Key Research and Development Position
The Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI) is seeking a highly skilled Research Development Manager to enhance the University's research funding performance and growth.
* Deliver quality support, including bid development and coordination, grants craft expertise, project management, and bid strategic reviews.
* Contribute to strategic planning and advise FHMRI leadership on research growth opportunities.
* Lead Research Development Support staff, ensuring high-quality support and overseeing training for strategic grant review.
About Your Expertise:
You bring a strong foundation of experience in research development, underpinned by excellent communication, critical thinking, and organisational skills.
* In-depth knowledge of health and medical research funding and proposal competitiveness.
* Expertise in grant writing, policy and guideline interpretation, and project coordination.
* Strong skills in strategic analysis, reporting, and managing multifaceted research initiatives.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
* Broad knowledge of the health and medical research funding landscape and assessment of research proposal quality/competitiveness.
* Demonstrated high level written and oral communication skills, including proposal writing/editing and ability to communicate complex concepts.
* Demonstrated project management experience in supporting development of funding proposals.
* Demonstrated capability in leadership and the ability to build a high performing team in a complex environment.
Work Environment:
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity.
Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.