Business Manager

Jobs Riverina Murray; Wagga Wagga; Presencial; AUD 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Charles Sturt University seeks a Business Manager to drive growth and impact for the Cool Soil Initiative. You will work with senior leaders to secure funding, deliver innovative projects, and establish strategic and operational frameworks that strengthen performance across the university.

The role requires strong financial management, stakeholder engagement, and experience in education or agricultural research sectors. Applicants from regional Australia are encouraged to apply.

Qualificações

• Experience in business or operations management with budget variance analysis.
• Ability to prioritise, exercise sound judgement, and support senior leaders in a complex environment.
• Experience engaging with external partners, industry stakeholders, or government bodies.
• Strong written communication for reports, briefings, and correspondence.
• Familiarity with the agricultural, research, or higher education sector is advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Drive business development and secure funding opportunities.
• Support delivery of innovative projects and build strategic frameworks.
• Lead high‑level project and financial management to strengthen organisational performance.
• Collaborate with Director, Principal Scientist and Project Leaders to position CSU as a leader in sustainable agriculture.

Conhecimentos

Business operations management

Financial acumen

Budget development

Stakeholder engagement

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Descrição da oferta de emprego

JOB DESCRIPTION

Executive & Strategic Management

Job Description

As Business Manager, you will play a critical role in advancing the growth and impact of the Cool Soil Initiative. Working closely with the Director, Principal Scientist and Project Leaders, you will drive business development, secure funding opportunities, and support the delivery of innovative projects. Through high-level project and financial management, you will establish strategic and operational frameworks that strengthen organisational performance and position the Cool Soil Initiative as a leader in sustainable agriculture.

About the Employer

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University - our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities - to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

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Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

About the Candidate

• Demonstrated experience in business or operations management, with strong financial acumen including budget development and variance analysis
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, exercise sound judgement, and support senior leaders in a complex environment
• Experience engaging with external partners, industry stakeholders, or government bodies
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear reports, briefings, and correspondence
• Familiarity with the agricultural, research, or higher education sector is highly regarded