Manager, Engagement and Partnerships

**Job no**: 0045721
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full time
**Faculty**: Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
**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 Architecture, Building and Planning**

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is the leading educational and research institution in the Asia-Pacific region addressing the design and realisation of environments. It actively seeks to extend the linkages between education, research and practice in the built environment, and maintains excellent and extensive relationships with members of the built environment professions, government, professional associations and the wider community.

The Faculty has over 200 staff and 3000 students, one third of whom are international. It is responsible for the undergraduate Bachelor of Design degree, and offers majors in architecture, landscape architecture, property, construction, and urban planning.

The Faculty’s graduate school, the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), teaches accredited masters courses across the professional disciplines of Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Property, Urban Design and Urban Planning.

**About the Role**
Reporting to the Faculty Executive Director, the Manager, Engagement and Partnerships provides leadership and strategy development for the exhibitions, partnerships, and engagement functions for the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. In collaboration with the Faculty Executive and other senior staff within the Faculty, the role will plan, lead and deliver on the broad engagement aspects of the Faculty’s strategic and operational plans.

The position manages a team of exhibitions and partnership professionals to deliver engagement outcomes for the Faculty. The position has a strategic focus in leading the day-to-day operations. Stakeholder management and the ability to work in and across different teams is especially important for this position.

Responsibilities include:

- Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a Faculty engagement program that provides enriching opportunities for students
- Oversee the cultural and international partnership portfolios for the Faculty including partnership identification, establishment, and activation
- Plan and deliver Faculty strategic engagement plans, incorporating profiling academic programs and supporting student experience, research an extensive exhibitions program, engagement and partnerships activity
- Lead the curation and programming of exhibitions in collaboration with the Associate Dean Engagement and the Faculty Engagement Committee.
- Leadership and professional development of staff and to effectively motivate, coach and enable staff to achieve goals, providing clear performance expectations
- Actively contribute to a positive and professional work environment that fosters innovation, teamwork, high achievement, continuous improvement and job satisfaction
- Comply with quality assurance, in line with requirements under the University’s risk management framework including OH&S, legislation, statutes, regulations and policies

**About You**
To be successful in this role, you will have high level stakeholder engagement skills and creative programming abilities, with a demonstrated capability to communicate information clearly to diverse groups.

You will also have:

- Extensive experience as a leader and manager of engagement functions, or an equivalent mix of education and relevant experience
- Experience working at an executive level with a track record of success in engagement strategic development and implementation
- Experience in successful partnership brokering
- Passionate about improving student experience using engagement and partnership strategies
- Strong analytical and project management skills
- Leadership experience in managing multiple complex programs involving many stakeholders.
- Experience in managing and curating large-scale events and exhibitions programs
- Strong creative outlook in-line with design-based disciplines, with a passion for the potential of the built environment to improve quality of life
- Demonstrated teamwork skills and a capacity to work independently and exercise sound judgement
- 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._

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