CRE Project Coordinator

Job Description

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial Reference: 5260 Job posted: 16/01/2025 Closes: 14/02/2025 Classification: Undefined Salary Range: $66,768 - $73,812 At Peter Mac, we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research, and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: Excellence, Compassion, and Innovation . Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent, and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients. YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE Centre for Research Excellence Project Coordinator 12-months Fixed-Term, Part-Time 0.5 FTE or 38 hours per fortnight ABOUT THE CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN LYMPHOEDEMA AND LYMPHATIC REGENERATION Lymphoedema affects 300,000 Australians at any one time, most as a consequence of cancer treatment. Lymphoedema occurs due to damage or deficiency of the lymphatic vascular network. There are no current therapies that specifically target the lymphatic system to treat lymphoedema. The Centre of Excellence in Lymphoedema and Lymphatic Regeneration is a newly funded basic research centre co-led from the Peter Mac and the Centre for Cancer Biology at the University of South Australia. It includes member laboratories based in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The centre aims to improve fundamental new understanding in lymphatic vascular biology, the genetics of lymphoedema, and to discover new regenerative therapies that target lymphatic vasculature. We are seeking to appoint a part-time (0.5 FTE) Project Coordinator within the CRE team to provide high-level coordination and program management spanning the CRE Programs, supporting the research of our chief investigators around Australia and internationally. The CRE Project Coordinator will coordinate meetings, establish and maintain the CRE website, seek out opportunities for our investigators to attract additional funding, arrange meetings of the Scientific Advisory Committee, the Consumer group, and coordinate CRE annual meetings and retreats. The position will work in close collaboration with the CRE Co-Directors; Prof Ben Hogan at Peter Mac and Prof Natasha Harvey at CCB, Adelaide. The position will support our efforts to develop and implement the Research Program’s key projects and initiatives and to ensure that the program thrives. The activities of the CRE Project Coordinator will include coordinating key meetings, managing timelines and budgets, developing key documentation, engaging with internal and external stakeholders, project milestone and financial reporting, and stakeholder management. Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter addressing the selection criteria to assist us with our assessment. For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position summary. Alternatively, please contact us using the information below for a confidential discussion. Applications Close: 14th February 2025 WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC Peter Mac offers a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally. Our staff benefits include award-winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies, and financial benefits such as salary packaging. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community, and people with a disability. To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre job application system. #J-18808-Ljbffr