CQUniversity’s Office of Research is seeking a strategic leader to oversee the University’s research grants function, supporting academic staff to secure competitive funding and ensuring compliance with funding agreements and research contracts.
In this role, you will lead and develop a high performing grants team, providing expert advice across grant applications, research contracts and post award administration. You will also negotiate research contracts and work closely with funding bodies, partner organisations and researchers to support successful research outcomes.
You’ll contribute to growing research income by identifying funding opportunities, supporting researcher capability through training and development, and improving grant processes and reporting. The role also includes contributing to research policy development, maintaining accurate grant records in Research Master, and ensuring web content and internal processes remain current and compliant.
This is an opportunity for a collaborative leader with strong stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills to make a significant contribution to CQUniversity’s research success.