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The Opportunity

• Apply your strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement skills into varied role
• Build capability and facilitate innovation and design thinking within complex forums
• Contribute to the service & growth strategy for the National Food Innovation Hub!

Interested in joining Australia’s National Science Agency in a strategic management role, and being part of a multi-disciplinary team that drives the food processing expertise and facilities for industry?

CSIRO's Food Innovation Centre creates opportunities for food, ingredient and equipment manufacturing companies to access our extensive expertise, technologies and support in innovation. We partner with industry and government to create high value products for new markets, by adopting innovative technologies and improving process efficiency.

As the National Innovation Facilitator, you will actively contribute to the effective delivery of the innovation strategy and policy by providing high-level advice to senior managers, facilitating the strategic development of the National Food Innovation Hub, and taking responsibility for initiating & implementing organisational change and representing the CSIRO Agriculture and Food Business Unit’s interests in complex external forums. You will also play a key role in attracting and securing revenue from industry for a suite of services.

If you’re experienced in successfully transforming and facilitating process developments and implementing innovation in businesses, this could be your next exciting career step!

Your duties will include:

• Driving the development and codification of scalable models for company creation for the National Food Innovation Hub and extending to include other collaborators (R&D, industry and Government).
• Supporting strategic growth in the company creation model through identification of investment partners and commercial R&D opportunities.
• Securing revenue from industry for a suite of services in innovation, design and facilitation for the Food Program through the Food Innovation Centre Group.
• Leading the Stakeholder Engagement function, including planning strategy for Company Creation, Missions, Business Unit and Food Program innovation sprints.
• Managing the process to support the development of new Company Creation entities, with the Company Creation team.
• Working with internal and external stakeholders including CSIRO Leadership Team to develop and implement design thinking and innovation into projects as needed.

Location: Coopers Plain (Brisbane), QLD or Werribee (Melbourne), VIC
Salary: AU$141K – AU$157K pa + up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified Term of 3 years
Reference: 85618

To be considered you will need:

• Relevant qualifications in Design Thinking or Change Management, and/or demonstrated achievement in senior advisory, facilitation, or managerial roles that include applying Design Thinking to innovate processes and implementing innovation in businesses. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading ideation and innovation sprints, facilitation and working with start-ups and industry to support implementation of new processes to innovate.
• A history of establishing and leading cooperative teams, and a record of leadership which encourages new ideas, builds trust and supports the development of emerging skills.
• Proven ability to foster effective relationships, using complex influencing strategies to ensure alignment between client or stakeholder needs and CSIRO’s objectives.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must be an Australian/New Zealand Citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

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. 

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

31 July 2022, 11:00pm AEST