UNSW is seeking a senior leader to fill the Research Strategy and Support Manager role within the Faculty of Medicine & Health. The role provides strategic and operational leadership of the faculty's research support and infrastructure, aligning governance, investment, resources, systems and services to strengthen research performance and HDR outcomes.

The successful candidate will drive strategic transformation, identify opportunities and risks, build organisational capability and establish

At UNSW, we take pride in the broad range and high quality of our teaching programs. Our teaching gains strength and currency from our research activities, strong industry links and our international nature; UNSW has strong regional and

• Duration: Fixed-term until 31 January 2028 with the possibility of extension
• Remuneration:Level 8: $132,445 - $149,228 + 17% Super + Leave Loading
• Location: UNSW Randwick

UNSW isn't like other places you've worked. Yes, we're a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you're in the right place.

The Research Program Manager plays a strategic and operational leadership role in the planning, development and delivery of a multi-centre portfolio of research projects focused on the quality use of medicines (QUM). This role supports the day-to-day running of projects, research strategy, manages funding applications and grants, ensures compliance with ethics and regulatory requirements, and facilitates knowledge translation.

The Research Program Manager coordinates multidisciplinary teams and collaborations, monitors research outputs and impact, and contributes to the overall success and sustainability of the research program. The role reports to the program Chief Investigators and has no direct reports.

• Support research strategy and development to advance the program's objectives and long-term impact.
• Manage research funding applications and grants, including drafting documentation, coordinating input from collaborators and ensuring alignment with funding body requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant governance, ethics and regulatory frameworks applicable to the conduct of research projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary research teams and collaborations, including researchers, clinicians, policy experts and administrative staff.
• Undertake day-to-day project management by leading the planning, execution and delivery of research projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and timelines.
• Lead project governance activities and maintain project documentation including project plans, risk registers, stakeholder maps, budgets and progress reports.
• Manage project risks, issues, change requests and financials, implementing mitigation strategies and ensuring project resilience.
• Monitor research progress and performance against milestones, budgets and deliverables, and provide regular updates to investigator teams and funding bodies.
• Perform data collection, management and analysis to support research objectives.
• Facilitate effective stakeholder engagement across clinical, academic and policy sectors, ensuring transparent communication and collaboration.
• Oversee quality assurance processes and support dissemination of project findings through reports, presentations and publications, contributing to knowledge translation and policy influence.
• Monitor research outputs and impact and represent the research program across UNSW work areas, advisory groups, and at local and national meetings; lead and manage other program-wide research activities as required.

For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at

• Relevant Master's level tertiary qualification with substantial experience in managing research projects, or equivalent competence gained through a combination of education, training and experience.
• Proven experience in research project management, with a strong understanding of the full project lifecycle, including strategic planning, execution, monitoring and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to support research strategy and development, including contributions to funding applications and grant management.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail in documentation, reporting and stakeholder communications.
• Proven ability to support knowledge translation and dissemination through publications, presentations and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse teams, including researchers, clinicians, policy experts and administrative staff, across academic and external environments.
• Familiarity with ethics and regulatory compliance processes relevant to health and medical research.
• Sound knowledge of budgeting, financial management and resource allocation procedures within a research context.
• Experience in data collection, management and analysis to support research outcomes.
• High-level proficiency in using a range of computer systems and applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel and project management tools.
• Excellent time management skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines using judgement and initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and productively within a team, while also taking initiative and working independently when managing competing demands.

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

A copy of the Position Description can be found on

Aligned with UNSW's focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

Children's Cancer Institute in Australia seeks a Group Leader-Immuno-Oncology to steer paediatric tumour immunology research. You will conceptualise and conduct high-caliber studies, guiding the group's scientific direction and ensuring ethical and financial governance.

You will attract peer-reviewed funding, collaborate with Sydney Children's Hospital clinicians, UNSW researchers, and national/international trial networks, and advance discoveries toward early-phase clinical trials for children

For over 40 years, our shared commitment to curing childhood cancer has united us. Together, we continue to accelerate the answers to make that possible.

To accomplish our vision, we're seeking someone who lives our values: owning and delivering meaningful work, collaborating to drive impact, challenging the status quo to create a better future, and balancing logic with empathy. Let's achieve more, together.

The Group Leader-Immuno-Oncology is the senior research leader responsible for building and leading the Immuno-Oncology research group at CCI. The Immuno-Oncology team play a key role in the Institutes strategy providing innovative research into how the immune system can be harnessed to treat and cure Childhood cancer.

The Group Leader- Immuno-Oncology, will conceptualise and conduct original research of the highest calibre spanning paediatric tumour immunology, mechanisms of immune evasion and resistance, and the development and testing of immunotherapies.

This role is responsible for leading the scientific direction, financial management and ethical oversight for the Group, and will be accountable for attracting funding to maintain the viability and sustainability of the research program. The Group Leader- Immuno-Oncology works closely with clinicians at the Sydney Children's Hospital, collaborators at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and with national and international trial networks, so that the Group discoveries move effectively towards early phase clinical trials for children with high-risk, refractory and relapsed cancer.

