• Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation)

• Drive strategic research collaborations and partnerships that advance UQ's goals and mutual benefits.

• Lead and manage alliances with government, industry, and funding bodies to expand UQ's research impact.

• Align UQ's strengths with external opportunities, creating impactful pathways for partnership and investment.

• Work at our vibrant and conveniently located St Lucia campus 

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, real-world impact.

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

• 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

• On campus childcare options

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

Our Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships play a significant role in developing and executing strategies and methodologies essential for fostering and perpetuating research collaborations, beneficial to both UQ and its partners.

The role involves overseeing the growth and management of research collaborations, alliances, and consultancies, all in the vested interests of the university. To achieve this, the appointee will be responsible for developing and fostering relationships with key external stakeholders, federal and state government departments, industry and external funding entities. The successful candidate will also need to develop a detailed understanding of the University of Queensland’s capability and align this with external opportunities, creating translation pathways appealing to potential partners and investors.

Our Enterprise Research team work across 8 key industry portfolios:

• Energy Transitions,

• Defence, Space and National Security,

• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies,

• Climate Change and Environment,

• Health and Biomedical Science,

• Agrifood and Bioeconomy,

• Critical Minerals and Resources,

• Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics Games.

More information about our function and portfolios can be found here.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Develop and manage key strategic relationships with a broad range of senior-level government, industry, academic and international stakeholders, including influencing complex groups of stakeholders both within and external to the University.

• In collaboration with academic leaders in relevant fields, coordinate the development of proposals for large scale research initiatives, including providing strategic leadership and advice regarding engaging with stakeholders, preparing funding bids, and coordinating financial and contractual arrangements, across UQ.

• Provide strategic leadership and advice to meet the aims of the initiatives established in your portfolio

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 3 years, at HEW level 10A.

Position Booklet

To request a copy of the position booklet, please reach out to Caylee-Jade Eve, Principal Advisor via [email protected].

About You  

• Substantial experience in influencing and bringing together complex groups of internal and external stakeholders to develop and manage major university research and/or engagement partnership initiatives with demonstrated ability to provide strategic level advice and entrepreneurial thinking in relation to these opportunities.

• Experience in negotiating and managing complex and/or sensitive projects with national strategic, political, or operational significance.

• Understanding of the Higher Education system and current trends and policies influencing its direction as well as advanced manufacturing technology policy contexts.

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. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Isaac Coonan, Director, Strategic Partnerships – Government and Industry via [email protected]. For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section above,

• Resume.

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.
 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] 

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Sunday the 8th December at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-37544).