Manager, Research Infrastructure and Collaborative Facilities (Science)

Position Details

• Continuing I Full-Time

• Higher Education Officer Level 9 I $ 133860- $143239 pa| 17% Superannuation

• Location: Bedford Park, Kaurna Country

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About the Role

Flinders University is seeking an experienced Manager, Research Infrastructure and Collaborative Facilities (Science), internally referred to as a Collaborative Platforms Manager, to provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple collaborative research and support facilities within the College of Science and Engineering. This position drives the performance, growth, and continuous improvement of multiple specialised and technical support facilities, delivering high-quality services that support research and teaching impact, revenue generation, and user satisfaction.

You will lead technical teams across multiple facilities and manage complex operational environments. You will drive innovation in service delivery and contribute to the strategic development of new facilities to meet emerging research and teaching needs. This senior position will ensure the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and innovative services that support research impact, revenue growth, and user satisfaction.

In this position, you will:

• Lead the strategic and operational management of multiple core research facilities, ensuring high performance, compliance, and service excellence

• Drive facility outcomes including KPIs for revenue, research impact, user satisfaction, and operational efficiency

• Lead and develop technical teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Oversee budgets, cost recovery, and facility development, including business cases for new capability and infrastructure

This position is open to candidates with Australian Work Rights. Relocation support is available.

About You:

You are a senior leader with extensive experience managing research or core facilities in a scientific or university environment. You bring a strong balance of strategic thinking, operational management, and people leadership. You are confident managing complex infrastructure environments and are driven by service excellence, innovation, and measurable outcomes.

You will demonstrate:

• Proven leadership in facility management, team development, and stakeholder engagement

• Strong financial capability including budgeting, cost recovery, and revenue generation

• Knowledge of WHS, PC2, accreditation, and scientific facility compliance standards

• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven reporting

Life at Flinders

They say know your place.  We say you've found it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we’ve navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we’ve continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create

So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Wide range of professional development activities and services

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

How to Apply and Information

• As well as a CV, you are required to submit a suitability statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.

• For more information regarding this position, we strongly encourage you to contact Clint Chapman  

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) on Thursday 16 July 2026.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

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At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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