[Corpora-List] Recruiting: Lab Director - Information Engineering, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia

Fri Jan 25 02:50:09 UTC 2008

Job Profile 

Reference Number:	 2007/1257	 

Position Title:	 Research Director - Information Engineering	 

Division:	 CSIRO ICT Centre	 

Location:	 Canberra, ACT , Australia 
	Salary Range: A competitive salary package of $180K + may be
negotiated	 

Tenure:	 Indefinite with appointment to the role of Research Director
for an initial period of 5 years	 

Applicants:	 International Applicants Welcome	 

Relocation Assistance:	 May be offered to the successful applicant. 

Applications Close:	 18 Feb 2008	 

Job Category:  	 Management/Executive; Scientific Research

See the Web for details on the selection criteria: 
https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2007%2F1257
<https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2007%2F1257> 
he CSIRO ICT Centre is building a role for Australia as a global ICT
innovator by delivering leading-edge Information and Communication
Technology solutions for industry and society. The Centre has over 250
researchers across Australia working on a wide range of ICT technologies
and application areas.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Director of international standing
to lead our Information Engineering Laboratory. The successful applicant
will have an established international research record in the
information or data research, including web services, data management,
privacy, natural language processing, user modelling or information
retrieval and demonstrated leadership of a significant research group.

The successful applicant to this rare opportunity will lead our
multi-disciplinary information engineering research laboratory with over
35 research scientists and software engineers. The current investment in
the laboratory is over $10M with a substantial amount of funding coming
from externally focused research projects. The successful applicant will
be appointed to an indefinite position within the CSIRO ICT Centre and
upon appointment, to the role of Research Director for a period of 5
years.

The role includes the maintenance and development of a range of national
and international relationships to ensure that the Centre's research
results deliver impact and that the technology is transferred to our
partners, industry and the community. This includes CSIRO Flagships
which are major research initiatives focused on national priorities.

The Information Engineering Laboratory is centred at our Canberra site
on the campus of the Australian National University with some staff also
located at our Macquarie University site (Sydney).

The laboratory has strength in information retrieval, information
delivery, user modelling, natural language generation, data management,
semantic integration, and web services.  These strengths are applied to
the government, public safety, environment and health sectors. The lab
works on very large scale problems in partnership with domain experts,
and other relevant science disciplines. We marry our strengths in our
science areas of search and retrieval, natural language technology and
data and web services, with expertise in networks, mathematics and
statistics, and deep analytics in a number of domain specific areas. For
example, we are involved in a project to manage Australia's water
resources by combining our skills in data with skills in hydrology and
statistics in a large multi year project as part of one of CSIRO
Flagship activities.

It is expected that the Research Director will shape and define the
research program and associated priorities within the Laboratory.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Position Description	  	 

1. Leadership, management and conduct of research

*	Provide strong leadership contributing to the development of a
high quality research ethos and ensuring that CSIRO establishes and
maintains its international reputation in this area.  
*	Develop partnerships with key stakeholders, including other
CSIRO divisions and CSIRO Flagships.   
*	Ensure timely, professional delivery of research through
focussed project teams. 
*	Ensure the timely, accountable and focused delivery of benefit
to government, industry and society through the application research. 
*	Identify new areas of research in response to strategic
opportunities and stakeholder priorities. 
*	Facilitate uptake, commercialisation or innovation by the
industries and communities which the CSIRO ICT Centre serves. 
*	Oversee the Annual Performance Agreement process for the
Research Laboratory. 
*	Ensure that research is conducted in a manner which is
considerate of occupational, health, safety and environmental concerns.

2. Planning and resource management

*	Plan and allocate the resources required for the project
portfolio with a 3 year strategic plan, a rolling 12 month annual plan,
and undertake annual reviews. 
*	Manage the resources to ensure effective and efficient use and
compliance with corporate policies. This includes redistributing
resources, if required, in order to respond to the environment.

3. Business development

*	Participate in the formulation and implementation of the ICT
Centre business development and commercialisation strategies for
technologies and target opportunities in conjunction with Business
Development and Commercialisation (BD&C) staff. 
*	Support the goals of the BD & C Plan of the ICT Centre. 
*	In coordination with the BD&C team, establish and maintain
effective relationships with key clients, to ensure accurate assessment
of the client's needs and the effective delivery of research results. 
*	Assist in the development of new areas of business in response
to research opportunities and stakeholder requirements.

4. Communication

*	Contribute to communicating research and business capacity and
achievements, to both internal and external audiences, with particular
regard to the Autonomous Systems research achievements. 
*	Establish and maintain project-related links and communication
processes with other research leaders and staff as necessary.

5. Management and Corporate responsibility

*	Be a member of the ICT Centre senior management team responsible
for overall planning and management of the entire resources of the
Centre. 
*	Provide support to the Director and Deputy Director in liaising
with Corporate CSIRO in the strategic priority areas of our technology
base and research (including Priority-Driven Research, Flagship Programs
and Emerging Science Areas).

6. Other

*	In addition to the above key responsibilities, the Research
Director will be required, from time to time,  contribute to the
development of the policies and procedures of the ICT Centre and also
support the Director and Deputy Director in other duties as required. 

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Andrew Lampert
Research Engineer
Information Engineering Laboratory
CSIRO ICT Centre
<http://www.ict.csiro.au/staff/Andrew.Lampert/>

Post: Locked Bag 17, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
Office: Building E6B, Macquarie University, North Ryde, 2113
Tel: +61 2 9325 3129, Fax: +61 2 9325 3200

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