Ian Frazer Centre for Children's Immunotherapy Research within UQ's Child Health Research Centre
Part time (50%-80%FTE), fixed-term position for up to 1 year.
Base salary will be in the range $117, $132, % Superannuation (HEW Level 8)
Strong career development opportunity, building deep sector experience and positioning you for future senior research leadership roles
Based at the Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane
About This Opportunity
The Ian Frazer Centre for Children's Immunotherapy Research is seeking an experienced Research Development Manager to play a highly strategic, high-impact role in shaping the Centre's research funding and partnership agenda.
In this senior role, you will work closely with leading researchers and clinician-scientists to strengthen the Centre's research funding pipeline, support the development of high-quality, competitive grant and fellowship applications, and build and manage productive partnerships with key industry, philanthropic and health-sector stakeholders. You will play a pivotal role in enabling research that delivers real-world health outcomes for children and adolescents with cancer and immune-related diseases.
This is an opportunity to influence funding strategy, engage with diverse partners, and support the implementation of major research initiatives, providing a strong platform for career progression into senior research development, research strategy or partnership leadership roles within the University or the broader research sector.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
Lead research development activities to maximise funding success across competitive grants, fellowships and industry funding.
Provide strategic, high-level advice to researchers on funding strategy, eligibility, compliance, budgets and processes.
Oversee the development, review and quality assurance of high-quality, competitive grant applications, including shaping persuasive narratives.
Lead research partnership activities, including coordination of research contracts and agreements from negotiation to execution.
Act as a senior engagement point for key industry, health and philanthropic partners.
Provide strategic oversight of research budgets, contractual obligations and Centre-wide research performance and improvement initiatives.
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.
Benefits
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:
Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times and purchased leave
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
Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
Salary packaging options
About You
You will bring strong research development expertise, excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the confidence to operate autonomously in a complex research environment. You will have:
Postgraduate qualifications (PhD) in health or biomedical sciences and significant experience in research development and/or research contract management; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education.
Extensive experience supporting competitive grant applications (e.g. ARC, NHMRC, MRFF, philanthropic or industry funding) and/or managing complex research contracts and agreements.
High-level scientific writing and editing skills for grant applications, reports and presentations.
Demonstrated experience engaging with industry, health and research partners, including contract negotiation and working effectively with legal teams.
Strong knowledge of research administration, financial management and compliance requirements, or the ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge.
Proven leadership capability, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and influence at all levels.
Desirable
Organisational knowledge of Queensland Health operational processes.
Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications and criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.
You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Di Yu at
For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
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UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don't meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.
Applications close Thursday 5th March 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R