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Executive Director, Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH) Job at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia [1]

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Date: 2022-08 

Posted 24 August, 2022

Deakin University is undertaking a comprehensive search for the inaugural Executive Director of the Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH), part of Australia’s Trailblazer Universities Program. Ranked in the global top 300 universities (QS 2023 and THE 2022), Deakin aspires to be Australia's most progressive and responsive university, intimately connected to the varied communities it serves through innovation and excellence in education and research, while enhancing its global impact. In keeping with its strategy Deakin 2030: Ideas to Impact, Deakin prides itself on fundamental research strongly connected to the innovative translation of our ideas into new services, products, policies and capabilities.

REACH and Trailblazer are a collaborative research endeavour on an unprecedented scale, offering the exciting opportunity to engender profound change not just in the way Deakin interacts with industry and government, but in its culture of research innovation, translation and commercialisation. REACH is seeking to enable and accelerate research commercialisation and programs to support upscaled advanced manufacturing in recycling and clean energy technologies. The Executive Director will provide strategic and operational leadership to help realise the vision of REACH, establishing its operations and processes and then delivering on the Trailblazer milestones while liaising between internal and external stakeholders such as partner companies, universities, TAFE and CSIRO. The person will drive effectiveness in research excellence and innovation translation to deliver real-world impacts in the circular economy.

Reporting to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the REACH Governing Board with reference to REACH’s Charter and Governance Rules, the Executive Director will be an experienced operational leader who brings commercial acumen, a passion for research and an understanding of university processes and culture. Leading the REACH business Unit the role has responsibility for the $380 million program over 4 years and will be pivotal in working within Deakin and with partners to deliver the program objectives including cultural change and the creation of an Australian exemplar for successful translation of research to commercialisation. Ideally they will have experience of navigating academia, business, industry, government, and communities to advance genuine innovation and impact.

If you wish to discuss this role further in confidence, please contact Zoe Hinton on 61 2 8075 4531 or via email [email protected].

The deadline for applications is Thursday 1st September COB.

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