Goyder Institute Research Hub Science Program

**Goyder Institute Research Hub Science Program Manager (HEO8) $102,266- $114,731 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.**

**Fixed term position for a period of 36 months**

The Goyder Institute for Water Research is a research alliance between the South Australian Government through the Department for Environment and Water, CSIRO, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.

The Institute facilitates governments, industries and leading researchers to collaboratively identify, develop and adopt innovative solutions for complex water management challenges to ensure a sustainable future. The University of Adelaide is the Manager (legal entity) of the Institute, with its role including employing Institute staff.

The Goyder Institute has received $8 million funding from the Australian Government to deliver a regionally-based Research Hub to harness First Nations and community input and improve scientific knowledge to better manage the internationally significant Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region in South Australia.

**A Research Hub Science Program Manager is required to ensure the successful delivery of the research program to be delivered through the Research Hub.**

Working under broad direction with a degree of autonomy, the primary focus for the Research Hub Science Program Manager will be to ensure the successful delivery of the research program to be delivered through the Research Hub.

This will require providing leadership and management to drive the integrated development, coordination and implementation of research projects within the required timelines, budgets, funding requirements and inter-project dependencies.

This will include ensuring the timely delivery of quality outputs with management of the program finances, peer review processes, preparation of progress and financial reports and reporting to the Australian Government and the Institute’s Management Board and Research Advisory Committee. Maintaining numerous constructive and productive relationships between Institute partners and stakeholders will be critical for this role.

**This position will be located at the designated Goyder Institute Research Hub facility in Goolwa, SA**

**To be successful you will need**:

- Extensive experience and excellent skills in project management, including adherence to sound practices such as project planning, executing plans, peer-review, monitoring and reporting, achieving milestones and financial management.
- A thorough appreciation and understanding of the delivery of research projects including peer review, with the ability to ensure project leaders understand and address feedback appropriately.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise work and work independently.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills to work collegially as part of a team and with a wide range of stakeholder groups, including First Nations and the community, with the ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels and manage and resolve sensitive matters at a senior level.
- Demonstrated experience in providing sound advice supported by the best available knowledge, including preparation of detailed reports, briefing papers to executives and senior management.
- Proven track record of highly effective communication skills with the ability to build rapport and influence a diverse group of stakeholders.

**Qualifications**
- Relevant postgraduate qualifications and extensive project management experience; or
- Extensive relevant experience and project management expertise; or
- An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

**Enjoy an outstanding career environment**

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangeme