Program Manager
Program Manager
- Fixed Term, Full-time (0.7 -1.0 FTE) Contract until 30/04/2027
- Generous leave provisions including 6 weeks annual leave.
- Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free.
Are you passionate about supporting children and their families, working with community, and building your research skills through meaningful health research?
If this sounds like you, join our team to help make a difference!
The Child and Maternal Health Ear Health Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment Program needs a Program Manager to initiate and work across clinical trials and laboratory-based research projects involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families with a focus on ear health and other early life bacterial illness prevention and treatment.
The Role:
Some of the key duties of this role include:
- Project initiation activities (including governance and agreements), multi-site coordination, staff supervision and training.
- Participant recruitment, follow-up visits in communities, clinical data, and specimen collection, conducting culturally sensitive clinical assessments.
- Project coordination with the Laboratory Team of the Child and Maternal Health Division.
This position is based in Darwin and includes travel to remote communities by light aircraft or 4WD for participant recruitment, for up to three (3) days per trip and up to two (2) trips per month.
Please see a full list of primary responsibilities and selection criteria in the Position Description.
About you:
As a motivated and community-focused health professional, you will have a strong interest in contributing to health research and improving outcomes for children. You may or may not have previous research experience and will be supported to build your skills. You will also have:
- Postgraduate qualifications and experience.
- Demonstrated experience working with patients, clients, research participants or community members.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Aboriginal people and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary research team.
Why Menzies:
Menzies is a national leader in research and education and works to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and populations across our region. As a leader in global and tropical research into life-threatening illnesses, Menzies continues to translate its research knowledge through genuine and effective partnerships with communities across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
The Benefits:
- Base salary $114,014 to $124,170 per annum, pro-rata (total remuneration package including superannuation $140,169 to $151,747 per annum, pro-rata).
- Generous leave provisions including 6 weeks annual leave.
- Salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum and $2,650 meal and entertainment card tax-free.
- Option to increase superannuation to 14%.
Menzies is committed to diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their applications, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.
If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact:
Dr Jemima Beissbarth
Senior Research Fellow
Child and Maternal Health Division
Email: jemima.beissbarth@menzies.edu.au
To obtain the Position Description, please visit:
· Our Website: http://careers.menzies.edu.au; or
· Email Human Resources at humanresources@menzies.edu.au
To Apply:
Please click on the ‘Apply’ button to submit your application.
Applicants are required to provide the following supporting documents:
- A cover letter with responses addressing the selection criteria in the Position Description, which must be no more than two (2) pages; and
- A current resume and two (2) recent professional referees.
Closing date: Sunday, 1st March 2026