Faculty / School / Unit Operations team, Lifetime Learner Experience

Job Summary

Our vision is to be a leading public university of technology recognised for our global impact. We are a dynamic and innovative university, ranked by QS Top 50 Under 50 rankings as Australia’s top young university , and located centrally in one of the world’s most liveable cities. With a culturally diverse campus life and extensive international exchange and research programs, UTS prepares graduates for the workplaces of today and tomorrow.

Detailed Description

Lifetime Learner Experience (LLE) Unit is part of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education and Students portfolio and enables the alignment of a range of learner acquisition, administration and assurance activities which are critical to the success of the UTS 2027 Strategy and in supporting the UTS Vision.

The LLE Unit comprises three areas:

• Future Learners – Student Recruitment, Scholarships and Admissions

• Operations – Workforce Management, Continuous Improvement and Government Reporting

The Government Reporting team sits within the Operations area and is responsible for the timely reporting of student statistical collections to the Commonwealth Department of Education and ensures data reported from the university’s student management system (CASS) is compliant with the government’s specifications for Tertiary Collection of Student Information (TCSI). Staff in this team work collaboratively with other teams at UTS to ensure reported data is complete and accurate and that compliance timeframes are met.

About the role

The Manager, Government Reporting reports to the Head, LLE Operations to manage the reporting team that is responsible for the statutory reporting of student data to the Commonwealth Department of Education to thereby ensure the university’s student data reporting activities and obligations are compliant under the Higher Education Support Act (HESA).

In managing the reporting team, the Manager has oversight of staff resource allocation to ensure the delivery of multiple concurrent reporting activities transmitting high volumes of data that take place in near-real time, continually and year-round, concurrently with error-handling procedures to maintain complete and accurate reporting outputs within uninterrupted and compliant timeframes.





The Manager establishes and maintains team-oriented relationships with stakeholder teams to ensure that business processes are correctly capturing and recording student data, that new legislative requirements and institutional process updates are implemented in the student management system and to maintain current sector knowledge on requirements for student data reporting through ongoing liaison with the Department of Education and student systems vendors.

Essential skills and experience:

To be successful in the role you will require:

•Outstanding verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills

•Outstanding stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, collaborate and achieve jointly required outcomes.

•Experience in interpreting complex legislation and regulations and in operationalising new requirements through analysis, design and testing into the production environment.

•Experience in managing a team in a complex technical environment requiring a high level of interactivity and collaboration with limited resources.

•Demonstrated understanding of the higher education sector and its business processes.

•Excellent time, organisation and project management skills, including the ability to develop project plans, meet deadlines, with the ability to consistently show a high level of initiative

The full set of Selection Criteria for shortlisting for this role is listed in the position description.

Base Salary Range: $119,041 - $135,575 pa (HEW 8)

This role attracts 17% superannuation in addition to the base salary.

UTS staff also benefit from a wide range of Employee Benefits include flexible work practices, child care centres, generous parental leave and salary packaging opportunities.

This position is a full time, continuing role.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your resume and address the essential skills and experience listed above in a separate document.





Applicants who do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

For the full list of the selection criteria and role responsibilities please click the apply link and download the Position Description from the UTS website.

Only those applications submitted via the UTS online recruitment system will be accepted.Current UTS employees should apply through their UTS Employee Self Service function.

As you will be unable to save your application once started, please have all required documents and information available prior to commencing.

Please ensure that the file name for each document submitted includes IRC .

Specific enquiries or issues with your application may be directed to the UTS Recruitment Team at

Closing Date: Monday 2nd June 2025 @ 11.59pm

Applicants must have current and valid work rights in Australia.

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UTS is recognised widely as supporting inclusivity and diversity through our Wingara Indigenous Employment Strategy, Social Impact Framework and UTS Access and Inclusion Plan. Cited as a WGEA Employer of Choice since the inception of the award, we were among the first Australian institutions to receive the Athena SWAN Bronze Accreditation for our commitment to action addressing gender equity in the STEMM disciplines.

We welcome applications from women, Indigenous Australians, people with disability, those who identify as LGBTIQ and applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Position Description and Selection Criteria File For information about the application process, we strongly recommend that you visit staff/jobs-uts/applying-uts

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📌 Manager, Government Reporting & Data Compliance (Sydney)
🏢 University Of Technology Sydney
📍 Sydney