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I N F O R M A T I O N F O R C A N D I D A T E S

F O R T H E P O S I T I O N O F

D E P U T Y V I C E - C H A N C E L L O R

( R E S E A R C H A N D I N N O V A T I O N )

Applications close: 18 June 2018

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

b Recruitment Services | Human Resources, ANU

C O N T E N T S

Message from the Vice-Chancellor and Provost 1

The University 3

Research and Innovation Portfolio 7

Role Statement 9

Selection Criteria 10

How to Apply 11

Why choose Canberra? 13

1 Recruitment Services | Human Resources, ANU

M E S S A G E F R O M T H E V I C E - C H A N C E L L O R A N D P R O V O S T

The Australian National University (ANU) is unique in Australia. Ranked

in the world top 20 by QS, and based in our capital city, ANU is a

charting a new strategic course to redefine the role of a contemporary

national university.

Professor Brian P. Schmidt AC FAA FRS

Vice-Chancellor and President

The Australian National University

Professor Michael Calford

Provost

The Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) occupies a special

position in Australia. While located in Australia’s capital, the

University sits alongside the best in the world in terms of its

research output and the educational experience it offers to

students (Ranked in top 20 globally in 2018 QS World University

Rankings). Since its establishment in 1946 as part of Australia’s

post-war nation-building effort, ANU’s ground-breaking research

has changed the world and our understanding of Australia’s

place in it. Five of the eight Nobel Prizes awarded for work

undertaken in Australia went to ANU researchers, including to

our Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt. More broadly, our

expertise has influenced policy in Australia and across the Asia

Pacific region.

The pursuit of excellence underpins everything we do – from our

breakthrough research, to our innovative industry partnerships,

to the transformative education we provide to the world’s

future leaders. This excellence is encapsulated in our five-year

Strategic Plan, which makes clear our commitment to world-

leading research that will have impact. Through our teaching,

our engagement with public policy and, most prominently, our

influential research, we will prepare Australia for the challenges

and opportunities of the twenty-first century.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) plays

a vital role in realising this vision. The position will oversee

the University’s research priorities and strategies to improve

performance and impact. We are looking for an exceptional

leader who can collaborate with other universities and sectors,

diversify our income sources and build commercialisation

opportunities for our research. As part of the University’s

Executive Leadership, you will also contribute to the broader

strategic direction of ANU and shape its distinctive role as a

national institution and world-class university.

If you are a researcher and university leader of distinction, and

want to be a part of shaping the future at Australia’s national

university, we would welcome your application.


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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y

The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the world’s foremost

research universities. Distinguished by its relentless pursuit of

excellence, the University attracts leading academics and outstanding

students from Australia and around the world.

Further information about ANU can be found at: http://www.anu.edu.au/about.

History

The University was established by the Commonwealth

Parliament in 1946 specifically to lead the development of the

intellectual capacity of the nation through research and research

training in line with the best international standards. It is the

only Australian university established by a Commonwealth Act

of Parliament. In 1960, the University accepted responsibility

for undergraduate education along with an expectation that the

highest standards of education would be achieved.

Scale

The University has 4,300 staff, 10,286 undergraduates and

6,925 postgraduate students. Its annual revenue exceeds $1.0

billion and consolidated assets are worth $2.5 billion

Partnerships

The University has strong links with leading research institutions

in Australia and overseas. It is a founding member of the

International Alliance of Research Universities, a co-operative

network of 10 eminent international research-intensive

universities which includes:

> University of Cambridge

> University of Oxford

> University of California, Berkeley

> Yale University

> Peking University

> National University of Singapore

> University of Tokyo

> University of Copenhagen

> ETH Zurich

Research-intensive education

As the specially-chartered national university, the University

conducts research at the highest levels in all of its colleges, and

offers a unique research-led education to undergraduate and

postgraduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows.