To succeed in this role you will have

• A PhD in immunology, cancer biology or a closely related biomedical discipline.
• A minimum 10+ years postdoctoral research experience.
• A minimum appointment at, or eligibility for appointment at, Associate Professor level.
• Demonstrated expertise in immunological methods and models relevant to cancer, such as high-parameter flow or mass cytometry, single-cell and/or spatial profiling, functional immune assays, and immunocompetent or humanised in vivo tumour models.
• A strong record of publications, relative to opportunity, in highly regarded journals.
• A demonstrated capacity to attract peer-reviewed funding.
• A strong or emerging national and/or international scientific reputation, proven by collaborations.
• Evidence of contribution to the broader health and medical research community.
• Demonstrated commitment to conducting experiments involving humans, animals and/or GMOs under strict ethical and regulatory guidelines, and of compliance with other regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets.

We will support you to be your best with benefits that include but are not limited to:

• Working in a world-class, purpose-built facility, the only one in Australia dedicated to curing childhood cancer
• Focus on employee wellbeing, including up to 5 gifted wellbeing days off (paid) per year
• Access to Fitness Passport, with access to an extensive choice of fitness facilities across Sydney at discounted rates
• Corporate discounts and discounts on education through UNSW

Join us to shape a future every child deserves and to find meaning in your own. Because together, we can cure every child of cancer. It's not if, it's when.

Additional information about Children's Cancer Institute can be found on our website at: . We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Children's Cancer Institute and our culture. We embrace diversity and encourage you to advise of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

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This is a unique opportunity to join the well-established Obstetric Medicine department at the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney. The Royal is one of Australia's foremost specialist hospitals for women and babies and is the principal teaching hospital for the University of NSW. It is a dynamic institution within the Randwick Health and Innovation Precinct, colocated with the Prince of Wales Hospital, and is in close proximity to the University of New South Wales, the Sydney Children's Hospital, Mothersafe and a number of Research Institutes with a priority focus on Women's Health across the Lifespan.

The Obstetric Medicine team works closely with a busy Maternal-Fetal Medicine service and the RHW Fertility service, as well as providing support to all Maternity Care providers and tertiary services throughout NSW. With 3,000 deliveries annually, the obstetric medicine team provides both inpatient and outpatient care for women with medical disorders in pregnancy, along with general medicine care for the Gynaecology and Gynae-Oncology departments. The successful applicant will be well supported by the current physicians to participate in general obstetric medicine and diabetes in pregnancy clinics, along with services including preconception counselling/telehealth, and will participate in the inpatient and after-hours on-call roster. Clinical research opportunities and educational opportunities are available through the University of New South Wales and the SESLHD Women's Health Research Initiatives.

The Obstetric Medicine Staff Specialist will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the Maternity and Gynaecology Services Divisions.

This position is located at the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick.

The Obstetric Medicine Service is seeking for a Staff Specialist to work at the Royal Hospital for Women. This is an exciting opportunity for committed individual to broaden their experience in Obstetric Medicine.

The RHW is a tertiary teaching hospital providing state-wide Maternity, Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology, Endogynaecology, Fertility (including IVF), Newborn Care services and Mental Health Services. The Senior Medical Officer will work closely with the RHW Maternity, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology Departments.

The successful candidate may be eligible for a conjoint appointment to the Prince of Wales Clinical School with the UNSW Faculty of Medicine. The level of the appointment will be determined by qualifications and experience.

The applicant must be dedicated to a teamwork philosophy and be able to demonstrate their ability to work as a team member within the facility.

Salary and conditions are in accordance with the Staff Specialist (State) Award.

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is 'exceptional people, healthier lives'. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The specialist will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the department/service.

The primary location of this position may be varied as agreed with the Director of Medical Services and as approved by MDAAC to other facilities in SESLHD.

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Learn more about us here: South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.

• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• This is a Category A position. All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy PD2026_004 . Successful applicants to the role must provide vaccination history and pathology as part of the application documentation and be certified as compliant before employment can commence.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support ( ) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website .

All applications must include a demonstration of your ability to meet each of the selection criteria in order to progress through the recruitment process.

• Registration or eligible for registration with Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA). Candidate to provide AHPRA Registration Number on application.
• Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and/or equivalent specialist recognition as provided for by the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the relevant Award/Determination, and demonstrated subspecialty training in Obstetric Medicine with SOMANZ accreditation, or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing medical education and self-monitoring/audit practices consistent with the scope of practice requirements of the position.
• Proven capacity and/or experience in the provision of effective high quality service in the specialty, demonstrated through successful clinical practice in an environment appropriate to the requirements of the position including evidence of participation in quality improvement activities relevant to the specialty.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching with experience in teaching both undergraduate and post graduate students and other staff of the hospital.
• Demonstrate the skills and attitudes appropriate as a senior Medical Practitioner including modelling a high standard of professional behaviour to junior medical and dental staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and harmoniously with medical and other health services colleagues as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team and demonstrated ability to communicate effective with patients, colleagues, and staff and to work as an effective member of the clinical team across multiple sites. Demonstrated commitment to provision of a high standard of clinical care in the public sector setting.
• Demonstrated experience in and commitment to research relevant to the role and needs of the Department.

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