Classification: Senior Manager 2

Salary package: $159,145 per annum plus 17% superannuation

Terms: Full-time, Continuing In 1946, ANU was founded to help rebuild a changing world. We’re still at it, 80 years later. For generations, our people have turned curiosity into ideas that have shaped Australia and our region.

The Position The Senior Advisor is a key strategic position within the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), providing high-level strategic support, advice and coordination across a broad portfolio of education services, including student services, learning and teaching, student recruitment, global engagement and academic quality.

Working closely with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), the Director, Education Portfolio and Provost Office, and colleagues across the University, the Senior Advisor will support executive decision-making and coordinate complex and fast-moving matters to help deliver the University's strategic and operational education priorities.

The position will also lead a small team of executive support staff and build effective relationships with senior stakeholders across the University.

The Person The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience providing high-level strategic and operational advice in a complex organisation. They will have strong analytical, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and provide clear, considered advice to senior executives.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate solid leadership and sound judgement, with the ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries and effectively lead and support a small team.

The School/Department The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) supports the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) in providing strategic leadership across the University's education portfolio.



The Office works across areas including learning and teaching, student services, student recruitment, global engagement and academic quality.

The College/Division The Education portfolio works across the University to support the delivery of high-quality education and student outcomes and to advance the University's strategic education priorities.

For further information please contact: Dr Kate Bisshop-Witting, Director, Education Portfolio and Provost Office, E: [email protected].

The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on [email protected]

ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to people of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details.

Application information In order to apply for this role please make sure that you upload the following documents:

- A statement addressing the selection criteria.
- A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees you can complete these online when prompted in the application form.
- Other documents, if required.

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position.

Please note: The preferred candidate must have rights to live and work in Australia, and will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence.

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