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Current vacancies

Clinical Trial Manager

The Department of Infectious Diseases based at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (the Doherty Institute) is seeking to appoint a Clinical Trial Manager (maternity cover).

A suitably qualified person is being sought to set up and manage a large international, multicentre clinical trial. The successful applicant will have the necessary skills to conduct ethics and regulatory submissions and operational aspects of a large clinical trial, including data management, safety and quality, and provide support to participating centres and site investigators and research coordinators for the duration of the trial.

For full position description and to apply visit the University of Melbourne careers page.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, 11 December.

Cytometry Platform Senior Technical Specialist

The Melbourne Cytometry Platform represents a network of Cytometry instrumentation geographically distributed across multiple nodes and attended by 6 dedicated staff (operators, Doherty and Brain Centre facility managers and platform manager). The largest node is located within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. In addition, there are nodes of critical mass at the Melbourne Brain Centre, Bio21 and the Melbourne Dental School and the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences.

The Senior Technical Specialist is a new position that will report directly to the Melbourne Cytometry Platform Manager and will work across nodes in close collaboration and with direct support from senior cytometry management.

For the full position description and to apply for this role, please visit the University of Melbourne Careers website.

The deadline for applications is Saturday, 14 January.

Director - Strategy and Operations

The Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics is a new global medical research centre being created within the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. The goal to deliver greater resilience for societies around the world in dealing with future pandemics is a core objective and this could save millions of lives in the future. 

The Director—Strategy & Operations, will provide executive leadership to the Centre under the direction of the Centre Director.  The Director—Strategy & Operations will work closely with an administration team to establish the operating model for the Centre and oversee the day-to-day operations of the Centre. This role will be key to the ultimate success of the Centre. 

In collaboration with the Centre Director, this role will establish and oversee the smooth running of the Centre including governance, legal and financial processes, and risk management, with support from the University of Melbourne’s structures and systems. 

The five (5) key areas of responsibility include: 

• Leadership, stakeholder and change management 

• Strategic Planning and Policy Development 

• Finance, Research and resource management 

• Human Resource Management 

• Quality Assurance, Compliance and process improvement 
   

For the full position description and to apply for this role, please visit the University of Melbourne Careers website.

The deadline for applications is Monday, 16 January 2023.

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