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About the Role

CQUniversity's Office of Research is seeking a strategic leader to oversee the University’s research grants function, supporting academic staff to secure competitive funding and ensuring compliance with funding agreements and research contracts. In this role, you will lead and develop a high performing grants team, providing expert advice across grant applications, research contracts and post award administration. You will also negotiate research contracts and work closely with funding bodies, partner organisations and researchers to support successful research outcomes. You’ll contribute to growing research income by identifying funding opportunities, supporting researcher capability through training and development, and improving grant processes and reporting. The role also includes contributing to research policy development, maintaining accurate grant records in Research Master, and ensuring web content and internal processes remain current and compliant. This is an opportunity for a collaborative leader with strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills to make a significant contribution to CQUniversity’s research success.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high performing grants team.
Provide expert advice on grant applications, research contracts, and post-award administration.
Negotiate research contracts.
Collaborate with funding bodies, partner organisations, and researchers to support successful research outcomes.
Identify funding opportunities to grow research income.
Support researcher capability through training and development.
Improve grant processes and reporting.
Contribute to research policy development.
Maintain accurate grant records in Research Master.
Ensure web content and internal processes remain current and compliant.

Requirements

Extensive experience in research grants management, including application support, contract negotiation, contract management, post-award administration and compliance within a complex organisation.
Proven experience in leading and managing teams, including performance management, workload allocation, capability development and fostering a service-oriented culture.
Demonstrated experience in change management, continuous quality improvement and implementing process, system and reporting improvements to enhance efficiency, governance and service delivery.
Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with researchers, senior leaders, funding bodies and external partners.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills, with the ability to resolve complex issues and support sound decision-making.
Demonstrated knowledge of research funding policies, compliance requirements, budgets, contracts and governance obligations.
Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience (Desirable).

Skills

Research grants management
Grant application support
Contract negotiation
Contract management
Post-award administration
Compliance
Team leadership
Performance management
Workload allocation
Capability development
Service-oriented culture
Change management
Continuous quality improvement
Process improvement
System improvement
Reporting improvement
Communication
Negotiation
Stakeholder engagement
Influencing
Collaboration
Analytical skills
Problem-solving skills
Risk management skills
Research funding policies
Budget management
Contract governance

Location

Adelaide
Cairns
Mackay
Melbourne
Rockhampton
Sydney
Townsville

Work Type

Continuing
Full-Time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Higher Education Worker Level 8

Education Level

Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience (Desirable)

Salary/Compensations

$139,486 to $154,893 pa (including salary of $117,868 to $130,887 plus 17% superannuation and leave loading)

Benefits

17% superannuation
5.4 weeks annual leave
3 working days paid at Christmas and New Year closure
10 days personal/sick leave
5 days carer’s leave
7.25 hours engaged service leave
Professional and career development opportunities
Up to 26 weeks (six months) paid parental leave
Access to an Employee Assistance Program
Access to Fitness Passport

About the Company

Join an organisation with an unbreakable belief that quality education, training and research should be available to everyone – regardless of background, location or life circumstances.
CQUniversity is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and CQUniversity’s domestic and international student graduates with post-study work rights are encouraged to apply.

Equal Opportunity

CQUniversity is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in the workplace. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and CQUniversity’s domestic and international student graduates with post-study work rights are encouraged to apply.