Job Description

Position Details

• Continuing I Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 9 I $133,860- $143,239 pa | 17% Superannuation
• Location: Tonsley Campus, Kaurna Country
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About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Industry Partnerships Manager to build strategic connections between the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders University and industry, government and community partners.

This is a highly connected and influential role, where you will identify opportunities, bring the right people together and turn ideas into meaningful collaborations across engineering and computer science. With a particular focus on growth areas including defence, sustainable energy, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, you will help position the College as a partner of choice for industry engagement, innovation and talent.

In this role, you will:

• Build and grow strategic partnerships with industry, government, research and community stakeholders, aligned to the College’s teaching, research and innovation capabilities.
• Connect industry with Flinders expertise to develop collaborative projects, research opportunities, commercial activities and new funding opportunities.
• Expand industry-connected learning through placements, FUSECo projects, Industry Honours and Masters projects, Enterprise PhDs and other industry opportunities.
• Lead and grow industry engagement capability by managing and developing a team, strengthening systems and processes, and providing strategic advice to College leadership and academic teams.

This position is open to candidates with Australian Work Rights. Relocation support is available.

About You:

You are a strategic relationship builder who thrives at the intersection of industry, education, research and innovation. You can identify opportunities, build trusted relationships and turn ideas into partnerships that deliver meaningful outcomes.

You will bring the commercial acumen and sector knowledge to engage confidently with industry, government and academic stakeholders and connect complementary expertise to create new opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Extensive industry partnership and business development experience, with a demonstrated ability to translate opportunities into strategic partnerships, projects and funding outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of engineering and/or computing, with the ability to engage credibly with technical and academic stakeholders and understand emerging industry and workforce needs.
• Highly developed leadership and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to lead teams, influence senior stakeholders and facilitate collaboration across diverse organisations.

Life at Flinders

They say know your place. We say you've found it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we’ve navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we’ve continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.

So,  why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
• This position may require the successful applicant to hold (or be eligible to obtain) an NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) Security Clearance.

How to Apply and Information

• As well as a CV, you are required to submit a suitability statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, we strongly encourage you to contact Clint Chapman.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

30 Sept 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.