Last Updated on August 2, 2026 by admin
Australian National University Vacancies offer world-class PhD and Postdoc roles in Canberra. Join Australia’s top-ranked research institution and impact global policy.
The Australian National University (ANU) in Australia is unique in its legislative mandate to support national unity and provide research excellence of global significance. Consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading universities, ANU is a member of the Group of Eight (Go8) and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). Its proximity to the Australian Parliament and national institutions offers researchers a distinctive advantage in translating academic work into national policy and international diplomacy.
Why Advance Your Career at ANU?
- Elite Compensation & Superannuation: ANU provides a highly competitive financial package designed to attract global talent:
- Unmatched Pension Benefits: Staff at ANU benefit from an industry-leading 17% employer superannuation contribution, ensuring long-term financial security.
- Specialized Research Facilities: From the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI)—home to Australia’s most powerful supercomputer—to the Siding Spring Observatory, ANU provides the infrastructure required for groundbreaking science.
Below is the regularly updated list of verified academic vacancies at ANU. These listings encompass opportunities within the College of Science, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, and the College of Health & Medicine.
Australian National University Vacancies
Research Software Analyst
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Join HASS Digital Research Hub as a Research Software Analyst, developing scalable digital research solutions through stakeholder engagement, software development, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Research Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 20 2026
- Level B
Research Fellow conducting quantitative social attitudes research and small-area modelling for Defence-funded demographic research project.
Senior Research Software Engineer
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Join the HASS Digital Research Hub as a Senior Research Software Engineer, delivering scalable research software and cross-disciplinary digital solutions.
Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 13 2026
- Level C
Lead a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health study, driving culturally respectful partnerships, research excellence, funding, supervision, reporting, and translation.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Academic
- Continuing (Contingent Funded)
- Closing on: Aug 23 2026
- Level A
Postdoctoral opportunity to advance Australia’s wheat blast preparedness through integrated genetics, phenotyping, breeding and international collaboration.
Technical Officer
- Professional
- Continuing (Contingent Funded)
- Closing on: Aug 13 2026
- ANU Officer 4/5
The Technical Officer is responsible for providing day‑to‑day husbandry and care of laboratory animals, undertaking skilled technical procedures to support cryopreservation services, and maintaining accurate and comprehensive activity records.
Purchasing and Asset Manager
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Lead ANU purchasing, stores and asset management, overseeing teams, suppliers and systems to deliver efficient operations across CoSM campuses.
International Stakeholder Coordinator
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 18 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Apply your reporting systems knowledge to support international student recruitment through agent contract management, compliance and performance reporting.
Senior Officer, Repository and Digital Scholarship
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Play a key role in advancing scholarly communications and supporting open access publishing within the Australian National University Library.
Director, Research Services
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 23 2026
- Senior Manager 5
The Australian National University is one of the world’s leading research universities, with excellence embedded in our approach to research and education, and a dedication to cultivating an outstanding and diverse student community that reflects our unique national mission.
WHS Consultant
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Experienced WHS professional providing practical, risk-based advice and support across laboratories, teaching, research and high-risk operations.
Change and Communication Lead
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- Senior Manager 1
Lead change and communications for one of most significant research technology transformations, and help shape a better digital experience for researchers and staff.
WHS Consultant
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 11 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Join our team as a WHS professional and make a difference through collaboration, problem-solving, and leadership.
Future Students Coordinator, International Channel Management
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 18 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Supports centralised international recruitment strategies, channel management, stakeholder engagement, and student conversion initiatives across programs.
Marketing Automation Specialist
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Coordinate prospect conversion marketing automation campaigns for the future student experience at ANU.
WHS Senior Officer (Psychosocial)
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Support psychosocial workplace safety through specialist WHS advice, risk management, and University-wide wellbeing initiatives.
Senior WHS Specialist – Hazardous Substance and Chemical Safety
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Lead the Australian National University’s (ANU) hazardous substance and chemical safety program, providing expert advice, governance and strategic WHS leadership.
Senior Finance Officer
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Manage a variety of critical projects within the CSS Finance at the Finance & Business Services with a dynamic team of professional and academic staff.
Systems Support Officer
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 3 2026
- ANU Officer 5
Ideal for someone who loves improving student experiences through reliable, well‑designed student systems and enjoys solving complex operational challenges.
Student Employability and Industry Engagement Officer
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 5
Become an integral member of the Career and Employability, Government and Law Hub. Coordinate internships and clinics, build industry relationships and prepare students to be effective professionals.
Student Hub Officer
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- ANU Officer 5
Contribute to a positive student experience by guiding students through university processes and helping them navigate through their ANU student journey.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- Level A
Contribute to advancing Implementation Science with a strong focus on chronic disease prevention and management, driving real world change by translating evidence into practice, strengthening health systems, and improving outcomes for communities.
Deputy Manager, Sponsored Students
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 16 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Join the Sponsored Students Team, responsible for delivering high-quality student engagement, support, and compliance services to meet the needs of sponsored students.
Officer, Library Acquisitions
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- ANU Officer 5
The University Library is seeking applications from enthusiastic team players with a commitment to Library technical services to work within the Collection Access and Discovery team.
