Centre Manager

$104,733 to $118,709
- Fixed-term, full-time
- Kelvin Grove

**Who are we looking for?**

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a Centre Manager to join School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Academic Division.

The AusHSI Centre Manager will provide operational leadership to and liaise directly with a variety of staff to streamline and coordinate operational matters across the Centre, to ensure that AusHSI operates efficiently and effectively in delivering its core activities. A key focus of the role is the provision of high-level operations support to Centre leaders, including supporting management processes and strategic and operational plans across the Centre.

**Real world impact**

QUT is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a 'real world' focus. We are an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

**About the Faculty**
QUT has embraced a collaborative approach to improving the health of our nation, bridging the gap between science and better health through a focus on prevention, evidence, innovation and real outcomes.
The Faculty of Health is led by the Executive Dean and the Executive Management Team comprising the Deputy Dean, Heads of Schools, and other senior faculty staff. Each of the Schools within the Faculty is established around disciplines that promote integration and collaboration in teaching and research, and provide a sustainable foundation upon which to build areas of strength. Its organisational structure includes the:

- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Clinical Sciences
- School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- School of Nursing
- School of Optometry and Vision Science
- School of Psychology and Counselling
- School of Public Health and Social Work.

QUT’s Faculty of Health attracts high-quality students with more than 10 000 students enrolled in undergraduate, postgraduate coursework and research higher degree programs across its seven schools.
Drawing on its reputation for teaching excellence, the Faculty of Health produces graduates who are highly sought after in the commercial, scientific, health and community sectors. The faculty’s applied research activity is focused on improving health and wellbeing and preventing disease. This high-impact and internationally recognised research continues to make a significant and positive contribution to the ongoing development of the brand of QUT, as well as providing opportunities to develop partnerships.
The Faculty of Health operates across the university’s two campuses, Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point, and several distributed sites. The proximity of the Kelvin Grove campus to hospital facilities at Herston provides the faculty with a distinct competitive advantage and a renowned precinct that offers transformative education, aligned biomedical research and industry engagement.

**About the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI)**
The Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) is a research, advisory and training Centre. Combining leading research knowledge with hands on practical experience, AusHSI partners with hospitals and health service organisations to deliver innovation and improvement for better health services.
Composed of internationally leading health economists, statisticians, health service and implementation research experts, AusHSI integrates research findings into policy and practice and helps make changes that result in greater efficiencies and improved patient outcomes.
Based at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, AusHSI currently leads a range of large funded research programs (including funding from NHMRC, MRFF, ARC, among other sources).
AusHSI also completes a range of health service consultancy projects and provides paid expertise and input into a wide range of state and national research activities into the organisation, funding, and delivery of health services.

**What you need to succeed**

You will thrive in this role if you are passionate about developing trusted working relationships and delivering high-level administrative support to a collegiate and high-performing team.

You will demonstrate:

- Relevant postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training with extensive subsequent relevant experience in a health research environment.
- Excellent written communication skills including the ability to prepare various reports and liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
- Demonstrated interpersonal and client service skills including the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues, internal and external clients, suppliers and other staff within the University and