Office of the Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Reference no. 1906/0917

• Located at Camperdown / Darlington Campus
• Full Time Fixed Term for 12 months, with opportunity to extend further 12 months

About the opportunity 

An opportunity has become available for an Associate Director, Institutional Planning within the Institutional Analytics and Planning (IAP) School. 

The Associate Director, Institutional Planning is a senior leadership role within Institutional Analytics and Planning (IAP). This role is responsible for the management of the planning cycle of the University of Sydney (student budget targets, new course proposals and student tuition fees), internal and external reporting and statutory compliance (government department reporting, Go8 benchmarking data and QILT student data) advises on government policy and the Higher Education regulatory framework (funding agreements, compacts and pricing) and performs benchmarking, research and policy analysis to ensure the University meets its operational responsibilities and strategic goals.

The Associate Director leads a service focused team to support integrated University wide planning and reporting. This role is client and outcomes focussed, with a need to engage closely with senior executives, committees and the wider University community in order to provide information, analysis and advice across a broad range of areas, to support their current and emerging goals. This is also a key role within the university in terms of integration and transformation of data from major source systems into meaningful management information.

The position has major responsibility for the cycle of reporting required under the Higher Education Support Act 2003, from the detailed forecasting calculations underlying the University’s Funding Agreement with the Department of Education to the student and staff submissions required as a condition for Commonwealth Grant Scheme and Research Block Grant funding, and related compliance management.

This position applies extensive professional experience in the provision of strategic advice, insightful performance analysis and management reporting, process improvement and change management and direct support to the Director, Institutional Analytics and Planning.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for an Associate Director, Institutional Planning who possesses:

• Demonstrated experience in providing senior leader and stakeholders strategic advice
• Ability to lead the Planning team, whilst fostering and developing a positive and productive team environment
• Experience in developing, implementing and reviewing policies and procedures to mitigate risks of compliance breaches

About us

Institutional Analytics and Planning (IAP) at the University of Sydney has three main missions.  First, through data driven insights, business intelligence from collected internal and external information and data governance services, IAP supports the University’s leadership in strategic decision making to enhance the University’s leading position. IAP ensures that the University complies with government regulatory obligations for funding and reporting and finally, it manages student fee, load and course planning processes, including market analysis, to ensure that the University has robust academic and financial plans in place.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We are Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses; we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply.

Please note: visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Closing date: 11.30pm 8 October 2017

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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