Scientific Programmer
- Professional
- Continuing (Contingent Funded)
- Closing on: Aug 13 2026
- ANU Officer 7
The successful candidate will provide support for computing systems in the Geophysics area of RSES and provide advice to researchers and students developing mathematical and computational techniques and collecting and analysing geophysical data.
Senior System Administrator
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 6 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Senior System Administrator driving Windows platform management, migrations, automation, security, and enterprise infrastructure improvements.
Senior WHS Consultant – (Data, Systems and Assurance Project Lead)
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 5 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Experienced project leader to enhance WHS data, systems, reporting and assurance, driving compliance and continuous improvement across the University.
Work Health and Safety Consultant
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
WHS Consultant supporting the University’s safety and wellbeing objectives through expert advice, compliance, risk management, training, and incident support.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- Level A
Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to advance responsible statistical learning research through innovative methods, machine learning, and data science.
Senior Consultant, Indigenous Talent
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Lead Indigenous talent initiatives, strengthening recruitment, employment pipelines, and retention to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment outcomes.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- Level A
Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to advance responsible statistical learning research through innovative methods, machine learning, and data science.
Senior Consultant, Indigenous Talent
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 17 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Lead Indigenous talent initiatives, strengthening recruitment, employment pipelines, and retention to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment outcomes.
Deputy Manager, Research Services
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 3 2026
- ANU Officer 8
Lead a team of research management professionals, providing high-level advice, guidance and support in the design, development, and implementation of research management practice.
Senior Project Officer, People and Culture
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 3 2026
- ANU Officer 8
People and Culture Division is seeking someone to lead workplace projects, coordinating governance, process improvements, information management, and business practice initiatives across the University.
Technical Officer
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 10 2026
- ANU Officer 4/5
The Technical Officer will work closely with the Manager and Senior Technical Officer, performing research and clinical testing in the laboratory.
Senior Project Manager (DSS)
- Professional
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 10 2026
- Senior Manager 1
Senior Project Manager leading ITS projects, engaging stakeholders to deliver strategic outcomes on time, budget, and quality.
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- Level B
Join our experimental research program based at the Australian Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, as part of the ANU Nuclear Structure Group
Postdoctoral/Research Fellow
- Academic
- Continuing (Contingent Funded)
- Closing on: Aug 12 2026
- Level A
Undertake world-leading experimental research in nuclear reactions at the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications.
Education Liaison
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 5 2026
- ANU Officer 6/7
Provide specialist student administration, academic advice, compliance support, and College liaison to enhance the student experience.
Deputy Manager, Student Mobility
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 5 2026
- ANU Officer 8
An exciting opportunity to join the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and support the development of student mobility opportunities, especially focused on the Asia-Pacific region.
Lecturer in Business Law
- Academic
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 24 2026
- Level B
Delivers business law teaching, conducts high-quality research, supervises students, and contributes to School governance and service.
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
- Academic
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- Level B
The ANU Crawford School of Public Policy is recruiting our next generation of policy academics to help us shape the future.
Course and Events Administrator
- Professional
- Continuing (Contingent Funded)
- Closing on: Aug 4 2026
- ANU Officer 5
Supports National Security College courses and events through administration, coordination, stakeholder engagement, and high-quality professional services.
Assistant Facilities Manager
- Professional
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 5 2026
- ANU Officer 6
Delivers campus facilities support, stakeholder engagement, and service coordination to ensure effective property management and operations.
Director, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI)
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 9 2026
- Level E1
The Australian National University (ANU) is seeking to appoint an outstanding Director, National Computational Infrastructure (NCI).
Senior Lecturer
- Academic
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 6 2026
- Level C
Lead a high-impact research program focused on how and where critical mineral systems form, how they are preserved, and how they can be understood and developed responsibly.
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer
- Academic
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 6 2026
- Level C
Develop a research program focused on the fundamental processes that control critical metal behaviour, mobility, concentration and preservation in Earth materials.
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer
- Academic
- Continuing
- Closing on: Aug 18 2026
- Level B
Support delivery of core courses, honours supervision, and research outputs aligned with the School’s strategic priorities.
Research Fellow
- Academic
- Fixed Term
- Closing on: Aug 31 2026
- Level B
Contribute to impactful research on cutting-edge Automated Planning and Machine Learning for Automated Planning.
2026 Casual Theatre Staff
- Professional
- Casual
- Closing on: Jan 3 2027
- Theatre Staff
Llewellyn Hall is seeking dependable, friendly theatre staff to fill all roles including, front of house attendants and mangers, stage hands and managers and technical officers.
Clinical Educators (Indigenous Identified Position)
- Academic
- Continuing
- Level B
Support Indigenous health in the medical program, contributing to teaching, assessment and curriculum, integrating Indigenous health across learning.
ANU Talent Register
- Academic
- Professional
- Casual
- Fixed Term
- Casual/Sessional Academic
The ANU Talent Register represents an exciting opportunity to build your professional skills and gain a variety of employment experiences in a diverse and complex working environment.