The University advances the national intellectual and creative

capacity in three key ways:

1. Through broad-based research and research-intensive

education in the disciplines fundamental to all knowledge:

the humanities, the sciences and the social sciences,

2. By supporting research and research-intensive education in

a spectrum of professional disciplines, and

3. By studying Australia in its various contexts.

It is the aim of the University to achieve its objectives by creating

an inspirational working environment for all its staff,students

and visitors.

In each of its endeavours, the University strives to achieve at the

levels of the world’s great universities.

Location

The University campus has over 200 buildings and occupies

145 hectares adjacent to the city centre of Canberra. The

University also has a number of smaller campuses:

> Mount Stromlo Observatory (west of Canberra)

> Siding Spring Observatory (near Coonabarabran, western

New South Wales)

> North Australia Research Unit (Darwin, Northern Territory)

> Kioloa (coastal campus near Bawley Point, on the New

South Wales South Coast)

> ANU Medical School – The Canberra Hospital campus

> ANU Medical School – Calvary Hospital

> Health Facilities in South East New South Wales


U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E S

ANU has seven colleges, each made up of the research and education

schools and centres that contribute to the various broad disciplines.

The ANU Colleges link research and teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree levels. They undertake world-class

research, and provide education programs at the highest standards. The University recognises the need to strengthen strategic

planning, align administrative support with these plans and ensure consistency of policy and procedure. The aim of the college

structure is to promote and formalise cooperation among the different contributors to disciplines in ANU and to remove barriers in

their path.

anu.edu.au/admin/ANUColleges/index.php

ANU College of Asia & the Pacific

The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP) hosts the largest

assembly of scholars dedicated to working on Asia and the

Pacific in the English-speaking world. Organisationally the College

comprises three large Schools - the School of Culture, History

and Language (CHL); the School of International, Political and

Strategic Studies (IPS); and the Crawford School of Public Policy

- and two Research Centres: the Regulatory Institutions Network

(RegNet) and the Australian Centre on China in the World.

» asiapacific.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is the

research and education college for the broad disciplines of the

creative arts, humanities and the social sciences. The College

has two research schools and an Institute – a Research School

of Social Sciences; a Research School of Humanities and the

Arts; and the Australian Demographic and Social Research

Institute – that cover the main disciplines to deliver leading

research and degree programs.

» cass.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Science

The College consists of the Research Schools of Physics

and Engineering, Earth Sciences, Chemistry, Astronomy

and Astrophysics, and Biology, plus the Fenner School of

Environment and Society, the Mathematical Sciences Institute,

and the Australian Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

Academic staff within the ANU College of Science undertake

world leading research and deliver research-led education

on issues of global importance, supported by extensive

international networks and world class facilities.

» cos.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Business & Economics

The ANU College of Business and Economics (CBE) seeks to

advance knowledge through high quality teaching and research

in the closely related areas of accounting, actuarial studies,

business information systems, econometrics, economic history,

economics, finance, international business, management,

marketing and statistics. It endeavours to do this through the

provision of a range of undergraduate and graduate programs,

and through its research, publications and contributions to the

associated professions, commerce, industry and government.

» cbe.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Engineering &

Computer Science

The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science

(CECS) comprises the Research School of Engineering and the

Research School of Computer Science. It offers undergraduate

degrees in engineering, information technology and computer

science along with masters and doctoral postgraduate

programs. The College undertakes basic and applied research

in information and communications technologies, materials and

manufacturing, formal methods and logic, machine learning and

vision, robotics and energy systems.

» cecs.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Law

The ANU College of Law (CoL) is Australia’s national law school,

committed to legal education and research at the highest level,

and to striving for continuous improvement in the law for the

benefit of national and international communities. The College

offers LLB and LLB (Graduate) degrees, a Graduate Diploma in

Legal Practice through the Legal Workshop, and postgraduate

research and coursework degrees.

» law.anu.edu.au

ANU College of Health & Medicine

The ANU College of Health and Medicine comprises the ANU

Medical School, the John Curtin School of Medical Research,

the Research School of Psychology and the Research School

of Population Health. These schools work together to deliver

world-class research and education across the spectrum of

medicine and health-related fields, working in partnership with

the health sector at local, national and international levels.

