and social impacts of scientific issues. 

Here at Stile, we create world-class resources for science teachers (whom we call superheroes because… they are). Our resources (think videos, lesson plans, questions, simulations, activities, and more!) spark excitement and curiosity in every student. 

That's why we need your help! We're looking for creative science writers to join our team and help create kick-ass content! As a Science Curriculum Writer, you'll be responsible for distilling real-world scientific issues into accessible and engaging lessons for the classroom. We're passionate about giving students the best science education ever and we hope you are too. Ultimately, we're looking for people who love science and are awesome at communicating it to anyone.

You’ll be someone who lives and breathes science education. Sound interesting?

If so, please read below to find out more about what's in it for you. You can also read about the role's responsibilities in further detail. 

If you'd like to apply, please send us your CV and a cover letter (no more than a page or two) explaining why you're going to smash this role out of the park. Include a paragraph on which Behaviours of an Effective Stile-ist most resonate with you or which you disagree with and why. Address your letter to Clare Feeney and send both documents to [email protected].

Please note, if your application does not include a cover letter it will not be considered.

For more information on our hiring process, please refer to our hiring process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

What’s in it for you:

• You'll be working on something that really matters. We're coaching students to become problem solvers and critical thinkers in partnership with teachers. The internet democratised information. With a strong command of science, we believe that tomorrow’s citizens and leaders have a fighting chance of sorting the misinformation from the facts.
• You'll join a fantastic 70-strong team of teachers, scientists, artists and engineers who genuinely care about and work towards improving scientific literacy amongst our young citizens. We hold ourselves and each other to a high standard and love what we do.
• Your own professional development – we're lifelong learners here at Stile. Alongside teaching you everything you need to know to succeed in this role, you’ll have the opportunity to attend internal and external PD.
• A Mac laptop and whatever other bits and pieces you need to be productive remotely.

How you'll spend your time

This role will vary from day to day. It will always be interesting but might include: 

• Working side-by-side with our ‘dream team’ of other writers, teachers, simulation designers, illustrators, animators and editors to make the best science resource in the known universe.
• Finding novel ways to take the best aspects of the Australian and International science curricula and bring them together to create resource plans and unit plans that will excite teachers worldwide. 
• Collaborating with our engineering team on awesome new platform features or interactive simulations that support student understanding and leave room for teachers to shine.
• Raving on about the latest and coolest science news with other “science nerds” in our communal kitchen at lunchtime.
• Visiting schools with our amazing account managers to hear about teachers’ and students’ experiences at the coal-face and road-test new units and resources.

A bit more about you

• You're creative. You find inventive solutions to problems.  
• You're eager to learn. Super eager. You soak up feedback, incorporate it, and are constantly driven to be better. You can't help it.
• You love working in a fast-paced environment. We're dynamic; we move quickly.
• You're incredibly organised and can manage several projects at a time. 
• You're smart and you love to get shit done. You can hit the ground running.
• You're constantly thinking about how you could do your job better and accept feedback willingly. But you also aren't afraid to defend something when you think it's right.
• You are knowledgeable about the curricula, either the Australian Curriculum or the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). 
• You're passionate about sharing your love of science with others. It doesn't matter if you're a writer, communicator or educator; what's most important is that you want to share your passion for science with hundreds of thousands of students across Australia and beyond.
• You have a strong science background – this is essential for success in this role. Having a specialisation in chemistry, physics or maths is advantageous.
• You can communicate complex scientific ideas clearly to a younger audience.

Hours and location

This is a full-time, permanent role with some flexible work hours. We really value collaboration and about three days in the work week are in person in the office but we also really value focus time and this can be done at home or in the office, whatever works for you! During onboarding we want you to get the best experience so the first 4-6 weeks are in person in the office. We're all about what you achieve, not the hours of the day that you achieve it. Our (awesome) office is located on Exhibition Street in Melbourne CBD.