People Services Manager

**Position**:
**People Services**
**Manager**

**Contents**

**Our story and strategicvision 04**
**Our Students 06**
**Our learning andteaching 08**
**Our Commitment to Reconciliation 10**
**Our research 11**
**HealthFuturesInstitute 13**
**Food Futures Institute 14**
**Harry Butler Institute 15**
**People Services Manager position description 16**
**ApplicationProcess 22**
**Our location 24**
**Why Murdoch? 25**
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**People Services**
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The Role of the People Services Manager
The People Services Manager is a key member of the People and Culture office in

driving true HR business partnership throughout the University, assessing and

anticipating HR-related needs and acting as a change agent.

This position provides leadership to the hub operational function of the People and

Culture Office and will oversee the operational reporting, general enquiries through the

hub, be the escalation point for unresolved matters and maintain a continuous

improvement lens on all policy and processes.

**About Murdoch University**

Murdoch University helps people discover how to make a difference, through

education and research endeavor, and remains one of the most inclusive universities

in the country, providing students with quality education and recognized academic

standing within an engaging and caring environment. We are a university for all,

irrespective of background and social standing with a focus on social equity, self
- direction and freedom of thought and belief.

With strong links to government, business and the community, Murdoch University

helps people discover how to make a difference. We are a young, innovative and

enterprising university with more than 23,000 students and 1,700 staff across Perth,

Singapore and Dubai. We are committed to high quality education, innovative

research, and strong community engagement both locally and internationally.

Our Strategic Plan and Future Horizon 2017-2027 outlines an ambitious blueprint for

development and growth, with a focus on one purpose: to be a creative force for

current and futuregenerations.

We are clear about our two core goals: to educate free thinkers who thrive in society

and are sought after by employers; and, to provide life changing solutions for the

world’s big challenges through our outstanding translational research and innovative

practice.
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**About the workarea**

The People and Culture team is an integral part of the business strategy and decision

making process focusing their efforts on strategic and operational programs and

services that supports staff and organisational objectives.

We develop partnerships based on trust and integrity to foster excellence, engagement

and fairness as we work to strengthen the University’s ability to recruit and retain high

quality staff, and develop a culture that encourages and supports academics and

professional staff to reach their full potential

Staff within the People and Culture Office will actively demonstrate:

- customer centricity and a solutions orientated approach;
- prompt, efficient and quality service;
- respect confidentiality and act with integrity in all matters;
- have a positive approach to achieve the best possible outcomes;
- foster close working relationships with the Colleges and Offices to identify needs and

assist in servicing them;
- be respectful and courteous at all times.

Reporting Relationships

Associate
Director,

Partnerships

People Services
Manager

Talent
People Services

Acquisition
Team Leader

Team Leader

Recruitment PCO Advisors
Team and Officers

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**Manager**

**Key responsibilities & duties**

**Leadership**
- Drive the strategy and operational - Provide input to the development and

planning processes within your teams. implementation of appropriate policies

and procedures for the University’s
- Continuously review and improve organisational development activities.

service to University leaders and

staff, developing appropriate - Recommend, initiate and implement

structures, systems and processes to strategies to enhance management /

do so. supervisory capabilities, including the

development and implementation of
- Lead significant programs to deliver management training programs as

specific objectives and change. appropriate.
- Maintain a continuous improvement lens

**Strategic Support **on all processes to continue to enhance
- the service offering of the hub team.- Build and foster strong relationships across

colleges, academy and professional services

leadership teams - provide advice and **Service Delivery**
- solutions at a practical level.- Ensure all initiatives are managed in
- Provide daily direction and guidance to accordance with existing governance

the People Services Team, ensuring frameworks.
they work to effectively support the
business needs of colleges, academ