Research Professor: Wood Science & Technology and Director: Forestry Centre of Excellence (Level ERP)

• Based in UniSA STEM at the Mount Gambier campus
• Full-time, five (5) year fixed term contract
• Starting salary: $204,128 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role

Reporting to the Dean of Research, you will be a leading and internationally recognised expert, who will lead the new Forestry Centre of Excellence (FCoE) in Mount Gambier, to advance innovative research on wood resources and wood-based products, with a focus on interdisciplinary collaborations within the University, with national and international research institutions, and industry. You will exemplify the highest level of performance and leadership and will continue to make distinguished, internationally recognised contributions to research.
About UniSA STEM

UniSA STEM  links engineering, mathematics, science, defence and cybersecurity, environmental science, aviation, information technology, construction and project management, harnessing the connections across disciplines to bring big ideas to fruition. Our researchers are solution focused and collaborative to deliver technical expertise and advice to industry, government and community groups to make commercially viable and sustainable impacts. We integrate research into our teaching, with students working alongside researchers in first-class facilities, what’s discovered one day is taught the next. Our graduates are entrepreneurs and trailblazers, who design and build the world they want to live in. UniSA STEM also incorporates leading edge research organisations; the Future Industries Institute, the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments and the Centre for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

About UniSA

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Essential Skills and Experience

• A PhD with an outstanding international record of research achievement in Wood Science and Technology 
• Demonstrated success at creating and leading a high-performing, inter-disciplinary and productive research, or industry teams
• Significant collaboration with national and international stakeholders coupled with demonstrated development of partnerships between academia, industry, government, the community, and the profession
• Sustained levels of diversified research and development income from nationally and internationally competitive funding schemes 
• Evidence of significant citation indices together with a solid record as a principal supervisor of successful HDR student completions
• Ability to teach courses at university level, including general wood science and wood quality, wood technology, wood industrial manufacturing, wood-based materials, and engineered wood products

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as: 

• Access to great personal development opportunities 
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17% 
• Staff study support 
• Relocation allowance and support 
• Various on-site services available at our campuses which may include on-site gym membership 

As a University of Enterprise, we offer a dynamic and agile workplace culture, one that embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Our staff are creative and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. We embrace diversity and inclusion in a vibrant, engaging environment. Our people are authentic, resilient, and influential, and we deliver results. 

Start Your Unstoppable Career

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA . Applicants are required to upload a cover letter and resume only.
Please address your cover letter to Georgie Hart, Senior Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected] using job reference number 5943.

Applications close: 11:30pm Thursday 18 April 2024

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