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Director, ANU McCusker Institute

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Job Description

Position Overview

The Director of ANU McCusker Institute serves a leadership role, overseeing and delivering the vision, and driving opportunities for the ANU academic program. The Director brings relevant for-purpose sector expertise and relationships, and experience in delivering leadership of high-quality education programs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with and provide high-level advice to the University Executive, stakeholders within Schools and Colleges, industry, commercial and government partners, both nationally and internationally.
  • Lead a program team and develop close working relations with the McCusker Centre for Citizenship at University of Western Australia, ensuring a cohesive team ethos and environment.
  • Work with project teams across the ANU to ensure performance of funded programs meet strategic objectives.

Program Overview

The ANU McCusker Institute will combine academic and experiential learning to empower students to become socially engaged citizens who give back to their local, national, and global communities.

This opportunity comes at a time when undergraduate curriculum change is underway across the ANU, with an emphasis on enabling students to apply their academic knowledge to broader, real-world contexts and problems.

Key Objectives

  • Implement a unique transdisciplinary academic program of projects and placements focused on social change, impact and engagement, accessible for students across all degree programs.
  • Develop close working relations with industry, commercial and government partners to drive opportunities for the ANU academic program.

Requirements

  • A statement addressing the selection criteria.
  • A current curriculum vitae (CV) which includes the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor).
  • Other documents, if required.

Selection Criteria

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position.