Executive Manager - Missions - [Archived Advertisement]

Acknowledgement of Country

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The Opportunity

• NEW leadership opportunities available within CSIRO Growth
• Drive transformational change & impact
• Foster new ideas & support emerging skills

Our newly established Strategic Delivery Group will be dedicated to supporting the development and delivery of CSIRO Mission-oriented initiatives. The Executive Manager (EM) positions have been established to lead work on Missions, and ensure the Group is a centre of best practice for initiative design, integrated insights and analysis, performance and implementation coordination. 

The positions will have distinct responsibilities; however, our desirable candidates will all have had experience in leadership roles which have had national impact. You will succeed in this role if you have demonstrated a tolerance for ambiguity, strong emotional intelligence, a proactive and collaborative approach, self-motivation, and the ability to lead and influence. 

Your duties will include:

• Operationalising and continually improving CSIRO’s Missions framework, in line with emerging global best practice. 
• Influencing strategic decisions and aligning goals with the broader business unit goals and contributing to and influencing organisational policy and action. 
• Engaging across the organisation, including other Growth functions, to ensure effective execution of the Strategic Delivery agenda and influencing key stakeholders to participate in and support the Missions Program.   
• Managing the delivery of Missions and other Mission-oriented initiatives and ensuring program design and governance are optimised to enable CSIRO’s Business Units to give strategic direction to individual Missions and flexibly deploy capability to achieve greater impact.  
• Working closely with business partners to ensure the Missions Program is effectively supported by key service teams, such as Finance, Corporate Affairs, Business Development and Commercial. 
• Developing a purposeful, innovative and collaborative team culture and supporting team members’ professional development to build capability, enhance performance and drive continuous improvement. 

Location: Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra preferred. Other CSIRO locations will be considered
Salary: AU$146,207 - $161,767 plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Reference: 92543

To be considered you will need:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or experience in a relevant area such as research/innovation strategy, planning and portfolio/program management. 
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams to support the development, delivery and performance of complex programs and initiatives. 
• Demonstrated experience working at a high-level with industry and research, government and/or business sectors, with an ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels - including senior levels. 
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with strong ability to build valuable networks, connecting and coordinating multi-stakeholder engagements and providing leadership in meetings and workshops to deliver clearly articulated outcomes. 
• Demonstrated high level strategic and program management skills with the ability to analyse and solve complex problems and break down barriers to achieve program objectives in a timely manner with limited resources.   
• The ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed team, plus the motivation and discipline to carry out autonomous research.

For full details about these roles please review the Position Descriptions, Missions_Strategy_PD & Missions_Delivery_PD

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

10 May 2023, 11:00pm AEST