Senior Research Fellow

Classification: Academic Level C 
Salary package: $138,972 - $154,462 per annum plus 17% superannuation (pro-rata)
Term: 2x Part time (0.8FTE and 0.5FTE), Fixed term (up to 2 years)

 

The ANU Complexity Leadership Lab, is a transdisciplinary research initiative, dedicated to fostering leadership that navigates the increasing complexities of the 21st century. In collaboration with the Menzies Leadership Foundation, the Lab brings together experts from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and practice fields, to innovate new approaches and advance the theory, measurement, research, education, and practice of complexity leadership, shaping a positive future for our students, stakeholders, and the world.  

 

The ANU by 2025 Strategic Plan calls for the University to serve society through transformational research and education. As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) is an innovative community representing 6 key disciplines finding solutions to the world's greatest challenges and helping us design, build, regulate and secure the future. 

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College directly supports one of the four pillars of ANU by 2025: to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation post COVID-19. 

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our college comprises six schools: the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and the Fenner School of Environment and Society, supported by the Professional Services Group.

The Complexity Leadership Lab is supported by the School of Cybernetics, the first new school established at the ANU in the 21st Century. The School will build on the foundational work of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Innovation Institute (3Ai), and also develop capacity in systems and design. Cybernetics is at the heart of the work of the school as a tool that sparks new ways of thinking and possibilities for the future. We focus on systems as a unit of analysis and driver of action for industries working with complexity and we are generating new approaches to shape the future through and with technology. The school creates programs that blend education, research and engagement, giving staff the opportunity to create new ways of working, to imagine something different, built on a diverse, inclusive culture.

 

 

This position is a fixed term for a period of 2 years as the Menzies Senior Research Fellow in Leadership and Complexity, to develop leadership research and curriculum. The position will focus on building the sustainability of the ANU Complexity Leadership Lab in partnership with the Menzies Leadership Foundation and other industry and government partners, advancing the field of complexity leadership, and securing a funding pipeline to ensure its long-term viability. 

Applications are particularly invited from researchers who undertake high impact collaborative and cross-disciplinary research, and whose expertise contributes to the strategic agenda of the School. 

Longer term and/or ongoing appointments may be offered in exceptional cases subject to performance and budget availability as well the candidate’s demonstrated capability and desire to complement the College’s strategic agendas in teaching, research and broader engagement within the University and community.

To enquire about this role, please contact Vivienne Seedsman, Program Manager, School of Cybernetics E:vivienne.seedsman@anu.edu.au

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion   

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application. 

 

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources  

 

Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents: