Director Research Performance & Strategy

Your next career opportunity

You will lead a high performing team that drives research excellence, income growth and impact across Education.

You will shape strategic partnerships and translation pathways, including the flagship Melbourne Education Clinic, to maximise societal benefit.

What you will deliver:

• Lead development and delivery of Faculty research strategy, aligning school activities with University frameworks and impact priorities.
• Oversee research funding pipelines, pre award support and income forecasting, ensuring high quality, competitive grant applications.
• Strengthen partnerships with government, schools, industry and community, coordinating engagement, translation initiatives and Education Clinic activities.
• Direct research performance reporting and analytics, providing evidence-based insights for planning, resource allocation and performance reviews.
• Lead, mentor and develop Research Performance staff, embedding collaborative, service focused and continuously improving support models.