» chm.anu.edu.au


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R E S E A R C H A N D I N N O V A T I O N P O R T F O L I O

About the Portfolio

The Research & Innovation Portfolio facilitates and enables

a culture of research excellence and collegiality to ensure

ANU grows its reputation for world-class research, translation

and impact. The portfolio achieves this by coordinating

and supporting university-wide initiatives and priorities in

collaboration with Colleges, to deliver on our potential as

the national University. The portfolio also drives University

policy and governance of all research, research training and

innovation matters.

Our core business is strategic, complex and at-scale projects

and partnerships which will have the greatest impact on the

University’s excellence research and innovation. Our key

activities are delivered by units including the Research Services

Division, Strategic Partnerships and Projects, Technology

Transfer Office and Research Skills and Training.

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research

and Innovaiton)

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) reports

to the Provost and is a member of the University Executive. The

DVC (Research and Innovation) provides leadership across the

University on the quality of research conducted at the ANU. The

DVC (Research and Innovation) is responsible for developing

and executing education strategy in collaboration with other

members of the University Executive, College Heads and

Division Directors.

The DVC (Research and Innovation) will work with members of

the University Executive, Colleges and Divisions to achieve the

University’s mission and strategic directions. The role requires

co-operative and constructive relationships with College

Executives, key university committees, senior academic and

professional staff across the University, and with a wide range

of external stakeholders to ensure that high-quality strategic

initiatives that enhance research outcomes are developed and

successfully implemented.


R E S E A R C H A N D I N N O V A T I O N P O R T F O L I O O R G A N I S A T I O N A L S T R U C T U R E


R O L E S T A T E M E N T

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) is responsible

to the Provost for developing research initiatives in partnership with

College Heads that define and enhance the University’s research The

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) will:

> Provide leadership and oversight for the University’s

research strategies, activities and quality in a way that

achieves the University’s strategic goals.

> Provide leadership and oversight for the University’s

strategies on commercialisation, intellectual property

management, development funding, industry engagement,

international commercial.

> In collaboration with College Heads, senior researchers and

University committees ensure that ANU develops, attracts

and retains outstanding researchers and research facilities

within an innovative research environment.

> Provide leadership and oversight of the University’s

engagement with ERA and other Government initiatives.

> Ensure ANU is widely seen as the natural home for national

research facilities, and devise and implement research

infrastructure strategies that ensure appropriate acquisition

and resourcing of major facilities.

> Take a leading role in influencing the external policy

environment, and shaping strategies that underpin ANU

responses to that external environment.

> Provide strategic recommendations to the Provost on

research issues.

> Actively search for opportunities to broaden the funding

base to support the quality and depth of research.

> In collaboration with the Dean, HDR ensure that higher

degree research students receive programs of the

highest quality.

> Ensure effective policy engagement and implementation

in university research committees and other appropriate

venues across the University, including strategies for quality

and standards.

> Develop research integrity strategies that maintain

the highest ethical standards and meet internal and

external requirements.

> Provide leadership and oversight for academic promotions,

including policy leadership that supports high quality

promotions outcomes.

> Represent ANU with research partners nationally

and internationally, with governments and other

major institutions.

> Represent ANU on Universities Australia (UA), The Group of

Eight (Go8) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) groups and

other such groups.

> Undertake and contribute to other University initiatives,

participate in University or external committees, or other

specific tasks as assigned by the Provost.


S E L E C T I O N C R I T E R I A

1. Demonstrated ability to contribute to, and advance the strategic direction of the

University. In particular the ability to lead the research agenda within the context of the

strategic imperatives of the University.

2. A broad understanding of the key current issues, challenges and opportunities for

Australian universities and research institutions. The ability to analyse developments

and translate this analysis into policy and outcomes.

3. An understanding of, and commitment to, research and researchers.

4. Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external

stakeholders and successfully build networks and promote and represent the

University in discussions with business, industry and government.

