Deputy Vice-chancellor Student Services

**Job no**: 498682

**Work type**: Full time

**Location**: Hobart, Launceston, Burnie

**Categories**: Management
- **Bring passion and energy to our mission, serving Tasmania and contributing from here to the world.**:

- **Enable the university to create a workplace where its culture and practices can enable all staff to do their best work and create an exceptional student experience.**:

- **Support the University to be a global leader in sustainability.**:

- **Help design the strategy, organisation and finances of the University to enable it to be financially sustainable.**

**Your New Role**

To help us achieve a long-term sustainable University and deliver a high-quality experience for students and staff, we are seeking to appoint the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Student Services & Operations. In this role, you will provide expert leadership to the University in achieving institutional goals, particularly those related to staff engagement, sustainability, financial trajectory and student satisfaction. Leading the development and implementation of contemporary strategies to attract students to the University of Tasmania, you will ensure the provision of a seamless student services experience from inquiry to graduation. Leading the division that comprises of nine key functional areas (Student Services, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Recruitment and Engagement, IT, Legal, Campus Services, and Sustainability) you will support University-wide strategy that enables us to deliver our mission sustainably and enhance our brand as a distinctive place to study and work.

**About the University**

The University of Tasmania is building a vision of a place-based University with a mission to enhance the intellectual, economic, social, and cultural future of Tasmania, and from Tasmania, contribute to the world in areas of distinctive advantage.

Each of our regions has its own important story to tell in its own distinct voice. For all that there is to celebrate about this island, there is also history with tragedy here. As a University, we do not shy away from this. We are a University committed to transforming the grave wrongs of the past.

Our respect for place means that we feel education should strengthen people’s connection to their community, not take them away from it. That is why we deliver our courses in a regionally networked way, enabling everyone to access the education they need to grow and strengthen their communities. In doing this we respond to the particular needs and challenges of our regions. In rural areas, we nurture a new generation of graduates, who will inspire the next. We do all of this with acute awareness that talent is evenly distributed but opportunity is not.

**What You’ll Need to Succeed**

With significant capability to lead, collaborate and deliver sustainable service orientated outcomes, you will operate as an institutional architect dedicated to achieving strategic objectives. Operating at an executive level, your financial skill, including development and delivery of financial strategies, with proven results and demonstrated experience in Council / Board accountability will see you succeed in this role. Bringing passion and high energy to the role, you will have extensive experience in building collaborative relationships with multiple stakeholders. With a collaboration-oriented mindset, you will drive successful outcomes through teamwork and enable your staff by setting them up for ongoing success. In addition to your experience of working in a regional setting, a comprehensive understanding of universities and their role in enabling regional development, access and educational attainment will be highly regarded.

**Considering a Move to Tasmania to Take up This Opportunity?**

This role can be based In Hobart, Launceston or Burnie, with regular presence required at all three locations to support our State-wide campuses. Tasmania has dramatic landscapes, unique towns and a depth of history and culture. Tasmania has crafted a unique brand of creativity and adventure; with burgeoning tourism, cultural and culinary pursuits making the island one of the most popular places to visit in the country.

**What’s on Offer?**

This Is a full-time, ongoing Senior Management opportunity. A competitive remuneration package will include 17% superannuation and generous relocation assistance, as required. This is a career defining role with the addition of staff benefits and discounts for health, fitness, accommodation and banking.

The University of Tasmania is one of the largest employers in the State and people are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to create nurturing, inclusive, and collaborative working environments enabling us to nurture a vital and sustainable community.

**How to Apply?**

We celebrate the strength that diversity brings. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community. Tell us how we can make this job work for you.

**Applications close 11:55pm