The Professional Development Committee (PDC) identifies and advises on career development and training opportunities to equip our members with a broad range of translatable skills. The committee is also responsible for developing and overseeing the Centre mentoring program. The PDC's role includes:
- Developing and assisting with the implementation of an OzGrav professional development program and plan
- Monitoring and reviewing the OzGrav professional development program and performance against KPIs, and proposing improvements and changes to the program
- Ensuring that OzGrav adopts international best practice in career development practices
- Developing and overseeing the OzGrav mentoring program
- Advising on an appropriate program of training events and workshops that the Centre should provide to members
- Advising on opportunities for OzGrav members to engage with industry
- Ensuring that OzGrav students and ECRs are appropriately engaged with the national and international gravitational wave research community
- Advising on the creation of grant programs and prize schemes targeted at OzGrav students and ECRs
- Advising on appropriate participation by OzGrav students and ECRs in committees
- Advising on opportunities to leverage or coordinate with relevant programs run by other institutions or Centres of Excellence
- Advising on funding opportunities to support or augment OzGrav’s professional development program
- Advising on succession planning
- Providing reports and recommendations to the Executive Group and Director, as appropriate
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Prof Susan Scott Professional Development Committee Chair Chief Investigator Australian National University |
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Dr Karl Wette Postdoctoral Researcher Australian National University |
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Ya Zhang PhD student Australian National University |
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Prof David Ottaway Chief Investigator University of Adelaide |
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Dr Yeshe Fenner Chief Operating Officer, OzGrav Swinburne University of Technology |
