Manager, Partnerships and Development

Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR)-
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About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of

benefits and rewards

are available, such as:
- 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave- 17% superannuation contributions- 17.5% annual leave loading- Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times and purchased leave.- Health and wellness discounts - fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family- Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity

This position will provide research and operational management support to the development of the research program, key collaborations and partnerships. The Research Manager provides efficient and effective research activity management, aligning team activity with faculty and university research goals and objectives, and supports the operational management the team.

The position relates to the research activities led by Professor Len Gray who is a senior researcher within the Centre for Health Services Research, within the Faculty of Medicine.

Key responsibilities will include:
- Manage liaisons with national and international bodies, including funding bodies and industry partners, as well as Faculty management teams.- Provision of information, reporting and advice to researchers on project budget management, research outputs, contractual matters and issues such as risk management, ethics and how to access advice in more complex situations.- Manage research and non-project budgets, establishing strong working relationships with support departments to ensure effective management of payments and reconciliation of research budgets.- Support high level operational administration of the research programme, managing HR/Finance and physical resources and ensuring governance in accordance with policy and procedure- Prepare budgets, monitor expenditure, ensure compliance with University and funding body guidelines, and produce internal financial reports. Manage project scope and budget variations.- Formal supervision of administrative support staff- Develop, document, implement and evaluate research protocols.- Implement and coordinate regular staff and stakeholder meetings.- Facilitate and monitor implementation steering committees and working groups

This is a part-time (50%), fixed-term position for up to 2 years. At HEW level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $105,338.31 to $118,280.70, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $123,245.82 - $138,388.42 annually.

About You- Postgraduate qualification with extensive project management experience- Demonstrated experience in managing significant sized research projects- Demonstrated experience with ethical clearance protocols- Demonstrated high level written communication skills to compose and deliver reports, academic manuscripts and proposals within the university and to external organisations.- Demonstrated high level oral communication and organisational skills, as well as an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others in multi-disciplinary research teams- Planning, time management, problem-solving skills and ability to influence and elicit cooperation.- Demonstrated research skills such database management and design and drafting of peer-reviewed academic manuscripts- Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively and independently within interdisciplinary teams

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
- Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.- Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact

Prof Len Gray

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