Position Details

• Continuing | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 8 | $110,581 - $122,420 p.a. + 17% Superannuation
• Location: Bedford Park, South Australia / Kaurna Country
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About FHMRI Sleep Health
FHMRI Sleep Health conducts world-leading transdisciplinary research to advance knowledge of sleep, sleep disorders and develop new treatments to improve sleep and is situated within the College of Medicine and Public Health. It also provides a sleep disorders clinical service with a primarily focus on treatment for Insomnia and sleep disordered breathing.

About the Role
As the Sleep Health Laboratory Manager, you will play a key role in achieving strategic objectives and providing technical services that support the mission of FHMRI Sleep Health (AISH). You will lead and oversee the research laboratory's operations, ensuring excellence in both leadership and management. Operating under broad guidance, you will contribute to the smooth and effective execution of high-quality research activities, all while fostering an environment of innovation and collaboration within FHMRI Sleep Health.

About You
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Completion of a relevant degree or a combination of applicable experience, education, and/or training
• Experience managing a clinical research team, ensuring smooth operations and effective delivery of services
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire teams, ensuring consistent and high-quality service provision
• Experience in budget planning, maintaining confidential records, and providing guidance to staff on financial management and account handling
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills, including negotiation and the ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Genuine interest in sleep health and clinical research

Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

About the College of Medicine and Public Health
At the College of Medicine and Public Health, we deliver clinical, population and lab-based research, integrated teaching programs and high-quality clinical services. Our footprint reaches out from our world class teaching hospital at the Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia to multiple rural clinical locations all the way to Darwin in the Northern Territory. Our research and teaching equip the next generation of leaders and innovators with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and truly advance health outcomes. It is at the heart of everything we do.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000013041 Sleep Health Laboratory Manager / Clinical Trials Coordinator.
• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Susanne Taylor.
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan.
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Sunday, April 13 2025.
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.