Contract Research and Commercial Systems Manager (HEO 8)

University of South Australia
October 24, 2024
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Offerd Salary:$108,351 - $122,046
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  • Open to Australian Aboriginal Peoples and UniSA employees only

  • Full-time continuing position based in UniSA Business at the City West campus
  • Salary Range: $108,351 - $122,046 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)
  • About the Role

    Reporting to the Deputy Director: Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, as the Contract Research and Commercial Systems Manager, you will facilitate and manage the commercialisation of new contract research opportunities. Through your assessment of research product proposals, you will develop, enhance, and oversee quality control processes for distinctive assets, laws of growth and category entry points, ensuring thorough contractual review before project initiation.

    This position has responsibility for a multi-million-dollar income stream.

    The Contract Research and Commercial Systems Manager will collaborate with the Deputy Director to ensure sustained organisational growth, in strategic planning, by providing high-level reporting and critical comment.

    About the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science Unit

    The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science is an internationally renowned centre for research in marketing. The Institute's research is sponsored by leading international companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Mars, Mondelez, Colgate-Palmolive and many others. The Institute also conducts a substantial amount of contract research for industry, including qualitative work, internet surveys and statistical modelling, and regularly wins large government grants. The Institute is the brand for all marketing research conducted by UniSA Business, and the Institute's research streams are run by academic staff from across UniSA Business and a select group of international adjunct academics.

    Essential Skills and Experience

  • Tertiary qualifications in Commerce, Business or an equivalent qualification coupled with extensive relevant experience in a research related environment
  • Significant skills and proven experience in contract negotiation and management
  • Demonstrated experience in critiquing legal documents, research funding schemes and providing feedback to diverse stakeholders including administrative, legal and academic staff, including recognising and providing advice on effective strategies to manage risk exposure
  • Demonstrated high level leadership and people management skills, including developing, coaching, and motivating staff to ensure a client-focused approach to the delivery of research services
  • Benefits

    Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:

  • Access to great personal development opportunities
  • Work life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave and individual flexibility agreements
  • Employee assistance and development programs
  • A range of salary packaging options, including vehicle leasing, laptops and car parking fees
  • Start Your Unstoppable Career!

    The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.

    Please address your cover letter to Sara Heidrich, Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected] using job reference number 6577.

    Applications close: 11:30pm Thursday 24 October 2024

    We are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment process and encourage you to share any support, adjustments and/or access requirements you have by contacting our Recruitment Central team [email protected]. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential

    To be eligible to apply for internal positions, you must either identify as an Australian Aboriginal Person, or be a current UniSA continuing, fixed-term or casual staff member at the time the position is advertised and have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of the appointment.

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