Australian National University

Classification: Senior Manager 4 Salary package: Competitive salary package plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Fixed term (up to 5 years) Location: Canberra, ACT The Position The Director, Operations and Infrastructure is a senior executive leadership role within the Campus Environment Division, providing strategic direction and operational leadership to deliver safe, reliable, sustainable and customer-focused campus environments that support teaching, research, student life and community engagement, and uphold the University's mission of enduring significance. Reporting to the Chief Campus Environment Officer, the Director leads a large, diverse and highly technical portfolio encompassing building operations and maintenance, facilities management, security and safety, emergency management, procurement and contracts, gardens and grounds, remote sites, and operational support for infrastructure and capital works. The role is responsible for ensuring that campus infrastructure services and facilities operate effectively, safely and efficiently while supporting the University's long‑term strategy. The Director plays a critical role in establishing and maintaining strong operational governance, service standards, risk management frameworks, and business continuity arrangements across the University's campuses and remote sites. Working closely with academic and professional leaders, the role ensures operational services are responsive, resilient and aligned with the evolving needs of staff, students and external stakeholders. A key focus of the position is operational excellence and continuous improvement, using data, performance insights and customer feedback to optimise service delivery, manage operational risks and improve the campus experience. The Director provides expert advice to senior executives and governance bodies on operational performance, facilities management, critical incidents and service continuity, while ensuring resources are effectively prioritised and managed. The Director, Operations and Infrastructure also provides strategic oversight of infrastructure and capital works activities to ensure operational requirements, asset performance and long-term service outcomes are effectively integrated into planning, delivery and handover processes. The Person You are a strategic and experienced operational leader with substantial experience managing large and complex facilities, operational services, maintenance, asset management, security or related portfolios within a university, government or similarly complex environment. You have a strong track record of leading high-performing operational teams, delivering reliable services, managing risk and ensuring compliance within complex organisations. You understand how to balance strategic priorities with day-to-day operational demands and are comfortable making decisions in dynamic and time-critical environments. You bring experience in facilities management, maintenance operations, service delivery, and business continuity, together with strong financial and contract management capabilities. Experience overseeing infrastructure programs or capital works within an operational environment would be highly regarded. You are recognised for your outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to translate complex operational and technical issues into clear, compelling advice for senior leaders, committees and broader audiences. With a strong customer‑centric mindset, you champion high‑quality service delivery, continuous improvement and responsive, solutions‑focused engagement. You value inclusion, teamwork and a positive workplace culture. You lead with integrity, model respectful and ethical behaviour, and are deeply committed to health, safety and wellbeing. You create an environment where people feel supported, valued and empowered to perform at their best, ensuring the organisation and its community thrive together now and into the future. Hays Executive Search is assisting ANU with this appointment. To discuss this opportunity in the strictest of confidence please contact Paul Phillips or Andy Sundberg at Hays Executive Search. A position description and selection criteria is available on request. P: +61 2 8226 9630, and E: DirOps.Anu@hays.com.au The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on indigenous.employment@anu.edu.au  ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to people of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details. Please note: The preferred candidate must have rights to live and work in Australia, and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence. CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 11.55pm (Canberra time)

Classification: Academic Level C or D or E Salary package: $149,657 - $233,618 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full Time, Continuing  Shape the Future of Nuclear Engineering Education Lead in a Growing Strategic Discipline Build an Internationally Recognised Research and Teaching Profile Position Description and Selection Criteria: PD&PEWER_Level C_D_E_Senior Lecturer_Associate Professor_Professor.pdf  About the opportunity Contribute to research and teaching in the Aerospace and Nuclear Systems disciplines within the School of Engineering. Combine advanced research into nuclear engineering, high-temperature materials behaviour or computational high-temperature fluid heat transfer that can inform teaching of undergraduate courses within the school of engineering in the Nuclear Systems Engineering discipline and contribute to the overall research capability of the School of Engineering, through investigation of these processes in both fundamental and applied research. Provide academic leadership and subject matter expertise to support Engineering Accreditation activities, particularly in relation to the development, governance and accreditation requirements of the Nuclear Systems major. About the School The School of Engineering brings together a diverse and welcoming community that is motivated to seek “wicked problems”. We connect divergent thinkers, to explore and pose solutions, that cross the traditional interdisciplinary and global boundaries. We have evolved from our foundational strength in systems thinking, reaching beyond traditional engineering fields. This systems approach embraces our core strengths and is shaped around five focus areas: Aerospace, Energy, Environmental, Information & Signal Processing, and Mechatronics. Join us in our fundamental quest of discovery and passionate pursuit of knowledge that goes beyond our lived world. About the College As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future. CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation. We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective. CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group. Enquiries To enquire about this role, please contact Professor Sean O'Byrne, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, via email Sean.OByrne@anu.edu.au. Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application. For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details. What we offer The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources How to apply Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents: A detailed curriculum vitae (CV) including a full publication list and the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees, you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. A 2-page statement addressing the selection criteria. A 1–2-page statement outlining your approach to coursework education and student project supervision. A 1–2-page statement outlining your research objectives for the next 3 years if appointed Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position. Please note: Visa sponsorship may be considered for the successful candidate. Due to the security and regulatory requirements associated with this role, applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain all necessary clearances and authorisations required to work within the nuclear engineering sector. The preferred candidate will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence. Closing Date: Thursday, 10 September 2026, 11:55pm (AEST)

