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Senior Research Funding Officer
- Manage complex research funding agreements across grants, contract research, and consultancy projects, ensuring compliance and successful outcomes.
- Provide strategic advice and post-award leadership, overseeing contractual obligations, stakeholder engagement, and governance requirements across a diverse research portfolio.
- Full time, Fixed-Term (15 months) position located in Hobart
About the opportunity
The Senior Research Funding Officer is a key role supporting the University’s research investments through expert contract management, risk assessment, and strategic post-award administration of grants, contract research, and consultancy projects. Responsible for negotiating, managing, and ensuring compliance with complex research funding agreements, the role provides high-level advice to stakeholders, oversees contractual obligations and reporting across a diverse project portfolio, and liaises with funding bodies, government agencies, and industry partners. Working with significant autonomy, the position drives best-practice post-award processes, ensures timely delivery of milestones and compliance with governance requirements, and contributes to the University’s research success through effective funding management and operational excellence.
What you’ll do:
- Under broad direction guide institutional decision-making on often complex post-award research initiatives.
- Establishment and achievement of ongoing contractual obligations and client expectations.
- Facilitation and timely risk assessment, negotiation, and execution of simple and complex research funding agreements, subcontracts, variations, and other related research contracts.
- Manage effective and well-maintained networks internal to the University including Legal Services, People & Wellbeing, Finance, Procurement, Academic Units; and with external stakeholders spanning government, industry, and academic collaborators.
- Ensure the accuracy of records including review of Research Administration System (RAS) entries to ensure accuracy of information.
What we’re looking for:
- Ability to provide research grant, project or contract management services, including high level administrative and operational support.
- Experience building and maintaining productive professional networks with strong relationship management skills and the ability to negotiate effective outcomes with stakeholders across organisational streams and levels.
- High level written and oral communication skills with a focus on attention to detail.
- Capacity to act independently within established guidelines, displaying initiative and make sound judgements with a reasonable degree of autonomy.
- Experience in designing and implementing operational improvements and with strong organisational skills in managing competing priorities in a complex working environment.
Salary details
Appointment to this role will be at HEO 7 and will have a total remuneration package of up to $130,943 comprising base salary within the range of $101,821 to $111,917 plus 17% superannuation.
How to Apply
- To apply online, please provide your CV and 1-2-page cover letter outlining your interest in the role, skills, capabilities and experience. You do not need to separately address the success profile.
- For further information about this position, please contact Natasha Wiggins, Manager, Post Award Operations, [email protected] or 6226 7784
- Please visit https://www.utas.edu.au/jobs/applying for our guide to applying and details on the recruitment process.
- For current UTAS staff, in submitting your application, you acknowledge you have/intend to discuss your interest in this vacancy with your current manager and understand they may need to be contacted confidentially by the hiring manager as part of the assessment of your application.
- Please refer to the attached Position Description Below for full details.
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Applications close Sunday, 26 July 2026, 11.55pm
As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive workplace, employment history and police checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.
To be eligible for this position, you are required to hold Australian or New Zealand Citizenship, permanent residency or a valid visa that enables you to fulfil the requirements of this role.
