"Senior Manager, Research Partnerships"

Job Description:

• Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• This is a full-time, permanent position
• Base salary will be in the range $138,006 - $145,943 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 9)
• Based at our St Lucia campus

About This Opportunity

Are you a strategic relationship builder who thrives at the intersection of research excellence and community impact?

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Manager, Research Partnerships to lead stakeholder engagement and partnership development across the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Science (HASS). In this pivotal role, you will drive the Faculty’s research engagement strategy, building and sustaining high-value relationships with partners across industry, community, government, not-for-profit, and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sectors.

Your focus will be to identify, cultivate and grow strategic partnerships that lead to impactful research collaborations, including contract research, consultancy and leveraged competitive research schemes. Working closely with the Associate Dean (Research), you will play a central role in shaping and delivering the Faculty’s research agenda.

You will join a collaborative and vibrant Faculty committed to real-world impact. You will enjoy executive-level exposure, autonomy to shape engagement strategy, and the opportunity to work alongside leading researchers whose work addresses critical social, cultural and policy challenges. If you are motivated by purpose, partnerships and measurable impact, this is your opportunity to play a defining role in advancing research excellence and external engagement at scale.

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement a Faculty Research Partnership Development Strategy aligned to strategic priorities, that generates sustainable research income.
• Execute a targeted engagement plan that builds genuine HASS-aligned partnerships, enhances reputation, and increases research income, consultancy revenue, industry-facing funding.
• Provide strategic advice to the Faculty Executive to strengthen engagement between academic staff and external partners, identifying effective pathways for collaboration and growth.
• Collaborate across the University, including the Office of Strategic Partnerships, Research Office and UniQuest, leveraging shared systems, pipelines and communities of practice to ensure coordinated, cohesive partner engagement.
• Lead proactive research development activities, including stakeholder meetings, workshops and cross-portfolio initiatives (industry, government, alumni), while supporting reporting requirements and upholding University values and standards.

For a full copy of the position description, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
• 17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.40 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About You

• Postgraduate qualifications in humanities, business, or social science or a relevant discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive partnership development experience (preferably in the public sector, or tertiary education and research sectors) and proven management expertise.
• Demonstrated skills in bringing together research capability and partnership opportunity at a senior level, preferably within a large, complex institution.
• Project management experience.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use innovative thinking, integrity, and good judgement when finding solutions to problems under the pressure of tight deadlines.
• High level interpersonal and written and oral communication skills, including the ability to establish cooperative working relationships with researchers and professional staff across the University as well as with key external partners.
• Ability to effectively maintain business records and documentation.

Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications and criminal history check. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.