National Laboratory Manager

Just like our students, our employees are a diverse group who want to make an impact. When you join us, we give you the freedom to be bold, creative and courageous – with flexible working arrangements that allow you to bring your best. We’ve built a culture that celebrates community, collaboration and innovation, where people love what they do._._

What’s the job?

The National Laboratory Manager provides operational leadership of all specialist teaching laboratories across the Health and Education faculty nationally. The role is responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality support for academic programs and student learning outcomes through the management of laboratory staff, resources, and compliance obligations.

Reporting to the Academic Director – Health and Education, this position leads a national team of Laboratory Coordinators, Laboratory Technicians, and Laboratory Assistants. The National Laboratory Manager leads process review and improvement, national alignment of laboratory operations, equipment specification for meeting curriculum delivery needs, lab workforce capability and development, driving innovation and efficiency in lab environments and upholding safety and accreditation standards.

Day-to-day accountabilities:

• Lead the delivery of a consistent, compliant, and student-ready laboratory service nationally across all health programs and campuses.
• Develop and implement a national laboratory operations framework and ensure all labs nationally meet academic, WHS, and industry-specific requirements.
• Provide laboratory related support for practical teaching, simulation, and assessments, resource allocation, and coordination across teams.
• Collaborate with academic staff to ensure lab environments are aligned to curriculum requirements and support student learning outcomes.
• Oversee budget use, procurement, and asset lifecycle management across all lab locations.
• Manage lab-related external vendor, supplier and partner relationships to ensure market competitive pricing and service requirements are met

Leadership Accountabilities:

• Recruit, develop and manage a high-performing national team of laboratory professionals whose main priorities are accountability, efficiency, accuracy and service to the faculty staff and students
• Build workforce plans, succession pipelines and professional growth opportunities across laboratory staff roles.
• Lead a team who build collaborative relationships across all areas of the business, actively modelling and facilitating learning and development within the team

In addition:

• Act in line with Torrens Global Education (TGE)’s Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures, and any relevant external legislative requirements
• Maintain appropriate conduct at all times including acting in line with TGE’s Success Behaviours
• Maintain TEQSA/ASQA standards
• Maintain Standards for RTOs 2015 and the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021

To read more about the role please click here to view job description.

This is a permanent full-time contract located in Surry Hills, Sydney Campus.

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory Technology, Nursing, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification in leadership, WHS, education, or a Health-related discipline (desirable).
• Working with Children Check (WWCC) required.
• 5 years experience in a health, clinical, or science laboratory environment, ideally with exposure to education and simulation delivery
• Demonstrated leadership experience, preferably in a multi-location or national context
• Strong understanding of higher education and vocational training environments, including curriculum-led lab support.
• Experience managing technical teams, budgets, inventory and stakeholder relationships

Why join us?

Bold, modern and agile, we’re Australia’s fastest-growing university, going from 164 students in 2014 to 40,000+ alumni across 115+ countries and 2000+ staff today. In 2020, Australian Financial Review named us one of the country’s most innovative companies. As we continue to establish ourselves as a truly global university, we never lose sight of our student-centric approach. Supported by teams of passionate people, you’ll find endless opportunities for professional development and career progression.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions.

What we offer:

We support your personal passions, development and wellbeing, to make your working life a more rewarding experience. At

Torrens University Australia, you’ll benefit from:  

• Study free in a course/degree related to your position  
• B Corp certified university – values driven, and purpose led
• Access to internal opportunities - Be supported to learn, grow and move across the organisation     

Hiring process

We aim to provide you with the information you need at each stage of this process to help you present your best self. If you have any accessibility requirements, please contact your recruiter at maur.bell@torrens.edu.au for confidential support. We are committed to ensuring an equitable, barrier-free application process and have a Reasonable Adjustment Procedure in place to support you throughout the recruitment process.

To learn more about what makes Torrens University Australia a great place to work, visit https://www.torrens.edu.au/blog.

We’d love to hear from you.

Applications close: 26th April 2026

Job reference: R29812

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at yourcareer@torrens.edu.au