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About the Team The role sits within the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and supports academic workforce planning across the Tertiary Education Portfolio. Working collaboratively with College General Managers, Heads of Operations, Program Heads and professional service teams, the team supports consistent academic workload allocation, accurate reporting and effective workforce utilisation. The role also works closely with People and Culture, Finance, Timetabling, VU Research and other key stakeholders to support University-wide planning and operational requirements.

About the Role As the Senior Coordinator - Academic Workload, you will play a key role in coordinating and improving academic workload planning across Victoria University. You will oversee the academic workload planning process, ensuring academic staffing availability, workload allocation and reporting are accurately recorded and aligned with University policies, procedures and enterprise agreement obligations.

Working closely with College leaders and professional service teams, you will translate business requirements into effective processes and scalable workforce planning mechanisms. You will also analyse workforce utilisation, monitor data quality and process performance, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.





This is an opportunity to influence how academic workforce planning is delivered across the University, build strong stakeholder relationships and contribute to efficient, consistent and sustainable ways of working.

Position Key Duties

Act as the business owner of the academic workload planning process, ensuring its configuration, functionality and alignment with agreed business requirements.

Collaborate with Colleges and professional service areas to accurately record academic staffing availability in accordance with University policies, procedures and operational frameworks.

Prepare timely reports on academic workforce utilisation, including class sizes, course and unit viability, and support productive workload allocation within budgetary frameworks.

Develop, implement and continually improve scalable mechanisms for recording and managing academic workforce information.

Establish consistent business practices that support the transition to, and ongoing operation of, academic workforce planning.

Monitor process performance, data quality and user experience, identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement.

Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders and relevant internal and external partners to support consistent planning and operational outcomes.

Champion service excellence, continuous improvement and practices that enhance the staff and student experience.





Classification:

HEP 8

Salary:

$113,953 - $128,326 per annum + 17% employer superannuation

Employment Type:

Full time, Continuing

For a detailed overview of the role’s duties and responsibilities, please refer to the Senior Coordinator - Academic Workload position description.

About You You are an analytical and solutions-focused professional with the ability to work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and translate complex organisational requirements into practical, effective processes. You bring strong organisational skills, sound judgement and a commitment to continuous improvement.

You will also bring:

A relevant postgraduate qualification and demonstrated expertise in tertiary academic workload allocation, or a comparable combination of skills and experience.

Experience leading the development and implementation of organisational processes and initiatives aligned with strategic planning, performance, governance and organisational outcomes.

Highly developed analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills, including the ability to develop creative solutions to complex strategic and operational challenges.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear and concise business cases, reports and presentations.

Strong stakeholder engagement, consultation, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus and maintain productive relationships at senior levels.

Highly developed organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, respond flexibly to changing demands and deliver outcomes withi

📌 Senior Coordinator (Melbourne)
🏢 Victoria University
📍 Melbourne