Knowledge Broker
2 weeks ago
Job no: 540599
Work type:
Part-time
Location:
Geelong - Waurn Ponds
Categories:
Marketing and Communications, Science
- Based at our Geelong, Waurn Ponds Campus
- Part time (0.6 FTE) and fixed term for 12 months
- Level A $74,024 $99, % Superannuation (pro rata part time)
Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus.
We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.
The Centre for Regional and Rural Futures is recruiting a research fellow to join its knowledge brokering team as part of the Victorian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.
The Victorian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry via the Future Drought Fund Initiative.
Within the Hub, Deakin University lead the Knowledge Broker function, developing relationships within the Hub, between researchers and Hub stakeholders and among Hubs across Australia.
Hub stakeholders include farming systems groups, food and fibre councils, universities and government agencies.This is an outcome-focussed position that aims to achieve real change in Australia's regions.
If you are looking for a job that has a real-world positive impact, then this is the role for you.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Developing and contributing to strategic and activity planning
- Project and event management
- Strategic communications
- Evaluating and monitoring of activities
- Qualitative document analysis and synthesis
- Social media /media (especially for the purposes of developing narrative for community/network building and knowledge sharing purposes)
- Contributing to a vibrant research team, including participating with colleagues in developing and maintaining links and partnerships with industry and the wider community
- Supervising or examining honours students, or making a contribution to the supervision, management and timely completion of HDR students
- Contributing to building an active national research record, prepare findings for oral and written communication including publications and the generation of external research income
- Developing an early career research plan
- Contributing to the Deakin community and its effectiveness via local engagement and citizenship activities
- Understanding the objectives and outcomes to be delivered by the University's strategic agenda
- Contributing to community beyond Deakin via engagement activities
- Supporting Deakin community engagement plan
Key selection criteria for this role:
Qualifications and experience
- A Bachelor's degree, with a preference for Honorslevel completion in a communicationsrelated discipline
- A minimum fivetoseven years' experience working in a communications field or related area of professional practice
- Demonstrated success engaging in highlevel communication practice with ability to synthesis complex information
- Evidence of working with a wide variety of individuals and groups, recognising diversity of interests to improve information flow
- Stakeholder engagement
- Research experience or experience in the translation and communication of research findings.
- Project and event management
- Superior written and verbal skills with a preference for social media and/or podcasting experience.
- Demonstrated organisational skills including the ability to demonstrate scientific rigour and maintain a high stand of record keeping
Applications for this position close on Sunday the 9th
of July 2023.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Regular travel will be required (e.g., state and interstate travel is required to liaise with Hub stakeholders and partners
- A Victorian Drivers Licence
- Working with Children Check
Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.
Are You Ready?
Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact.
We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers.
We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
Advertised: 26 Jun 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time
