Reef Rescue Water Quality Research and Development Program – Science Coordination and Integration

The Department requires a service provider to coordinate and integrate the research activities of the Caring for our Country Reef Rescue – Reef Water Quality Research and Development (R&D) program.The Service Provider will be required to perform services including but not limited to:

• coordinating and integrating research across the portfolio of funded research projects and with other relevant research programs and organisations (e.g. the National Environmental Research Program and theReef Plan Integrated Paddock to Reef Modelling, Monitoring and Reporting Program)
• facilitating productive and collaborative partnerships amongst research participants and, where necessary, helping to foster high levels of engagement between researchers and the end users of research
• supporting program governance by managing individual project milestone reporting and financial acquittals
• reviewing, reporting and communicating the findings of each of the funded research activities and synthesising, conveying and reporting project outcomes at a program level.