Senior Technical Officer

Classification: ANU Officer 7 (Technical)
Salary package: $100,149 - $105,165 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full-time, Continuing

Working at ANU
This is an opportunity to work with a world class University that undertakes cutting edge research and has a strong tradition in research-led teaching excellence.

We offer:

• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid arrangements working both on our beautiful, green campus and working remotely,
• Generous paid parental leave entitlements of up to 32 weeks. We are one of the leading employers in Australia for parental leave entitlements,
• Designated parent rooms, quiet spaces and childcare facilities on campus,
• Career support, training, mentoring & upskilling opportunities.

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A Diverse and Inclusive Team
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ANU is a large, diverse employer with staff working across numerous professions (see the full list of available roles here. We are a recipient of the bronze award through the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program and a platinum member of the Australian Network on Disability. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities and from individuals who may have had a non-linear career path, career gaps or career breaks.

The Position
The Senior Technical Officer will support (i) management of our seismic fieldwork program, and (ii) the seismic instrumentation pool and associated research facilities at ANU. Our fleet of seismic instrumentation encompasses a wide range of equipment and is available to the community through ANSIR, the Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource. By managing new and ongoing projects to deploy this seismic instrumentation across the Australian continent and surrounding regions, this position will underpin high-level research activity in seismology. Working closely with academic researchers, the Senior Technical Officer will have the opportunity to plan and coordinate such seismic field experiments, ensuring appropriate data management and quality control measures are implemented. As part of the Geophysical Operations team the Senior Technical Officer will work alongside other researchers and technical staff at RSES to maintain and develop our research capabilities in seismology, and may include opportunities to supervise junior technical staff members in the area.

The Senior Technical Officer will be a member of Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES). RSES is Australia’s leading academic research institution for Earth and Marine Sciences, and ranked 11th in the world for Earth and Marine Sciences (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023). To find out more about the RSES community, check out our Twitter and Instagram.

The Person
To excel in this role you will hold a degree (or equivalent experience) in a discipline related to geophysics and be able to support and participate in field-based research. The ideal candidate would have experience in some of the following areas: seismological or geophysical instrumentation, fieldwork logistics and planning, and/or seismic data acquisition and data management.

Your ability to lead by example, coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, will enable you to foster respectful and productive working relationships with staff, students and colleagues at all levels within RSES in line with the RSES Culture Statement.

Learn more about the ground-breaking research and work class facilities of the Research School of Earth Sciences here.

For more information about the position please contact Dr Herb McQueen on T: +61 2 6125 5515 or E: Herb.McQueen@anu.edu.au.

To Apply
To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents:

• A current curriculum vitae (CV), and
• No more than a two page summary addressing your suitability against the selection criteria.

The committee will consider candidates that do not meet one or more aspects of the selection criteria.

If you require adjustments to participate in any of the above assessments, please contact our HR team at E: hr.cos@anu.edu.au. Any adjustment request or the disclosure of disability will not be communicated to the selection committee without the candidates consent and it will not having any bearing on hiring decisions.

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The successful applicant must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process. An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.