Role type: Part-time (0.2 FTE); Fixed term to 30 June 2027
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/ School: Melbourne Medical School
Salary: UOM 8: $125,191 - $135,504 p.a. (pro rata for part-time) plus 17% super
Strategic leadership of NHMRC-funded health services research / collaborate with clinicians, engineers and researchers / shape impactful healthcare innovation
Join Melbourne Medical School to coordinate complex research projects and ensure a landmark program delivers meaningful health outcomes.
Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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Your next career opportunity
In this role, you will lead the operational delivery of a major NHMRC health services research program.
You will coordinate five interconnected projects, aligning multidisciplinary teams, budgets and milestones to meet ambitious research commitments.
You will work with significant autonomy, shaping decisions that influence healthcare practice and research translation.
What you will deliver:
Lead planning and delivery of five NHMRC health services projects, ensuring objectives, timelines and funding obligations are achieved.
Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risk controls and reporting frameworks for governance.
Provide day-to-day leadership for research and operational staff, setting priorities, monitoring progress and resolving barriers to delivery.
Oversee program budgets and financial administration, advising on resource allocation, variances and material financial risks.
Build effective relationships with academics, clinicians, engineers and hospital partners, influencing decisions where formal authority is limited.
You may be a great fit if you:
Hold a degree in science, health, engineering or related discipline, combined with substantial relevant experience.
Demonstrate success managing complex research programs or multiple projects within university, health service or comparable environments.
Understand research methods and project lifecycles, with knowledge of implementation science or qualitative approaches highly regarded.
Bring experience coordinating multidisciplinary staff and influencing diverse stakeholders where direct reporting authority is limited.
Possess demonstrated capability in budget management, resource planning, milestone tracking, risk management and program reporting.
Excel in high-level judgement, problem solving and communication across academic, clinical, engineering and hospital-based partners.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:
Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave, cultural leave, and menstruation and menopause leave.
Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
For more information check out our benefits page!
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