JR0000014107

• Fixed term until June 2026 | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 10 | $147,656 - $156,497 p.a.
• Location: Melbourne (Hybrid)
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About the Role

The Senior Manager, Sector Engagement plays a key leadership role in building strategic partnerships and driving growth across the aged care sector.

Under broad direction, you will lead national stakeholder engagement efforts to support ARIIA's strategic goals and contribute to its transition toward a commercially sustainable business model. This includes fostering relationships with aged care providers, customers, and external stakeholders, while promoting uptake of ARIIA's programs and consultancy services. You will identify and secure revenue opportunities through grants, tenders, commercial proposals, and philanthropic funding.

The role also involves expanding ARIIA's network nationally and internationally, enhancing its profile and impact. To succeed, you will need a deep understanding of the aged care landscape and significant experience in the sector, enabling the delivery of best-practice engagement strategies that align with ARIIA's mission and growth objectives. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of aged care innovation in Australia.

Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) continues to transform the way we care for Older Australians. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, ARIIA delivers activities across three workstreams to improve aged care for all Australians. Bringing together consumers, industry and researchers, ARIIA translates research into practice to modernise and pave the way for sector wide improvements, making a real and meaningful change to the aged care sector.

About You

You are a strategic and collaborative leader with a passion for aged care innovation and stakeholder engagement. With extensive experience in the aged care and technology, or research sectors, you thrive on building meaningful partnerships and driving initiatives that create impact. You'll lead and implement engagement strategies that promote ARIIA's programs and services, identifying and securing commercial, grant, and philanthropic opportunities.

Your strong national presence and understanding of sector needs enable you to foster cross-sector collaborations that co-design and deliver innovative solutions for aged care providers and their workforce. You bring a hands-on approach to supporting organisations through project ideation, planning, implementation, and scaling.

Skilled in stakeholder management and project delivery, you'll also contribute to ARIIA Network activities in collaboration with our Marketing team. This role is ideal for someone with a commercial mindset, a deep knowledge of aged care, and a desire to lead change in a dynamic, purpose-driven organisation.

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, including exclusive staff study offers
• 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)

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. Flinders University has proudly received our inaugural Cygnet award in recognition of our unwavering commitment to reduce barriers to attraction and retention, and foster opportunities, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members. 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.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

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: JR0000014107 Senior Manager, Sector Engagement
• You are required to submit your CV and a 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 Reuben Jacob

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Sunday 10th August 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.