Operations Manager, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP)
CSIRO
- Geelong, VIC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide strategic best-practice operational leadership to a national world-class research facility
- Frontline leadership role combining Quality Assurance, Operations, Animal Welfare, Training, Facility Access and Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE)
- Join CSIRO's ACDP team, providing vital scientific research into infectious diseases
- Develop and facilitate positive relationships relating to the site and infrastructure including CBIS (CSIRO Business Infrastructure Services), BMG (Biorisk Management Group), and co-located functional areas and business units.
- Assume line management responsibility for the QA, Training, Stakeholder Engagement and Operations functions on the ACDP site, to ensure the team is high functioning and delivers to the requirements of their roles.
- Develop and monitor governance, risk management and business continuity plans.
- Oversee the integration of the site's Quality Management System to support the broadening of scope under our current ISO 9001 certification.
- ACDP Refit project- Support the effective management and resolution of operational issues that may arise during each stage of the refit project, including working with other team roles to support change management across the site.
- Optimise existing business processes to meet best practice in line with ACDP/CSIRO procedures, strategic direction, and future ways of working to improve stakeholder outcomes. Formally review ACDP policies and procedures to maintain relevance and accuracy.
- Enhance ACDP's integrated Quality and Environmental Management System to ensure accreditation to current standards through the active participation in external audits. Enhance the coverage of ISO accreditations to cover other areas of site operations, as required.
- Maintain microbiological security and compliance with relevant regulations, legislation & standards required of ACDP. Coordinate ACDP governance requirements and other applicable legislative requirements not undertaken by other specialist roles at AAHL.
- Bachelor degree and/or relevant experience in business management, scientific research, or operations.
- A minimum of 3 years management experience in leading and developing teams, fostering trust and new ideas in a collaborative environment, and proven ability to collaborate widely and provide guidance to staff and management.
- Demonstrated experience of working in an organisation which has a highly developed business strategy, structures, operating models, governance, and oversight mechanisms, with key intersections and relationships across the organisation.
- Proven ability to communicate openly and effectively and to build strong relationships with staff, stakeholders, and clients at all levels and across boundaries together with superior interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Demonstrated financial, planning, project and change management skills and experience at the level of national business unit of comparable size and scale to ACDP.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing complex demands whilst solving problems; establish or renegotiate priorities or re-assign tasks and meet deadlines.
- Previous experience working in Quality Assurance or under a compliance framework is desirable.