Indigenous Development Manager

**Job no**: 0057009
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Fixed-term for 3 years
**Faculty**:Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Indigenous Programs
**Salary**:UOM 9 - $129,154 - $134,374 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

**About - Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences**
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences has an enviable research record and is the University of Melbourne’s largest faculty in terms of management of financial resources, employment of academic and professional staff, teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate (including research higher degree) students and the conduct of basic and applied research.

**About the Role**
The Indigenous Development Manager will take a leadership role working closely with the Associate Dean (Indigenous Development) to address, reverse and eliminate Indigenous health inequalities.

You will provide a high level of strategic advice pertaining to policy and project development which align to the Faculty’s RAP whilst contributing to and overseeing Indigenous development projects such as Anti-Racism and Cultural Safety that will underpin the specific strategic responses to the Reconciliation Action Plan, Curriculum, Learning and Development and Cultural Safety in the Workplace.

Responsibilities include:

- Provide high level support and strategic advice for the Associate Dean (Indigenous Development) in achieving the strategic and operational outcomes.
- Build effective links and relationships with senior academic and professional staff within the Faculty and broader University to ensure effective and efficient outcomes responding to the RAP, including policy and project outcomes.
- Lead, develop and implement an Indigenous Cultural Safety and anti-racism program that promotes cultural safety in the workplace and increases knowledge, awareness and understanding of the impact that unsafe environments play on faculty staff, students and the community.

**About You**
You will posses excellent interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence effectively to build positive relationships, and communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders. You will have outstanding professional organisational skills including the ability to coordinate workflow, determine priorities, schedule tasks to meet deadlines and effectively balance competing demands within a complex and high pressure environment. You will demonstrated highly strong leadership, communication, and team engagement skills.

You will also have:

- Tertiary qualification, with extensive relevant fundraising experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant extensive experience and/or education/training as per the current Enterprise Agreement classifications.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding in working with Indigenous communities or relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of the principles of cultural safety as it relates to building respectful dialogue, understanding and recognition with a focus on curriculum development and implementation.
- To ensure the University continues to provide a safe environment for everyone, this position requires the incumbent to hold a current and valid Working with Children Check._

**About the University**
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

**Benefits for Indigenous staff**
- Cultural leave: Indigenous staff members are entitled to up to five days non-cumulative paid leave per calendar year for the purpose of attending NAIDOC, community, cultural and ceremonial activities.
- University policies: Indigenous staff are supported by the University’s Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Employment Framework, with the commitment to improving the employment, retention and career progression outcomes for Indigenous staff members
- Indigenous Staff Network: Employees who have identified themselves as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander will have access to the Indigenous Staff Network (ISN)
- Cultural events: The University hosts annual cultural events such as the Wominjeka to begin the Academic Year and the Narrm Oration, and recognises significant times throughout the year such as, Reconciliation Week, Mabo Day and