- Lead the University’s employability and graduate outcomes operational strategy, governance and performance framework
- Advise senior leaders on employability, graduate capability and emerging workforce trends
- Drive institution-wide improvements in graduate employment, career readiness, industry engagement and employer satisfaction
- Partner with Academic leadership to embed employability, professional skills and authentic industry learning across curriculum, assessment and the student lifecycle
- Develop strategic partnerships with employers, industry bodies and professional associations to expand placements, internships, mentoring, projects and graduate opportunities
- Oversee careers education, employability development and graduate transition services, including support during the first 12 months after graduation
- Lead operational delivery, compliance and continuous improvement of placements, applied learning and work-integrated learning
- Use graduate, employer and labour-market data, including QILT insights, to guide investment and measure performance
- Sponsor innovation, including AI-enabled employability initiatives, new technologies and scalable service models
- Lead and develop the employability function, managing people, budgets, resources, performance, succession planning and organisational capability
- Represent the University with external stakeholders and promote its position as a preferred partner for industry collaboration
- Foster a positive, inclusive and collaborative culture focused on accountability, innovation, professional development and continuous improvement
- Travel occasionally between campuses and to external forums, employer sites and industry events as required

Requirements

- Experience leading employability, workforce development or student success strategies in a complex organisation
- Ability to design and implement organisation-wide strategies and translate ambition into measurable outcomes
- Executive communication and change leadership across multiple functions




- Experience partnering with academic leaders to embed employability, professional skills and industry-connected learning within curriculum and assessment
- Strong track record developing employer, industry, professional association or sector partnerships
- Ability to use data, performance measures and labour-market intelligence to inform decisions and evaluate impact
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including through other people managers
- A postgraduate qualification in education, business, management or a related discipline, or equivalent executive experience
- Qualifications in career development, organisational development, higher education, change management or project management well regarded
- Higher education experience highly desirable
- Strong understanding of graduate employment, future skills, curriculum design and employability frameworks

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading employability strategies, workforce development, and graduate outcomes within higher education. Capable of leveraging data and partnerships to enhance career readiness and industry engagement while fostering a collaborative and innovative culture.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Employability Strategy Leadership
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Partnership Development
- Executive Communication
- Change Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Workforce Development
- Curriculum Design
- Performance Measurement
- Graduate Employment Frameworks
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Career Development
- Industry Engagement
- Applied Learning
- Graduate Transition Services

Soft Skills

- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Accountability
- Career development
- Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

- Postgraduate Qualification in Education
- Postgraduate Qualification in Business
- Postgraduate Qualification in Management

Industry Keywords

- Higher Education
- Graduate Capability
- Industry Bodies
- Professional Associations
- Student Lifecycle

Tools & Technologies

- AI-Enabled Employability Initiatives
- Labour-Market Intelligence
- QILT Insights

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📌 Director of Employability and Graduate Outcomes (Queensland)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Queensland