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Senior Program Manager, Diabetes Research Group
- Passionate about improving children's health
- Great team environment
- Part time 0.6 FTE, Fixed term for 12 months
About the role
The purpose of this position is to manage the day to day operations and strategic development of Diabetes Research with an emphasis on establishing and maintaining a global centre of excellence, broker effective partnerships between internal and external groups to ensure research is relevant, responsive and effectively integrated into policy and practice.
In addition to the management of the Diabetes Research Group the Senior Program Manager will be responsible for communication and relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders, team and program coordination and knowledge management and research translation.
To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and expertise:
- Demonstrated passion and vision for pediatric health research
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in health research
- Experience in people management
- Demonstrated ability for strategic thinking
- Experience in communicating information to a variety of people and organisations
- Ability to build community and other stakeholder engagement
Applicants must address their suitability for the role within the application.
How to Apply:
Applicants should read the Job description available here.
Submit your application along with a covering letter to applications.
Please quote the position title in the subject heading of your email application.
For further information about this position please contact Professor Elizabeth Davis or Dr Tim Jones.
Closing date: Tuesday 5th September 2017 at 5.00pm
About Telethon Kids Institute
The Telethon Kids Institute is one of the nation's leading medical research organisations with impressive facilities in Nedlands, Western Australia. It is home to more than 700 staff and postgraduate students who are dedicated to tackling the major causes of childhood disease, disability and disadvantage. Our research teams are among the world's best and we have strong affiliations with Perth Children's Hospital and all the major Western Australian universities, particularly The University of Western Australia and Curtin University.
2018 saw the Telethon Kids Institute move to brand new premises within the new children's hospital building at the QEII Campus in Nedlands. The Institute is now co-located with Perth Children's Hospital and housed in state-of-the-art premises with increased space and improved access to leading edge technology and research facilities.