The Opportunity

Are you an established research integrity and governance expert seeking your next leadership opportunity? Would you like to lead the establishment of key frameworks and drive organisational change? Then this could be the role for you!

We are now on the lookout for a Manager, Research Integrity & Governance to join Burnet! This is a newly created strategic position that will oversee Research Integrity and Research Governance. In this role you will develop and implement awareness, education and training programs for our researchers and students in how they responsibly govern and manage their research activities. You will advise and assist researchers with ethics requirements and applying best-practice data protection, privacy, and other relevant principles to promote the secure, compliant, and safe research conduct.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development and implementation of an institution-wide research governance framework encompassing compliance requirements with all applicable laws and regulatory bodies.
• Establishing a program for monitoring compliance and providing expertise and support to researchers and professional staff on areas of research governance.
• Supporting the systematic review and revision of research policy and procedural documents, particularly as they relate to research ethics.
• Working closely with Institute leaders and other senior researchers to foster and promote a culture of research integrity across the Institute.
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive suite of resources and training programs to be accessed by Burnet staff in Australia and internationally.
• Ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement of Institute processes and systems for research integrity, ethics and governance, including internal and external reporting.

Refer to the attached position description for full details. This is a permanent position, and we are open to time fractions of 0.8 – 1.0 FTE. Flexible working hours and part time working from home options will also be provided.

You will have a supportive manager, but you will also be provided autonomy and authority to enact organisational wide change and innovate our approach to research integrity and governance. It is expected that you will build a small team to support your strategic objectives in the future. This is a truly unique opportunity to join a world-renowned research institute, make a meaningful impact, and put your name on it!

Let’s talk about you

The following criteria are essential requirements:

• Undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline e.g. health, research, social science.
• Established subject matter expertise and provision of advisory in research management and enterprise information systems, and research integrity, ethics and governance, preferably in a higher education sector setting.
• Demonstrated high-level skills in analysing, designing, developing and implementing improvements to significant business processes/systems, policy, plans and strategies.
• Extensive experience in systematic review, audit, development and implementation of policy, procedures, and processes.
• Extensive experience in managing ethics and/or governance committees, including appointments, terms of reference and operating procedures, in an academic or other relevant environment.
• Previous experience leading and implementing organisational change.

The following experience is preferable but not essential:

• Excellent leadership skills and previous experience building, managing and coaching teams to deliver high standards in service delivery and technical output.

The Burnet experience…

We want you to have a successful and meaningful career at Burnet and are committed to providing a supportive workplace environment for all our people. You will be part of a collaborative culture where progressive leadership, innovation, respect, and excellence are valued. Join a team of talented individuals who are passionate about what they do – achieving a more equitable world through better health.

We offer:

• A monthly accrued day off for full-time staff
• 14 weeks paid parental leave - no qualifying period
• Additional long service leave - 17.3 weeks (minimum is 8.67) at 10 years of service
• Study leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous salary packaging
• Opportunities for career and professional development

Who are we?

Burnet Institute is a leading Australian, unaligned, not-for-profit, organisation passionate about social justice, equality and evidence-based research.

Burnet Institute brings together a highly diverse skill base, with more than 400 staff and students working across cutting-edge research and projects to address some of the most relevant global health issues. Institute-wide interdisciplinary health programs Disease Elimination, Health Security and Pandemic Preparedness, and Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health are at the heart of our daily decision making. Harnessing our international and local field presence, our laboratories, and our mixed development and research cultures drives a greater focus on the most relevant health issues and achieves a greater impact as a result.

Whilst our headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia, we also have offices in Papua New Guinea and Myanmar, and are actively involved in research and public health programs throughout Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa. Burnet is the only unaligned organisation in Australia that has dual accreditation with both the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Bring your whole self to work

At Burnet, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture. We want our people to feel like they belong and are free to be themselves at work. We have an active Gender Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (GEDI) Council that works to promote and improve gender equity, diversity and inclusion across the Institute, by developing and implementing strategies informed by both national and international best practice and staff input. Burnet holds an Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award from Science in Gender Equity (SAGE).

If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement at any stage of the recruitment process, we encourage you to let us know by emailing [email protected] using the subject line: Manager - Research Integrity & Governance enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Sounds great! How do I apply?

Click Apply Now and attach the following documents:

• Resume
• Brief cover letter

As part of our commitment to gender equity, we have included a question in the application process on gender. This will allow us to monitor and report on gender in relation to our recruitment process.

Burnet is a child safe organisation. The successful applicant will be required to apply for a National Police Check and/or Working with Children. Current Australian working rights are required for all applicants.

A position description is attached.