Associate Director, Major Initiatives Contracts and Grants
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 30 Jun 2019
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Directors
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Continuing
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: University Services
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 17% super
About University Services
University Services comprises of 1,600 professional staff focused on providing client-centric and innovative services to the University. The group is providing transformational change, defining and influencing future service enhancements, and acts as a shared services function within the University of Melbourne.
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Within University Services, Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (RIC)’s vision is to enable our academic researchers to change the world and deliver the University’s research and enterprise mission. Its purpose is to provide expert professional service excellence across the research management lifecycle enabling UOM to a) become the partner of choice for industry, b) manage a vibrant pipeline of opportunities resulting in #1 research income | translation | impact, c) become easy to do business with.
About the role
The Associate Director, Major Initiatives, Contracts and Grants (MICG) is a new senior leadership position which will have responsibility for leading change in MICG, particularly in the post-award/Contract to Output areas of MICG (across both grants and contract research). Initially the purpose of the role is to implement changes in MICG working closely with the other Team Managers and Team Leaders and with stakeholders across the University. As these changes are implemented, the focus of the role will shift to taking overall responsibility for the post-award Contract to Output work in MICG. The Associate Director will also be a member of the Research Innovation and Commercialisation Extended Leadership Team.
About you
You will have:
- A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant training and/or extensive experience within the sector; and, expert understanding of Australia’s research environment.
- Extensive experience leading in a complex, service orientated organisation that has a proven track record of effective delivery and client satisfaction. This should include high level experience in assessing risk factors associated with research management.
- Proven capacity to create efficient end to end processes in post-award/Contract to Output areas, informed by analysis and with measurable outputs.
- Demonstrated experience in driving innovation in service delivery leading to a high level of service excellence.
- Outstanding problem solving and judgment skills translatable in a large multidisciplinary University environment.
- Ability to develop extensive relationships and meaningful connections with a broad range of stakeholders in a complex matrix structure and to be able to influence key outcomes.
Benefits
- Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme
- Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions
- The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment
- A substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne
To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/working/benefits
Culture
The University is a vibrant campus. We have well-established clubs and networks giving the opportunity to engage and collaborate with other staff around the University. We strive to create an environment where staff and students promote culturally inclusive behaviour and activities, ensure cultural differences are heard and explored, and actively seek to learn from other cultures.
How to apply
Your application submitted should include a CV along with your responses against the selection criteria found in the Position Description for the role.
For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria/competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/search/info/selection-criteria
Advertised: 07 Jun 2019 12:00 AM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Jun 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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