▷ Urgent Consultant, Change and Improvement

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Work type: Full-time
Location: Flexible
Categories: Human / People Services

- Flexible location + hybrid work arrangements
- Full-time and continuing

Benefits for working with us

At Deakin, we offer more than just a job — we offer a lifestyle. Across our campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and regional Victoria, you’ll find everything you need to thrive: on-site childcare, gyms, medical centres, cafes, accessible public transport, and convenient parking. Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, generous leave entitlements including extended parental leave and the option to purchase additional time off, plus a wide range of staff discounts on travel and more. Our health and wellbeing services, ongoing professional development opportunities, and inclusive, supportive culture make Deakin a place where you can grow — whether you're working remotely or immersed in the vibrant energy of campus life.

Who are we?

Deakin is a cutting-edge public university headquartered in Victoria, revolutionising education with 61,000 students across our campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI), GIFT City, India, and our vibrant online environment. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.

About the role:

As a Consultant, Change and Improvement you will be part of the university-wide change management and improvement function. In collaboration with the Associate Director and key stakeholders, you will take a proactive approach to delivering change management, process improvement and development of solutions on priority projects, processes and initiatives.

You will work collaboratively to drive and deliver consistent change and process improvement practices, identify and understand challenges and opportunities, facilitate outcomes and implement university-wide frameworks and governance practices to deliver robust, end-to-end change management and process improvement services in collaboration with leaders and teams.

As a Consultant, Change and Improvement, you will:

- Lead end-to-end change management, process improvement capability development and change adoption solutions
- Facilitate workshops to understand and map processes, current and possible future state and co-design implementation activities
- Leverage and apply university-wide frameworks, methodologies and practices to achieve process improvement and change management outcomes
- Evaluate, plan, and implement change and process improvements in collaboration with key stakeholders
- Improve practices and ensure buy in for new ways of working
- Analyse problems, weigh up a range of options to identify accessible and inclusive solutions and translate complex issues into clear and understandable goals and targets for Deakin
- Actively encourage and coach others to question traditional assumptions, promote ideas and review practices and policies and translate into tangible change and workplace improvements

To be successful, you’ll have:

- Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
- Experience supporting projects within a large scale and complex organisation
- Knowledge of systems, process and business improvement capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to effectively design, develop and implement change initiatives
- Experience designing effective solutions to complex business and technical problems
- Appropriate change methodology certification

Here's how to apply:

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Stephanie Irvine (Associate Director, Change & Improvement) on s.irvine@deakin.edu.au

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

Applications for this position close on Friday, November 7 th 11.55PM.

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised: 24 Oct 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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