Associate Director, Research Ethics
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 27 Oct 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: Chief Operating Officer (COO) Portfolio
Department/School: Research Innovation and Commercialisation
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 17% super
About Chief Operating Operator Portfolio
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Portfolio is responsible for the University’s budget and financial performance, and the management of its property and capital. It also delivers efficient and effective shared services in support of all aspects of the University’s business.
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation
Research, Innovation and Commercialisation (RIC) is the central facilitator of research funding at the University of Melbourne, taking advantage of the full diversity of research funding opportunities.
RIC provides services in four core areas, all of which overlap and are delivered in an integrated manner to researchers and research partners. The Office of Research Ethics and Integrity (OREI) forms one of the core areas and provides expert advice, guidance and training to facilitate the ethical and responsible conduct of research. OREI partners with academic divisions and Chancellery to support seven key areas of governance and oversight: research integrity, human research ethics, animal ethics, gene technology, biorisk management, animal welfare and export controls.
About the role
The Associate Director Ethics role is a new position created to lead and manage the animal ethics and human ethics functions with the Director, Office of Research Ethics and Integrity (OREI), at the University of Melbourne. Working closely with the Director, this position will oversee the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of animal and human research ethics as a shared service. The aim of this service is to ensure the University’s commitment to the responsible conduct of research is effectively supported. The shared service represents a change in the delivery of ethics support, education and review. Key functions of the new service will include dedicated expert teams to support a) peer review and committee review; b) education and training; and c) monitoring, audit, and assurance services. In addition to providing outstanding leadership to the teams, the incumbent will proactively develop and implement innovative approaches to performance analysis and reporting and strategies to ensure a focus on service excellence and continuous improvement in service delivery.
The incumbent will develop and maintain close working relationships with stakeholders in the central research portfolios and within faculties, as well as those external to the University. They will consult widely with the University of Melbourne research community to achieve high client satisfaction, work collaboratively with other support functions in the research portfolio, and effectively lead and manage staff resources.
Their leadership and management will build and enhance the functions capacity to support educational programs and build capability in the ethics team and beyond.
About you
Together with a postgraduate qualification, you must have experience working within a large, complex organisation and change environment. You will be highly skilled at developing actionable and pragmatic solutions for risk management, policy and process; have very well developed leadership skills and an ability to communicate with influence; be proactive in building and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders as well as a creative problem-solver and independent thinker; and be able to exercise initiative and judgement.
Benefits
In return, this role offers multiple benefits in a large and prestigious organisation, such as a Salary Packaging scheme, flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions and a substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne, just to name a few.
To find out what else is on offer in this culturally rich environment, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/working/benefits
On offer is a generous salary, an annual leave loading allowance and the choice of 17% superannuation.
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
Position Description
Position Description - Associate Director Research Ethics FINAL.pdf
Applications close: 27 Oct 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight 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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