- Lead
strategy development, planning and performance review - Provide
expert advice to the VC and university executives - Australia’s
highest ranked university
The University of
Melbourne is conducting an extensive search for candidates of exceptional
calibre for the position of Executive Director Strategy, Planning &
Performance, reporting to the Vice-Principal Policy & Projects in the
Chancellery.
As Australia’s
leading university, Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that aims to
provide current and future generations with education, research and quality of
engagement equal to the finest institutions in the world. It is the number one
university in Australia and among the fastest rising research universities in
the world’s top 100. The University has an annual budget exceeding $2 billion,
7,400 staff and more than 50,000 students (42,500 full-time equivalents).
The Executive
Director Strategy, Planning & Performance leads a team accountable for
coordinating the development and periodic review of the University’s Strategic
Plan, annual planning calendar, planning process, budget and reporting cycle,
and risk frameworks. The Executive Director Strategy, Planning &
Performance will chair the University’s Risk Management Advisory Group and
provide advice and support for the development of ancillary plans (including Division
business plans) and the University-wide planning framework.
The successful
candidate will engage extensively with senior stakeholders spanning the
University Executive, Chancellery Executive, University Services and academic
divisions, and work closely with the Director Business Intelligence to provide
leadership and support to the development of the University’s approach to
knowledge management and business intelligence. Other accountabilities will
include developing and implementing University-wide planning and performance
reporting techniques and performance measurement and review standards.
As Executive
Director Strategy, Planning & Performance you will have extensive
experience and demonstrated success in developing strategy, and leading planning
and performance reporting processes in large and complex organisations.
Tertiary qualified, strategic, articulate and collaborative, you have deep
understanding of the higher education sector and experience in developing
sector approaches to benchmarking and knowledge management. Your career will
highlight your exceptional leadership and management skills, capacity for
system wide thinking and creative problem solving.
To register your
interest in a confidential career discussion, please apply online quoting JO-1606-21613
or go to www.shk.com.au.
For more information, please contact Andrew Staite on +61 3 8620 8002. All
direct and third party applications will be forwarded to SHK.
