Travel Coordinator, Treasury, Credit Cards and Travel

Acknowledgement of Country 

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Role highlights

• Support safe, efficient travel for CSIRO staff
• Maintain streamlined travel systems and processes
• Work with diverse stakeholders in a high-impact finance team

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

Eligibility 

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.   

Role particulars

Location and office arrangements: Flexible to be based in any Australian Capital city with a CSIRO site. Hybrid working available

Salary: AU$118,102 to AU$127,808 + up to 15.4% superannuation 

Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite, Full time

Reference: 101880

The opportunity 

As the Travel Coordinator you’ll play a key role in supporting CSIRO’s research and operational activities by managing the systems, policies and procedures that enable staff to undertake government travel effectively and safely.

Working within CSIRO Finance whose mission is to deliver accurate, timely and customer-focused financial information. This role ensures travel processes align with Whole of Australian Government requirements and meet organisational and stakeholder expectations.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, Treasury, Credit Cards and Travel, the position manages diverse stakeholder needs and helps maintain a streamlined, compliant and traveller-focused program that supports CSIRO’s broader objectives.

Your high-level duties will include: 

• Develop procedures, policies, and practices for CSIRO that align with the Commonwealth Whole of Australian Government (WoAG) travel arrangements and Commonwealth Procurement Rules.
• Establish systems and policies to ensure employee travel is organised according to CSIRO policy.
• Lead working groups and build connectivity and networks across CSIRO, to ensure the travel team is aware of staff requirements when undertaking official travel.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with CSIRO's external suppliers and drive performance in accordance with commonwealth and CSIRO  travel policies.
• Troubleshoot and negotiate travel program issues, develop and implement solutions to achieve successful outcomes suitable for CSIRO and stakeholders.
• Complete executive reporting, highlighting issues and opportunities to increase compliance to achieve value for money outcomes for CSIRO, and in addition, complete regular reports and data analysis to identify and implement improvement opportunities across CSIRO.
• Focus on continuous improvement and manage approved change initiatives.
• Work as an autonomous leader, taking responsibility for team outcomes, carrying out administrative tasks and supporting finance management and executive staff.
• Lead and/or assist with the development of training and communications to increase staff awareness and knowledge.

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

Essential criteria

• Demonstrated technical knowledge and/or experience in managing travel and or diverse operational functions for a large organisation. 

• Demonstrated ability to identify and manage operational risks, provide mitigation strategies and where appropriate escalate. 

• Demonstrated ability to identify and analyse complex or ill-defined problems and develop appropriate alternative solutions. 

• Demonstrated ability to work with data and systems, proactive problem identification, and execute appropriate responses to issue resolution.  

• Demonstrated ability to participate in ongoing knowledge transfer across the Treasury, Credit Card and Travel team. 

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and direction for others in the team by coaching and supporting staff and fostering open communication and strong collaboration. 

• Proven ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve a high level of trust and respect to influence outcomes and communicate findings.  

Desirable:

• Proficiency working with systems and data to obtain relevant reports and analyse information to report on organisation-wide requirements.

Please note, under CSIRO policy, only those candidates who meet all essential criteria can be appointed.

For full details about this role, including all selection criteria and duties, please review the Position Description. 

Setting you up for success

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible to everyone. We recognise that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. Please contact Sarah Lyons via email Sarah.lyons@csiro.au and let us know how we can support you.  

Life at CSIRO and flexible work arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. We can discuss flexible work arrangements with you during the recruitment process. CSIRO also offers a range of leave entitlements, benefits and career development opportunities. To find out more, visit Careers at CSIRO.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment opportunity organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Child safety 

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy. 

How to apply 

Please apply online and submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) and CV that demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the essential requirements of this role.

Applications close 

1 December 2025 11:00pm AEDT