Associate Director, Operational Planning

**Job no**: 0062322
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Continuing
**Faculty**:Infrastructure and Facilities, Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS**)**
**Salary**:SM1 salary plus 17% super
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families

**About the Role**
Make your mark on the University of Melbourne by improving our world-class teaching and research environment. The Associate Director, Operational Planning will play a key role in developing strategic facility plans for our extensive research and teaching facilities. You'll collaborate with faculty leadership to translate their vision into functional requirements, space allocation, and project timelines, ensuring our facilities empower groundbreaking research.

Your responsibilities will include:

- **Faculty space & infrastructure portfolio management**:Documenting the scale and type of Faculty activities proposed within future buildings to inform facility brief development for spatial planning, including establishing key operational requirements, strategic functional briefs, models of delivery, and schedules of accommodation;
- **Leadership**:While this role does not have any direct reports, you will communicate a service-orientated vision that generates enthusiasm and commitment;
- **Safety, compliance and risk management**:Develop a culture built on client focus and customer service with continuous improvement in the delivery of infrastructure and facility management functions.
- **Project management**:In conjunction with project teams and the University’s Estate Planning Team, plan, manage and lead the development of new projects and initiatives.

**Who We Are Looking For**
We are seeking a highly collaborative individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build strong relationships across all levels. You'll leverage your negotiation expertise to achieve key objectives within budget and timelines, while your exceptional planning and organizational skills, including flexibility and innovation, will ensure efficient resource allocation and timely project completion in our complex environment.

You will also have:

- Post graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent mix of education and significant relevant experience, including large portfolio project development experience;
- High level project development capabilities and extensive experience of briefing functional requirements for large and complex infrastructure projects;
- Demonstrated effective portfolio planning, financial, and business planning skills;
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position**. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

**Your New Team - “Infrastructure and Facilities, Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS)”**
The Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences (FMDHS) operates and manages a large portfolio of specialist clinical research, laboratory and biological research facilities on the University campus, and in research institutes and health services within Victoria.

The Infrastructure and Facilities team plays an important role in contributing to the development of the Faculty’s strategic plan that ensures sustainability, operational excellence and the delivery of appropriate facilities supporting development objectives of the University, Faculty, and its strategic partnerships with Medical Research Institutes, hospitals, government and industry.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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