Vacancy Details

Campus Location: North Sydney, Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Melbourne, Australia

Job No: APTAV105778#002

  • Use your project management skills and experience to improve student and staff experience
  • Full time continuing role, with flexible working arrangements
  • Benefits include 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
  • Role may be based at our Melbourne, North Sydney or Brisbane campus

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

About the role:

Our Student Administration Directorate is currently seeking to recruit a Project Manager to manage wide variety of projects and changes related to business in allotted projects. Supporting the day-to-day management and delivery of project deliverables, which will assist the University in delivering administrative projects. You will lead the project progress, oversee budget and risk, utilising best practice project and change management methodologies to deliver set objectives. In this role, you will work collaboratively with service areas across the university, to understand current and future structures, service management, practices and processes.

More specifically the role entails:

  • Lead and manage projects effectively to deliver the agreed project outcomes on time and to budget to achieve the universities strategic goals.
  • Develop, manage and action comprehensive project plans and associated documentation in consultation with key stakeholders.
  • Review and update project plans to reflect the agreed scope and approach, and refine governance arrangements to ensure effective oversight and delivery of key outcomes.
  • Identify, manage and resolve business risks, issues and conflicts for the project
  • Lead and provide effective leadership to the Project team.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

Contact:

General enquiries can be sent to Lucy Hellard, Senior Program Manager, Student Systems Projects at: lucy.hellard@acu.edu.au

What we offer:

  • The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
  • Total remuneration valued to $151,211 - $161,352(pro rata) pa, including salary component $127,838 - $136,506 (pro rata) pa (HEW 9), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
  • 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
  • Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
  • As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

  • resume (maximum 5 pages).
  • responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
  • brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

Applications close: 13-SEP-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.