Senior Technical Officer - School Of Translational Medicine

Monash University.; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Monash University’s School of Translational Medicine seeks a Senior Technical Officer to oversee and deliver major research-related operations, ensuring high-level lab and facility support for researchers, staff and students in a compliant environment.

The role requires a degree in a relevant field and extensive experience in managing technical services, with a focus on safety, operational excellence and OHS requirements. Flexible arrangements may be negotiated.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field with extensive related experience and expertise in managing technical services and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and oversight of the school's physical resources, ethics monitoring, compliance and labs' adherence to OHS&E policies.
• Providing strategic and operational advice to clients and delivering efficient technical services.
• Developing and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of compliance frameworks and accreditation requirements.
• Budget management, planning and contributing to funding proposals.
• Managing ongoing equipment service contracts.

Skills

Technical leadership

Laboratory operations

OHS compliance

Budget planning

Contract management

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Job description

The Opportunity

The Monash University School of Translational Medicine (STM) is the FMNS’s leading clinical school for biomedical research and education, offering undergraduate and postgraduate study programs. Translational and clinical research in STM covers a great breadth of subject areas, with 16 different departments and centres that encourage multidisciplinary research and attract elite students, researchers and teachers to its well-equipped research laboratories and facilities. The school partners with industry to put research into practice and contribute to the treatment and cure of several specific diseases and conditions.

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Reporting to the School Research & Operations Manager, the Senior Technical Officer (STO) is responsible for overseeing and delivering a range of significant and complicated research-related activities. You will be expected to provide high level laboratory and facility operations support for all researchers, staff, students and onsite facilities.

As the successful candidate you will be responsible for:

• Maintenance and oversight of the physical resources of the school, research ethics monitoring, compliance and laboratories adherence to OHS&E policies
• Providing strategic and operational advice to clients and delivering efficient technical services
• Developing and maintaining up to date specialist or technical knowledge of new and innovative compliance frameworks and accreditation requirements
• Budget management, planning and contributing to funding proposals
• Managing the ongoing equipment service contracts

To be successful in the role, you will have a degree qualification in a relevant field with extensive relevant experience as well as experience in overseeing a successful technical service, program or facility, with a focus on operational excellence and experience in supporting a safe operating environment, implementing OHS requirements.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.