Internal Vacancies

Executive Director, Rural Health Research Institute

Reference no: 497815
Work type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Orange
Categories: Executive, Research, Management

• Full time, Fixed term senior appointment (up to 5 years).
• Orange, NSW campus location

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish. We build meaningful connections in our regions that extend across Australia and resonate globally.

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.

Charles Sturt aims to be Australia’s leading regional university, inspiring research excellence and driving regional outcomes with global impact.

About the role

The Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI) has been established to conduct research that addresses the rural health gap in communities across regional and remote Australia. The RHRI provides a critical pillar of research infrastructure that enhances the university’s existing expertise in health and medicine whilst providing pathways for building of research capability and capacity across our diverse regional footprint.

With a blend of dedicated world-class researchers working together, RHRI’s focus on research excellence and collaboration with community will ensure that research outcomes will have impact and can achieve sustainable change in areas related to First Nations health inequality, child development, ageing and aged care and health service provision.

About you

A unique opportunity exists for an internationally renowned research leader to shape the next stage in the development of RHRI.  Building on a highly successful research career, candidates will possess the credibility to engage academic and health sector colleagues, align stakeholders, take forward external partnerships, and have experience in driving performance in similar world-class, translational research environments.

Candidates are expected to demonstrate a mix of strategic leadership, entrepreneurial, fundraising and relationship building capabilities that will allow them to build and strategically lead a sustainable and globally recognised Institute.

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.

To learn more about this unique opportunity please contact our advising consultants Alun Parry and James Tyrrell at Boyden on +61 2 9225 7400, or james.tyrrell@boyden.com

An applicant information booklet is available here: Information for Applicants - Executive Director RHRI

Applications close on 3 March 2025

Advertised: 31 Jan 2025 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 03 Mar 2025 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time