Project Manager, Human Genomes Platform - University of Melbourne - HealthCareer

First listed on: 07 June 2021

Project Manager, Human Genomes Platform

Job no: 0052736

Work type: Fixed Term

Location: Parkville, Vic

Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Salary: $108,009 - $116,906 (UOM 8)

Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 17% super

Our data scientists need a creative, experienced Project Manager to help them deliver on the research potential to be derived from this exciting health data analytics initiative.

About the role:

The Project Manager (Human Genomes Platform) is responsible for overall project management of the $3M Global technologies and standards for sharing human genomics research data (“The Project”) to ensure that the Australian BioCommons’ vision is implemented on time and on budget. The role will work with the Associate Director and multiple Australian BioCommons’ partner organisations to manage the establishment and delivery of a “services toolbox” for improving FAIRness of genomic data sharing nationally. This toolbox will include a set of services that have been developed globally in alignment with international best practice for human genome data sharing, and when implemented locally, will lead to research gains in Australia arising from improvements in data management and access to new capabilities, especially the identification of cohorts within and across data holdings to enable new science and translation.

The Project Manager will play a central role in the management and coordination of a project team of about 8 FTE, distributed across Australia and employed by a variety of organisations: The University of Melbourne, Children’s Cancer Institute, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, the Australian Genomics Health Alliance, QIMR-Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australian Access Federation, National Computing Infrastructure. The role is to ensure project deliverables are met, with daily management of the entire project team essential to meeting these deliverables.

Benefits

-  Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme

-  Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions

-  The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment

-  A substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne

To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits  

Full details of this role are available in the Position Description http://go.unimelb.edu.au/984i  

Please note the application close date has changed. Applications close: 17 Jun 2021 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time