Tern Surveillance Data Manager

**Job no**: 517507
**Work type**: Fixed term - Full-time
**Campus**: Adelaide
**Categories**: HEO6, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

**(HEO6) $92,511,785 - $99,929 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.**

** Fixed term, full-time position for 32 months**

Working under general direction the TERN Surveillance Data Manager coordinates the full data lifecycle, from field data ingestion through to validation, curation, and quality control ensuring data are standards-compliant, quality assured, and accessible. Also, you will be required to maintain internal data registers, respond to data and sample requests, assist with managing the collection management system and promotes best practice in ecological data workflows across the team. The TERN Surveillance Data Manager will oversee the TERN Surveillance Collections Assistants work program including various collection and facility management tasks and has a key role in supervising and training volunteers and students.

** To be successful you will need**:
Essential:

- Demonstrated experience in ecological data management including data collection, QA/QC, data workflow
- Demonstrated capabilities in collecting, storing, organising and utilising data to ensure its accuracy, completeness, security and accessibility.
- Experience in vegetation sampling techniques, herbarium specimen collection, preparation, management and storage.
- Demonstrated experience with computer database software and portable digital data devices.
- GIS experience including the production of maps and providing high level spatial analysis.
- Demonstrated high-level verbal and written communication skills including the ability to prepare correspondence for internal and external audiences, and reports for TERN Surveillance Leadership Team.
- Demonstrated ability to promote the organisational values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery, and a commitment to positively comply with the associated behaviour expectations.

Qualification/s:

- A degree with subsequent relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training

**The path to Adelaide University**

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

** Enjoy an outstanding career environment**

We offer 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 arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

** Your faculty's broader role**

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology is a multidisciplinary hub of cutting-edge teaching and research. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers. The Faculty actively partners with innovative industries to solve problems of global significance.

Learn more at: set.adelaide.edu.au

** If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.**

Applications close 11:55pm, 6 November 2026

** For further information**

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Caleb Coish
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance and Business Manager
P: +61 (8) 8313 1142

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