Operations Manager, Australian Centre for Disease

2 weeks ago

Geelong, Australia CSIRO Full time

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

**Child safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The opportunity**:

- **Provide strategic best-practice operational leadership to a national world-class research facility**:

- **Frontline leadership role combining Quality Assurance, Operations, Animal Welfare, Training, Facility Access and Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)**:

- **Join CSIRO’s ACDP team, providing vital scientific research into infectious diseases**

CSIRO is Australia’s National Science Agency and one of the world’s largest and most successful research and development (R&D) organisations that works to solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We have improved the lives of many around the world through our R&D including WiFi, the Hendra Virus Vaccine, Aerogard and the Total Wellbeing Diet.

The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness - CSIRO is a purpose-built biosecurity facility in Victoria, containing the largest and highest level biocontainment (BSL-4) laboratories in the southern hemisphere. The ACDP laboratories and research teams, help protect Australia’s general public and our multi-billion-dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, from exotic and emerging infectious disease threats and outbreaks, while also collaborating with world health and animal organisations and agencies.

Reporting to the Strategic Operations Director, the Operations Manager is a critical frontline leadership role supporting ACDP to meet its obligations across the functional areas of Quality Assurance, Operations, Animal Welfare, Training, Facility Access and Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE). The role will provide high level advice to the Strategic Operations Director and lead a team of 12 specialised staff, ensuring the smooth running of the facility and adherence to regulatory frameworks.

You will be an inspiring leader who can influence and engage broadly across the business to drive high performance. You will bring experience in the development and optimisation of systems and processes, combined with your expertise in Quality, Compliance, Regulatory and Environmental processes, and ideally have knowledge of laboratory processes and/or high-risk site operations (PC4 experience is not essential). You will be highly organised and able to undertake a lead role in guiding and collaborating with key stakeholders from across the site and CSIRO to drive continual improvement of ACDP’s compliance culture, processes, and environmental impact.

The appointee must be able to meet ACDP’s Microbiological Security and Security Clearance requirements.

**Your duties will include**:

- Develop and facilitate positive relationships relating to the site and infrastructure including CBIS (CSIRO Business Infrastructure Services), BMG (Biorisk Management Group), and co-located functional areas and business units.
- Assume line management responsibility for the QA, Training, Stakeholder Engagement and Operations functions on the ACDP site, to ensure the team is high functioning and delivers to the requirements of their roles.
- Develop and monitor governance, risk management and business continuity plans.
- Oversee the integration of the site’s Quality Management System to support the broadening of scope under our current ISO 9001 certification.
- ACDP Refit project
- Support the effective management and resolution of operational issues that may arise during each stage of the refit project, including working with other team roles to support change management across the site.
- Optimise existing business processes to meet best practice in line with ACDP/CSIRO procedures, strategic direction, and future ways of working to improve stakeholder outcomes. Formally review ACDP policies and procedures to maintain relevance and accuracy.
- Enhance ACDP’s integrated Quality and Environmental Management System to ensure accreditation to current standards through the active participation in external audits. Enhance the coverage of ISO accreditations to cover other areas of site operations, as required.
- Maintain microbiological security and compliance with relevant regulations, legislation & standards required of ACDP. Coordinate ACDP governance requirements and other applicable legislative requirements not undertaken by other specialist roles at AAHL.

**Location**: Geelong

**Salary**: AU$152k - AU$168k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**: Indefinite

**Reference**: 96107

**To be considered you will need**:

- Bachelor degree and/or relevant experience in business management, scientific r

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