University Secretary

**Job no**: 0325200
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full time; Fixed-term
**Department/School**:Chancellery

**Salary**:Executive Salary
- We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present._
- _**University Secretary**
- **University governance - impactful leadership role**:

- **Influence and advise senior stakeholders and leaders**:

- **Custodian of University’s regulatory frameworks**

**About the role**
The University Secretary provides high-level governance advice and support to the University of Melbourne Council and University management. As Secretary to Council, the University Secretary leads a team of governance experts who assist Council sub-committees, the Academic Board and its sub-committees, and the University Executive, the University’s most senior management committee. The University Secretary administers and oversees secretariat support for all controlled entities, manages University elections and undertakes the roles of FOI and Privacy Officer, and is the custodian of the University’s Regulatory Framework, which includes the University Statute, Regulations, the Melbourne Policy Framework and the Delegations Framework.

**About you**
An experienced governance professional, you have advanced secretariat management skills and a nuanced understanding of the inter-relationships between governance and executive management. Ideally, you have extensive experience gained in higher education (or equivalent environments), including advising senior management on the development and implementation of academic governance, academic policies, procedures, and processes. Tertiary educated in the legal, governance or the company secretarial fields, you are a highly professional, diplomatic leader with exemplary people leadership and stakeholder management skills. Your ability to work in a highly complex environment will see you thrive as a key support to the Council, Academic Board and the critical governance functions of the leading university in Australia.

**Benefits of Working with Us**

**Be Yourself**

**Advertised**: 26 Jul 2023 9:25 AM AUS Eastern Standard Time

**Applications close**: 14 Aug 2023 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time