Executive Manager, Strategy and Estate

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**The opportunity**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science & Innovation Agency**:

- **Lead the strategic planning and sustainability of CSIRO’s national property portfolio**
**- **Drive high-impact estate functions including leasing, heritage, and governance**

As the Executive Manager Strategy & Estate, you’ll lead the strategic planning and management of CSIRO’s property portfolio. This includes developing the property strategy, overseeing budgets and governance, and driving environmental sustainability.

You’ll also manage key estate functions such as leasing, invoicing coordination, heritage matters, reporting, and data. Whilst also being responsible for building talent and capability within the team, delivering strategic outcomes, contributing to broader CBIS leadership initiatives, and managing a range of internal and external stakeholders.

**Your duties will include**:

- Oversee strategic planning of, and reporting against, CSIRO’s property portfolio and sustainability strategy, oversee development and delivery of the CSIRO Property Strategy through close consultation and stakeholders with responsibility for communicating and ensuring the correct decisions are made that impact the CSIRO property portfolio and strategic sustainability initiatives across the organisation.
- Oversee correct governance across CBIS by providing timely advice on approvals and requirements for MTC, ET and Board, assistance with drafting and clearing papers through useful engagement with Government Engagement Unit, Legal Counsel and Strategic Procurement as required, coordinating estimates papers and ministerial briefs.
- Assess funding bids to ensure alignment with strategic goals of CSIRO and with the Executive Manager, Implementation ensure appropriate funding in line with the 10-year capital plan.
- Oversight of Estate management activities, including estate, asset and lease management, payment coordination, heritage, legal & environment, reporting data and system development and management.
- Participate in governance meetings and contribute to cross-functional working groups, policy bodies and committees and develop strong cooperative relationships with partners and stakeholders and represent CBIS and CSIRO at external forums/events, advocating CSIRO’s position with government bodies and support for CSIRO’s preferred position.
- Effective contribution and participation in the CBIS leadership team and CBIS management team and support and drive of whole of CBIS initiatives including communication, strategic planning, capability development and cultural change.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, and influence change without direct line control, improving capability by embedding and driving internal education and delivering key messages for internal and external stakeholders

**Location**:Canberra, Melbourne, or Sydney preferred but all Australian Capital cities considered

**Salary**:AU$157,833 - AU$174,631 plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference**:100873

**To be considered you will need**:

- Education/Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in business or engineering and/or other relevant tertiary qualifications (finance, commerce e.g.) or experience working with a complex and diverse portfolio within a public sector organisation.
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or relevant experience in, and high-level understanding of, internal governance arrangements, environmental sustainability, Leasing and Estate Management to be able to contribute to the management of estates/assets, leasing agreements, heritage, legal and environmental issues and commercial/business acumen to assist in the understanding and development of business cases for robust decision making.
- Demonstrated experience in change management, leading projects and fostering a culture committed to adaptability, diversity and inclusion, and customer centric compliance.
- A proven track record of developing, maintaining, and motivating high performance teams; building functional capability through personal development and succession planning; implementing training, coaching, mentoring and relevant development strategies within the broader team.
- Sound interpersonal skills, incorporating excellent communication (written and verbal), and influencing and persuasiveness skills, together with the ability to work with staff and stakeholders across geographically diverse locations and a range of related/non-related business functions.
- Highly developed judgement an