Strategy Implementation Manager

**Job no**: 0063689
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Fixed-term for 18 months
**Department**:Office of the Provost
**Salary**:UOM 8 - $119,742 - $ 129,607 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Design and implement projects or initiatives to increase student engagement with learning on campus**:

- **Shape educational experiences**:

- **Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment**

**About the Role**
As a Strategy Implementation Manager within the Office of the Provost (OP), you'll collaborate with stakeholders across the University to plan, manage, and deliver strategic projects sitting under the Advancing Students and Education (ASE) Strategy at the University of Melbourne.

The ASE strategy aims to enhance education and broader the student experience through curriculum improvements, innovative teaching and learning practices, learning technologies and spaces, student well-being, amplifying student voice, enhancing support services, and promoting inclusivity.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Supporting the design, implementation and evaluation of major strategic projects within the Office of the Provost portfolio
- Developing and monitoring project plans, including scope, timelines, and governance structures
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align project activities, conduct needs analyses, and support staff impacted by projects
- Conduct research, benchmarking and other analyses to inform initiatives and decision making

**Who we are looking for**
We are seeking an experienced Implementation Manager with a strong understanding of the University’s teaching and learning, timetabling, and/or student services and support environment. You will be skilled in building relationships, communicating effectively, and adapting information for different audiences and purposes.

Experience engaging students and understanding their learning materials in a higher education classroom setting is preferred.

Your background could include experience as a project manager with lecturing experience in higher education, or you may have designed and implemented complex projects within higher education or a similar organisation, with strong expertise in policy design and student advisory services.

You will also have:

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of successful, strategic-level project management in a complex higher education setting
- Expertise in stakeholder management to achieve organisational objectives, including listening, engaging, analysing, adapting, and problem-solving
- Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, synthesise broad data and analyse at a detailed level
- Excellent judgement, able to anticipate needs, perceive interconnections and implications of developments relevant to own work and able to identify and manage dependencies across a portfolio of work

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 - Office of the Provost**
Led by the Provost, the Office of the Provost supports the achievement of the vision and objectives for education, people and community set out in Advancing Melbourne 2030. The Office of the Provost portfolio sits alongside other divisions (Research, International, Strategy & Culture, Administration & Finance) within Chancellery.

**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

**The University of Melbourne**
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**Be yourself**
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure tha