Classification: Academic Level B, Level C or Level D Salary package: $124,638 - $189,967 per annum plus 17% superannuation Term: Full time, Tenure Track  Position Description and Selection Criteria: PD&PEWER_Level B.C.D_Lecturer.Senior Lecturer.AProfessor_SOCY_CSS_2026.pdf Establish Cybernetics in Australia and activate it for national capability building. Deliver value to the ANU through exceptional education, research, and engagement activities. Build a strong diverse culture for an impact and engagement-oriented school, of the scale to support ANU and the nation. Generate sustainable funding for ANU through education, research and engagement. About the opportunity The School of Cybernetics at ANU is a place for people who think across boundaries. Our work spans emerging technology, futures practice, systems design, and the governance of complex change. We want to transform human systems to be more just and capable of genuine renewal. We are looking for colleagues who bring both deep expertise and genuine desire to steer the systems we are embedded in for the better. This is a tenure track position. The area we are looking for is: Emerging Technology and Social Robotics How are artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and robotics disrupting and transforming social and environmental systems? How do they change us; how do we change them, and what does safe, responsible, and sustainable design, deployment, and decommissioning look like? At SOCY we study and build purposeful technologies in their broader social, environmental, and organisational contexts. Our research in emerging technology and social robotics spans novel autonomous systems for collective intelligence, human-environment-machine teaming for exploration and discovery, and the design intelligence required to shape these systems toward genuinely beneficial ends. Whoever joins us will work across the full range of the School’s impact and engagement focused activity, including the Master of Applied Cybernetics, our Learning Experiences (where leaders and practitioners from industry, government, and community come to think differently about the systems they inhabit and the futures they are making), and the School’s creative research space, Cybernetic Studio. About You You will have: A transdisciplinary background in AI/autonomous systems, robotics, human-computer interaction, human-machine teaming, sociotechnical and environmental systems, policy and governance, design theory, futures studies, or related fields. Capacity to work across disciplinary boundaries using diverse research approaches, including speculative, practice-based, and systems-building methods (e.g. prototyping and developing novel systems). A strong track record in research, including publications, securing funding, research supervision, and project management. Experience in policy engagement, design outputs, or public scholarship will be highly regarded. Experience teaching at postgraduate level, ideally with adult or professional learners. Expertise in experiential, facilitated conversation and studio-based pedagogies, in addition to more traditional teaching approaches. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with government, industry, and other external partners; communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences; and contribute to the development and delivery of collaborative initiatives. A genuinely transdisciplinary mindset, with the ability to advance and extend the School of Cybernetics' research, creative outputs, engagement activities, and learning experiences. A commitment to transformative impact, demonstrated through developing and sustaining relationships that enable the initiation, delivery, and completion of collaborative projects. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences and effectively share emerging ideas, knowledge, and practices. Applications are particularly invited from researchers who undertake high impact collaborative and cross-disciplinary research, and whose expertise will strengthen  and extend the Schools activities. About the School The School of Cybernetics works at the intersection of research, education, and practice in cybernetics and systems thinking, with a shared commitment to ensuring that complex technological systems are steered toward safer, more responsible, and more sustainable futures. We partner with government, industry, and community to bring cybernetic thinking and practice to complex challenges that do not fit neatly within any single discipline. Our research is transdisciplinary by design; we aim to create transformative educational experiences, and we value a culture that is diverse, collaborative, inclusive, and are genuinely open to new ways of working. About the College As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future. CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation. We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective. CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group Enquiries To enquire about this role, please contact Associate Professor Matthew Holt, Deputy Director, via email matthew.holt@anu.edu.au. Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant at indigenous.employment@anu.edu.au We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break or had career disruptions. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application. For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details. What we offer The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources How to apply Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents: A detailed curriculum vitae (CV) including a full publication list and the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees, you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. A cover letter that links your areas of expertise to the field of cybernetics and systems thinking at the School of Cybernetics A 3-page statement addressing the selection criteria Optional - Achievement relative to opportunity statement where appropriate Other documents, if required. Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position. Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Closing date: Tuesday 15 September 2026, 11:55PM (AEST)