Jobs at University of Sydney

Leads culturally safe First Nations engagement across university infrastructure projects, capital works, precinct planning, and estate operations. Provides strategic advice to senior leaders and project teams, coordinates advisory panel governance, manages engagement risks, embeds Country-centred approaches, supports compliance, and builds organizational capability. The role requires strong community connections, trusted relationships with Traditional Owners and Elders, governance experience, complex issue management, and excellent written and verbal communication.

Design, develop, deliver, and maintain compliance and capability training for university staff. The role applies adult learning principles, creates e-learning content, conducts hybrid sessions, advises stakeholders, evaluates training effectiveness, analyzes trends, and incorporates educational technology and AI. It also requires stakeholder engagement, project management, change methodology exposure, and knowledge of contemporary HR practices.

Conduct advanced research in microwave circuits, antennas, electromagnetic modelling, additive and 4D printing, and CubeSat antenna systems. Design, simulate, fabricate, characterise, integrate, and experimentally validate reconfigurable and shape-morphing antenna technologies. Collaborate with academic and industry partners, mentor research students, contribute to publications and technical reports, support project milestones, and maintain laboratory and workplace health and safety requirements.

Conduct applied research developing electrochemical reactors and sustainable chemical production and energy-conversion technologies. Design and assemble cells, test electrolysers and fuel cells, develop process configurations, create engineering drawings, analyze performance and durability, support scale-up, and integrate experimental systems. The role also involves technical documentation, publications, collaboration, student mentoring, risk assessment, and safe laboratory practices.

Research Assistant role with limited details provided. Applicants are directed to review the full position description. Applications have no stated closing date.

Leads the University of Sydney’s five-year Digital Sydney transformation portfolio, shaping digital strategy and overseeing enterprise-wide initiatives across technology, people, process, and data. The role manages program prioritisation, budgets, dependencies, stakeholder alignment, technology adoption, innovation, and strategic decision-making while mentoring the core team and influencing senior leaders across the university.

Leads operational management of a veterinary teaching hospital and contributes to hospital strategy, business planning, service delivery, and continuous improvement. Oversees support staff, workplace health and safety, risk management, resource allocation, facilities, infrastructure upgrades, equipment projects, and external engagement. The role supports clinical services, veterinary student teaching, research, and business activities during a fixed-term parental leave cover appointment.

Leads the University’s Digital Engagement function within the ICT Leadership Team. Responsibilities include developing ICT and digital engagement strategies, aligning client technology strategies with roadmaps, managing budgets and resources, overseeing ICT partnerships, reporting on delivery, leading engagement staff, and driving continuous improvement. The role requires extensive ICT leadership, strategic planning, technology roadmap development, program and portfolio management, and experience managing complex budgets in a university or similarly complex environment.

Develop and maintain advanced geoscience modelling software for the EarthLab whole-Earth system modelling framework. Integrate geodynamic, climate, landscape evolution and related Earth-system models; collaborate with researchers and BHP exploration teams; maintain community research tools; contribute to scientific publications and innovation; and support students, researchers and postdoctoral staff with modelling workflows and code development.

Supports a multiple sclerosis neuroimaging study through MRI data processing, preprocessing pipeline execution, image registration, quality control, Python and shell scripting, longitudinal dataset management, and research coordination. The role also involves stakeholder collaboration, study administration, documentation, ethics and governance records, reporting, and compliance activities within a multidisciplinary research team.

Lead the School of Social and Political Sciences, overseeing academic teaching, research, student experience, accreditation, finances, staffing, workplace culture, and strategic performance. Build internal and external partnerships, strengthen the School’s reputation, support research funding and industry collaboration, and contribute to Faculty and University leadership goals. The role includes formal financial and people-management responsibilities and requires effective decision-making across a complex higher-education environment.

Secures philanthropic investment for the University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences by identifying and engaging high-net-worth donor prospects, aligning their interests with strategic priorities, building donor pipelines, and soliciting gifts of $100,000 or more. The role requires strong relationship-building, communication, emotional intelligence, confidentiality, and a proactive, results-oriented approach.

Lead the University’s research analytics strategy and specialist team, delivering trusted insights for research performance, investment, rankings, benchmarking, and institutional decision-making. Partner with senior academic and professional leaders, oversee reporting and external assessments, advance predictive analytics, visualization, and self-service capabilities, and establish strong data governance, quality, security, and compliance frameworks. Monitor research policy and funding trends while building organizational capability and fostering continuous improvement.

Leads strategic planning, coordination, delivery, and stakeholder engagement for a portfolio of alumni, supporter, community, cultivation, stewardship, and large-scale events. The role primarily manages the Community Festival while advising on and contributing to additional event initiatives throughout the year. Responsibilities require strong project administration, communication, organisation, prioritisation, problem-solving, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

Conduct interdisciplinary research on harmful child and adolescent sexual behaviours in digital and offline contexts. The Fellow will collect and analyse data, develop an independent research program, publish findings, engage academic, government and community stakeholders, contribute to research impact and knowledge exchange, and teach law-related courses for six months. The role requires a PhD and empirical research experience, with focus areas including children’s rights, digital harms, sexual violence, justice and child protection.

Provide high-quality executive and administrative support to the ICT Senior Leadership Team, managing diaries, meetings, travel and events, handling confidential communications, ensuring compliance with university procedures, supporting governance and continuous improvement initiatives, and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Provides strategic, governance, policy, financial planning, risk, compliance, reporting and executive support to Indigenous Strategy and Services leadership at a university. The role coordinates portfolio initiatives, prepares executive and committee materials, monitors strategic priorities and operational plans, and builds partnerships across faculties and internal stakeholders. It requires understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, higher education or government governance, organisational planning and senior stakeholder engagement.

Develop production-ready mechanical and electronic systems for autonomous underwater vehicles. Responsibilities include vehicle design, component development, system integration, testing, debugging, technical documentation, manufacturing and maintenance support, and planning field deployments and validation trials. The role collaborates with researchers, engineers, and stakeholders to improve vehicle performance, reliability, compliance, safety, and production processes for marine robotics applications.

Develop and lead software for autonomous marine robotic systems, including communication, command and control interfaces, mission planning, navigation, sensor fusion, data processing, visualization, and cloud-based mission analysis. Responsibilities include system architecture, testing, debugging, deployment, documentation, and compliance support. The role collaborates with researchers, engineers, and stakeholders and requires field support during real-world AUV trials across Australia.

Supports learning innovation and digital learning projects through administration, stakeholder communications, milestone tracking, procurement, invoice and financial record management, supplier contract coordination, and project reporting. The role also assists with designing, developing, and quality-assuring online learning materials in the university’s learning management system while maintaining documentation and providing operational support to the Learning Innovation Office.