Program Manager - Partnerships for a Healthy Region

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The opportunity

• ​​​​​​Foster collaboration in the delivery of the Partnerships for a Healthy Region program
• Work closely with CSIRO Research Units, as well as local and international partners
• Lead whole-of-program governance, management and reporting
  
  

CSIRO’s Southeast Asian Programs team is working to support regional capacity building, connect great Australian innovations to high growth markets and create long-lasting collaborative networks.

We have an opportunity for a Program Manager - Partnerships for a Healthy Region to join our team. 

As the Program Manager, you will work closely with CSIRO Research Units, and local and international partners to support the Partnerships for a Healthy Region program. You will foster internal and external collaboration in the design and delivery of program activities and coordinate whole-of-organisation reporting and governance. You will build and maintain critical relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders in priority areas to support successful partnership management and growth.

If you excel at building strong stakeholder relationships and have experience in partnership management and delivering successful research or development programs, this may be the role for you. 

Your duties will include:

• Working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed team to co-design, deliver and monitor program and partnership activity.
• Coordinate monitoring and whole-of-program governance and reporting (including activity, impact and financial reporting) for major partnerships and programs both internally and externally.
• Working with program partners to identify and monitor risks to planned activities, potential interventions/mitigations, and their impact.
• Proactively identifying work packages or practices to improve the efficiency of program delivery and amplify the impact of program activities.  
• Representing key programs externally and providing detailed advice on program activities and impact at a wide range of local, regional and international events, meetings and workshops
• Working with CSIRO's Engagement team and DFAT’s Public Diplomacy teams to support communication plans, including drafting briefing materials and press releases as needed and contributing to Public Diplomacy activities.
• Identifying and recommending opportunities to connect program activities to other initiatives in CSIRO, other DFAT-funded innovation activities, and activities led by local and international agencies. 
  
  

Location: Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney preferred, with other locations negotiable 

Salary: AU$131k - AU$153k pa plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term until December 2027, Full-time

Reference: 100262

To be considered you will need:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in partnership management, and a tertiary qualification in either a Science, Social Science and/or Business discipline.
• Proven experience managing, implementing, delivering and monitoring successful research or development programs.
• Experience in navigating through and with large complex organisations and bureaucracies, overcoming barriers and roadblocks to build awareness and strategic engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and develop strong stakeholder relationships, engage effectively to align with multiple organisations and maintain strong professional and collaborative working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.  
• Demonstrated exceptional organisational skills, ability to multi-task, coordinate complex scheduling and execute activities within required timeframes and to the clients’ expectations.
• High level interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including a demonstrated ability to prepare project reports, document and critique results and evaluation data, communicate effectively and build relationships with colleagues and clients from diverse cultural backgrounds in order to meet project goals and timelines.
  
  

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

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

Flexible working arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications close

Sunday 13th July 2025, 11:00pm AEST