• UQ Research Office

• Full-time, fixed-term HEW 9 position until December 2026

• Base salary will be in the range $127,496 - $134,829 + 17% Superannuation

• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

About This Opportunity 

Working across the University, you will provide strategic advice, collaborative opportunities and research development support to our researcher community, university senior management and professional staff to support the development of programmatic research for major funding opportunities.

Locally known as the Senior Manager, Research Collaboration and Major Initiatives, the focus of this role is to identify and drive interdisciplinary, cross-faculty and cross-organisational, strategic initiatives to develop consortia able to compete successfully for major funding opportunities.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Lead and facilitate central divisions and Faculties/Institutes to develop and deliver collaborative strategies and mechanisms.

• Support the development and positioning of research programs, across disciplines, for major funding opportunities under UQ’s strategic research objectives.

• Deliver expert recommendations, data, insights and briefings on relevant topics to provide a competitive edge for UQ research teams in developing evidenced-based collaborative research programs.

• Build and sustain effective relationships with internal stakeholders and an extensive network of relevant university staff, clients and other external stakeholders.

Please contact talent@uq.edu.au for a copy of the full position description.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will 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 will 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, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• 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

• UQ Study for Staff

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About You

You are creative, driven and self-motivated, always looking for connections, future opportunities. As a natural communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills, you quickly establish working relationships with stakeholders, influence outcomes, and drive effective strategies for securing major funding opportunities for complex research challenges. Thriving in dynamic environments, you innovate collaboratively to achieve outstanding results and build research consortia of scale at UQ.

Your background includes:

• A post-graduate degree in a relevant field with extensive experience.

• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

• Extensive experience in a major research, industry, or Government portfolio.

• Successful development and delivery of major research funding proposals and/or business cases for innovation/investment.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Australian higher education sector and its funding opportunities.

• Experience developing organisational capability for innovation.

• Familiarity with the international research and innovation environment.

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering workshops, seminars, and train