Head, Agriculture Victoria Research

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / Up to Three (3) Years

Organisation: Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions

**Salary**: $214,883 - $343,938

Occupation: Executive Management

Reference: VG/020522

The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) was established to ensure Victoria's strong economic performance by growing industries and regions. Here at DJPR, we're making sure Victoria's economy benefits all Victorians by creating more jobs for more people, building thriving places and regions and nurturing inclusive communities.

Our work supports a range of diverse portfolios and operates across metropolitan, regional and international offices. We also oversee various public entities, including public corporations, regulatory authorities and specialist boards.

Our values are accountability, integrity and respect, and underpin everything we do.

**Head, Agriculture Victoria Research**
- **Lead a diverse and talented team delivering high-impact and outcome focused science**:

- **Deliver innovative solutions that tackle the current and emerging challenges/opportunities in agriculture sector**:

- **Drive impact through partnerships with industry, Government, Australian & International innovation networks**:

- **Principal Scientist (PS2), Fixed term up to Three (3) Years**

The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) is seeking to appoint a Head, Agriculture Victoria Research to be based in Bundoora within the Agriculture Group. You will work with industry and community stakeholders to support the agriculture, food and fibre sector to become more globally competitive, innovative and resilient. DJPR was established to ensure Victoria's strong economic performance by growing industries and regions.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, Agriculture Victoria, the Head - Agriculture Research is responsible for developing and delivering long term science and technology capability, services and management processes and strategy as well as business cases for investment in research and innovation in Victoria that supports agriculture businesses to transform practices which drive sustainable growth and minimise adverse impacts to the economy, environment and public health and safety.

The Agriculture Victoria Research Branch represents DJPR's agricultural research and development function. Agriculture R&D is delivered via an ‘innovation ecosystem' that converges government, industry/agribusiness and academia/knowledge centres into clustered and collaborative networks, with a clear focus on science and technology for productivity and biosecurity outcomes. It delivers a continuity of research and development activities across DJPR's priority areas while also elevating the importance of agricultural R&D in DJPR.

As the Head, Agriculture Victoria Research Branch, you will coordinate an inter
- and trans
- disciplinary program of research across multiple sites and facilities, including smart farms and the AgriBio Research Centre.

The Department's values are accountability, integrity and respect, and underpin everything they do.

**Your duties will include**:

- **Impact Science Leadership**:Provide leadership to generate excellent science to create impact on the economy and environment; set the R&D strategy; lead a portfolio of research projects to deliver capability & IP to the Victorian government, customers & stakeholders; influence and collaborate across the organisation and the greater innovation system.
- **Engagement & Partnerships**:Build strategic relationships with national and international stakeholders; communicate effectively and respectfully with staff, customers and partners in the interest of good practice, collaboration, and enhancing Agriculture Victoria's reputation.
- **Capability Leadership**:Build and support research capability and professional development of scientists; attract, develop and support world class talent; resource planning; build effective teams aligned with the science platform; promote a healthy, safe and environmentally sustainable workplace.
- **Resource Leadership**:Lead and manage financial resources, people, infrastructure and other assets; ensure effective management of physical infrastructure and resources in an environmentally sustainable way; ensure best practice governance, and management of commercial activities and intellectual property.

**To be considered for this important appointment you will have**:

- Relevant post graduate qualifications; and be a senior executive with a proven record of management in a large and complex scientific organisation.
- Demonstrated record of achievement at an executive or senior management level dealing with complex science delivery issues and project or program delivery.
- Extensive experience in leading the development of research programs and developing innovative solutions capable of achieving outcomes in a complex and dynamic operating environment.
- Highly developed analytical, c