Senior Strategic Advisor

1 week ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Charles Sturt University Full time
About the Role
Key Responsibilities

The Senior Strategic Advisor will provide high-level support to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Director, Strategic Projects (Research). This critical role involves managing and prioritising tasks, offering strategic and policy advice, and overseeing the administration and financial operations of the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).


Key Performance Indicators

  • Lead and monitor key projects, providing high-level support to senior executives and influencing decision-making processes.
  • Engage in strategic planning, policy development, financial management, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Enhance professional skills and career growth by working closely with senior executives, government bodies, industry partners, and other stakeholders.

What You'll Need

  • Relevant qualifications and/or extensive management experience.
  • Proven experience in providing high-level executive support and managing complex organisational environments.
  • High-level reporting, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong analytical and organisational skills.

About Us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia, we have gumption, we have soul, and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.


The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.


Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.


We are committed to diversity and inclusion, demonstrated through our Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award and our participation as a member in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

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