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Program Leader, Immune Resilience Future Science Platform
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The Program Leader - Immune Resilience Future Science Platform (IR-FSP) will be an impact driven, entrepreneurial and a collaborative science leader who actively develops and manages an exciting portfolio of science across several application domains and across CSIRO.
The Immune Resilience FSP aims to build CSIRO’s capability at the cutting edge of immune-based technologies, positioning CSIRO to achieve real-world impact. A key objective is to exploit the fundamental understanding of the immune system to develop and test novel strategies to build resilience against pathogens and parasites across the animal to human continuum.
Designed as an interconnected platform, we strive to synergise core capabilities and technologies to tackle far reaching goals such as:
As a member of the ACDP Leadership Team, the Leader of the Immune Resilience FSP will set the vision, strategy and lead a program of research to develop future science capability aligned with the strategies of contributing CSIRO business units.
Reporting to the ACDP’s Deputy Director, the Leader will manage three science leads and be responsible for overseeing a team of nine postdoctoral fellows who are located across various sites and business units. This is a senior role that will generate impact through facilitating the strategic development of organisational capability in partnership with industry, government, and the Australian and international innovation system.
Location: Preference for Geelong, VIC; other locations will be considered
Salary: $169k to $212k (pro-rata for part-time) + up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term of 4 years
Reference: 82602
Essential
Under CSIRO policy only those who meet all essential criteria can be appointed.
Desirable
For full details about this role please view the Position Description.
Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens, and Australian Permanent Residents. International candidates who can hold a valid working permit for the duration of the appointment, as well as meeting security clearance requirements, are also eligible to apply.
Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements. Please see the position description for further details.
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Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.
30 July 2022, 11:00pm AEST/AEDT