Research Outputs Coordinator

Job no: 0051824
Location: Parkville
Role type: Fixed-term for 15 months
Department: Student and Scholarly Services
Salary: UOM 7 – $102,338 – $110,780 p.a. plus 17% super

• Lead a dynamic, high-performing team.
• Lead stakeholder engagement, forging effective partnerships to deliver continuous service improvement.
• Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!

About the Role
As the Research Outputs Coordinator, you’ll lead a dynamic team driving the University’s research outputs service. Your role involves offering top-tier guidance, efficient administration, and robust support to Academic Divisions, ensuring precise documentation and promotion of scholarly research outputs, encompassing both traditional and innovative works.

Joining the Research Information and Engagement team within Scholarly Services, this position is at the forefront of advancing academic excellence. Emphasising process enhancement, you’ll keep the service aligned with technological advancements and reporting standards.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading a high-functioning research outputs team that delivers a complete and accurate research outputs collection for the University
• Providing expert support for academic staff to manage their researcher profiles
• Liaising with key stakeholders across the University to ensure the effective collection, classification, and presentation of traditional and non-traditional research outputs
• Collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders to support funder compliance and open access.

Who we are looking for
You will be a leader who can effectively manage a professional team to achieve shared outcomes. You will possess highly developed verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and the ability to convey complex information and concepts to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Your advanced level of organisational and management skills will enable you to prioritise and complete tasks to meet deadlines. You will be able to proactively influence and form positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

You will also have:

• A relevant undergraduate qualification with extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a leader of a professional team to achieve shared outcomes, exercising formal and informal leadership as appropriate
• Experience in working with a research outputs collection in the higher education sector, with a proven ability to innovate and lead service improvements.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.

To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check.

This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your new team – Student and Scholarly Services
Student and Scholarly Services provides student administration and services from recruitment and point of enquiry to graduation.  This team also delivers wellbeing and scholarly services to students and staff.

This role sits within the Research, Information and Engagement team in Student and Scholarly Services, which provides high-quality expertise-based services to researchers in areas of digitisation, digital stewardship, and scholarly communications

What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!

The University of Melbourne
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Be yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier-free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at [email protected] , with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled “Reasonable Adjustments Request”.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Maddison Ryan via email at [email protected] , ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

Position Description