Collaborative Platforms Manager

Position Details

• Fixed Term until April 2027 | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 9 I $130,786- $139,950 pa | 17% Superannuation
• Location: Bedford Park, Kaurna Country
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About the Role

Flinders University is seeking an experienced Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple research and support facilities within the College of Science and Engineering. This senior position will drive the development of the Collaborative Platforms framework to define and develop multiple specialised and technical support facilities.

The Manager will oversee the facility operations and lead a diverse range of technical teams. They will drive innovation in service delivery and contribute to the strategic development of new facilities to meet emerging research and teaching needs. This senior position will ensure the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and innovative services that support research impact, revenue growth, and user satisfaction.

In this position, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership and operational management across core facilities, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and high-quality service delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and develop technical teams, promoting a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture.
• Drive innovation and facility development, including evaluating, acquiring, and commissioning new equipment and technologies.
• Manage budgets, performance reporting, and stakeholder engagement to support the College’s research and teaching objectives.

About You:

You are a senior professional with extensive experience managing research or teaching facilities, ideally within a university or research environment. You are a strategic thinker with a proven ability to develop and implement operational plans, lead teams, and deliver outstanding service.

You will demonstrate:

• Proven leadership in facility management, team development, change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, cost recovery, and revenue generation.
• Knowledge of compliance, safety, and quality standards for scientific facilities (e.g., WHS, PC2, accreditation).
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
• The ability to analyse data, produce quality reports and presentations, and review technical agreements and contracts.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

How to Apply and Information

• As well as a CV, you are required to submit a suitability statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, we strongly encourage you to contact Clint Chapman.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

01 Apr 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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