Research Partnerships Manager

• Lead and manage research partnerships between industry, universities and government organisations across AFWI’s research portfolio, supporting the Executive Director in building and sustaining nationally significant collaboration arrangements, including the development, management and implementation of a CRM to support effective stakeholder relationship management
• Lead research reporting activities, including acting as the primary author of research content, drafting research narratives and impact material, and coordinating and synthesising research inputs for all Commonwealth (DAFF) submissions and milestone reports
• Prepare and coordinate research content for the AFWI Board and advisory committees and lead the Secretariat function for the Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement Subcommittee (SSE) and First Nations Subcommittee (FNSC)
• Develop research narratives, impacts cases studies and evidence in collaboration with Executive Director, Deputy Director and strategic communicators to support strategic engagement and research impact articulation
• Work collaboratively across AFWI and the national research system, including with the Deputy Director, Business Manager, Research Funding Manager, and other internal and external stakeholders

• Postgraduate tertiary qualifications in science, engineering or a closely related discipline
• Significant experience in research partnerships, Research & Development program coordination or management, including preparation and coordination of formal research reporting
• Demonstrated experience in industry–university–government research collaboration, with depth of experience in at least one sector and the ability to work effectively across all three
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, analytical and written communication skills, including the ability to synthesise complex research material for governance and reporting purposes
• Experience working within publicly funded research environments, including universities, CRCs, RDCs or research institutes
• Demonstrated understanding of research commercialisation, translation and delivery of R&D outputs

Experience in publicly funded research settings and an understanding of research governance, commercialisation and impact translation are highly desirable

17% superannuation