Manager, Research Consulting

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia La Trobe University Full time

**Work type**:Continuing
- Full time, Continuing / Hybrid work model supported
- Position based at La Trobe University’s Bundoora Campus
- Generous salary package, including 17% superannuation and a range of employee benefits
- Manage large and complex Agreements and in collaboration with Research & Industry Engagement Portfolio teams

**About the position**

The Research Office partners with La Trobe University researchers, Senior Executive, academic leadership, and other administrative divisions to facilitate excellent research outcomes for the University. The Research Office sits within the Research and Industry Engagement Portfolio and provides accurate and consistent advice and reporting, as well as flexible and efficient client services, with an emphasis on continuous business improvement. The Office serves to facilitate interactions between La Trobe University researchers and external partners, including funding bodies, industry, government, and regulatory authorities. Research Office staff members work cross-functionally and possess a diversity of skills and knowledge to enable them to contribute across the Research and Industry Engagement Portfolio and work within other teams in periods of varied workflow.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Consulting and Contracts this is a new and exciting role which has a focus on expanding the remit of the Consulting & Contracts Team to include managing large and complex agreements, expand costing and pricing support to large projects, and development of processes. The team also provides advice and escalations to facilitate accelerated approval of low and medium risk agreements managed by the Research & Industry Engagement Portfolio to support the increase of income for the Research 2030 and Partner of Choice strategic plans.

This position will focus on supporting large Agreements and tenders, process improvement for the portfolio and costing and pricing of projects. This role will provide high level advice and oversight to establish and improve processes and support Agreement development for large or complex Agreements in collaboration with Research and Industry Engagement Portfolio team.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Lead, manage and motivate Consulting & Contracts staff in a service grouping. Developing and raising their performance including responsibility for setting and reviewing longer term performance criteria and objectives.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance including managing the development of large and complex agreements to Research Portfolio teams in relation to agreements with industry, funding bodies and other collaborators.
- Oversee, manage and negotiate a portfolio of research collaboration, consultancies and tenders including liaising with Legal Services, researchers, students, research leadership teams, the University’s finance function and industry partners including project set up, agreement development and milestone monitoring.
- Lead the implementation of the University’s costing and pricing policy and framework by ensuring project budgets are costed appropriately and raising awareness and education by provision of training.
- Lead the development, implementation and management of Portfolio-wide and cross-University process improvement initiatives including improving agreement turn-around timeframes, effective and efficient risk assessment and management, and practices in pursuit of continuous improvement and/or strategic planning.

**As the successful applicant, you will have**:

- An undergraduate degree, preferably Legal or in any area relevant to the position with at least 5 years relevant experience; or extensive relevant experience and management expertise; or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
- Demonstrated extensive expertise in developing, reviewing, and negotiation of a broad range of research and consulting agreements.
- Demonstrated experience developing responses to opportunities with national and international funding bodies and industry partners/clients including proposals and tenders including costing and pricing; and managing and developing related agreements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and client (both internal and external) management skills including the ability to negotiate, motivate, influence and build professional relationships.

**_Welcome to Bundoora campus - Please click on the video link below: _**

**Benefits**
- 17% employer contributed superannuation
- On site child care facilities
- Flexible work arrangements
- Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses

**How to apply**

Closing date: Wednesday 31st May, 2023 at 11:55pm
- Cover letter;
- An up-to-date resume and;
- Response to Key Selection Criteria located in the position description.

**_Why La Trobe: _**
- _Develop your career at an innovative, global university where you’ll collaborate with community and industry to c

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