Executive Director, Office of the Provost
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 18 Dec 2020
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- Job Type
- Senior Management & Heads of Department, Directors
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Vice-Chancellor's Office
Department/School: Academic
Salary: Senior Executive
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Full time - 9.5% super
Ranked number 32 in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the University of Melbourne competes on an international stage with the best institutions globally and has an international outlook and reach to match.
Reporting directly to the Provost, the Executive Director, Office of the Provost is a member of the Provost Executive group. Leading a team of approximately 25, they will be responsible for a portfolio of strategic Chancellery and University-wide programs/ projects in the Academic and Student Life arenas. This will include overall governance, day to day management and on-time, on-budget execution. Additionally, the Executive Director provides executive oversight and support for a number of high-profile University Committees and Taskforces chaired and/or managed by University Executives. They will also work with the Provost and the Executive group to analyse the internal and external environments in which the University operates, identifying and targeting new opportunities to support the achievement of strategic objectives.
The Executive Director is required to contribute to the establishment of strategic direction, drive execution and build organisational talent within the team. A strategic thinker, with proven ability to work in a complex matrix structure, drive change and build support for ideas and actions, this role requires exceptional leadership and management skills including the ability to provide vision and innovation, leading to high performance outcomes.
This is an exciting and highly strategic role with the opportunity to work with the most senior university leaders. For further information, please contact Dr Rohan Carr or Ms Emily Witts at The Insight Group, the consultants assisting the University with this recruitment program, by phone +613 9654 3288 or email applications@insightgroup.com.au. Applications close 18 December 2020 and should be forwarded directly to The Insight Group.
Applications close: 18 Dec 2020 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
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The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
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- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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