5. Demonstrated ability to respond strategically to the diversification of research funding

and to lead initiatives to attract funds from outside the University.

6. Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and lead a

team and to work effectively as a member of the Senior Executive Group.

7. Demonstrated achievement in incorporating equal opportunity principles and the

capacity to take responsibility for achievement of equity and diversity in the pursuit

of excellence.


H O W T O A P P LY

Australian National University has engaged the executive search firm

Odgers Berndtson to assist with this appointment.

Odgers Berndtson will support the Provost and the selection

committee to identify the widest possible field of qualified candidates

and to assist in the assessment of candidates against the

requirements for the role.

To submit an application for this

role please provide the following

information in Microsoft Word format:

> A candidate statement which outlines your vision for the

role and an overview of your experience and skills as it

relates to the selection criteria. This should be no more than

six pages.

> A detailed CV.

> Three referees including their email and phone contact

details. Referees will only be contacted after prior

consultation with the candidate. It is the candidate’s

responsibility to ensure referees are willing to provide reports

when contacted.

> An indication of the earliest date on which you could

commence in the position.

ANU reserves the right to appoint by invitation. On behalf of

the University and as part of the application and appointment

process, candidates may be requested to provide proof of their

identity and citizenship, undergo psychometric testing and give

permission for verification of their tertiary qualifications and a

police background check.

To understand more about ANU and this

opportunity connect to this microsite.

Anticipated Timeframes

> Applications close: Monday, 18 June 2018

> Shortlisting of candidates: By Friday 20 July 2018

> Interviews: Early w/c 30 July 2018 (in Canberra)

> References and Negotiations: After the University interviews

For a confidential discussion regarding this role

and the application process please contact:

Julie Steiner

Global Head of the Education Practices

Odgers Berndtson Executive Search

E: [email protected]

T: +61 2 8905 3711


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W H Y C H O O S E C A N B E R R A ?

Canberra has the power to surprise, with its abundance of food, wine,

art, culture, ideas and innovation. As an evolving city, this element of

surprise continues even once you’ve made Canberra your home, with

new developments, events and opportunities constantly emerging to

keep life interesting.

About Canberra

Canberra is also a planned city – designed to maximise

opportunities for work and play. As our Nation’s Capital, big

ideas emerge, circulate and grow here, thanks to unique links

between leading thinkers in business, government, education

and research. Our dynamic economy, highly educated

workforce and an innovative business culture provide career

and business opportunities unique to Canberra.

Our healthy appetite for outdoor pursuits is enhanced by the

natural resources available: from sailing on Lake Burley Griffin,

mountain biking at the world class Mount Stromlo facility or

heading up to the Snowy Mountains for a day on the slopes.

We are also home to most of Australia’s major national cultural

institutions, with whom the University has a close relationship,

and a cultural calendar overflowing with international exhibitions,

arts festivals and entertainment.

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W H Y C H O O S E C A N B E R R A ?

Canberra is designed to maximise the quality of life, built on a

blueprint that connects people with community and nature, Canberra

provides you the opportunity to create a unique work/life balance,

wherever you choose to live.

Where to Live

The architects who designed Canberra, Walter and Marion

Burley Griffin, had a master plan to create a series of ‘satellite

cities’ separated by nature reserves and connected with major

roads. Today their vision lives on, with Canberra divided into

seven distinct regions of residential suburbs, each serviced by a

central business district.

The resulting benefits are that commuting times are short.

Employment hubs are virtually on your doorstep and

recreational facilities are within walking distance, regardless of

where you live.

Find information on each district and the suburbs contained

within them through the ‘Explore Canberra’ map.

Education and Childcare

Canberra nurtures the pursuit of dreams from the ground up.

Here families are provided with the supportive services, facilities

and environments to raise happy, inspired and resilient children.

Community is crucial for the support of families and Canberra

has a number of ways to connect families with each other

through playgroups, family events and activities.

Find out more about Canberra’s excellent childcare, preschool

and school system here

Information on this page taken from: http://www.canberrayourfuture.com.au

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