Program Manager, Faculty of Health Sciences

$138,681 - $146,497 (G09) plus 17% superannuation (as of 20 June 2025)
- Full-time, 2 year contract, based at our vibrant Bentley campus
- Generous Benefits | Supportive and collaborative work environment

**Job Reference: 1003401**

**Full-time Contract | Bentley Campus, Perth | Flexible Work Options Available**

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving innovation in higher education? Curtin University’s Faculty of Health Sciences is seeking an accomplished **Program Manager** to lead a major portfolio of work that will shape the future of health education and research at Curtin.

This is a rare opportunity to take a leading role in a high-impact initiative, working at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and collaboration. You will help deliver on the Faculty’s commitment to aligning our offerings with the evolving needs of students, industry, and global health priorities.

**About the Role**
Reporting to the** Pro Vice-Chancellor**, this role provides strategic leadership and oversight for the design, implementation, and delivery of a complex, high-impact program of work. As a key driver of the Faculty’s **“Align and Advance”** initiative, the Program Manager will lead major priorities spanning **new course development, research partnership growth**, and **comprehensive curriculum review**.

**Strategic Alignment and New Course Development**
- Oversee the administrative and strategic planning for new course offerings
- Ensure alignment with market needs, accreditation requirements, and industry trends
- Identify and engage a wide range of stakeholders
- Integrate infrastructure planning into course development

**Health Research Partnership Development**
- Develop governance and financial models for research partnerships
- Identify sustainable funding mechanisms
- Establish key performance metrics and success indicators

**Comprehensive Course Structure Review**
- Drive curriculum innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Enhance the student experience through streamlined structures
- Evaluate resource needs, financial sustainability, and staffing

**SELECTION CRITERIA**
**What We’re Looking For**

**Qualifications**
- Post-graduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant management experience and/or education/training.

**Knowledge, Experience and Skills**
- Demonstrated high-level planning, management, and leadership skills
- Demonstrated commercial acumen and ability to conceptualise, develop, and review organisational strategies
- Demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence others and build strong relationships
- Demonstrated high-level verbal communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to manage stakeholder concerns and balance complex requirements
- Demonstrated high-level written communication skills, including the ability to write clear, concise, and persuasive reports, proposals and submissions
- Demonstrated commitment to, and experience in, promoting, managing, and implementing significant change

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience in a tertiary education environment

**Role Requirements**:
**Your new Team**:Faculty of Health Sciences

We aim to lead **value-driven improvements in health and well-being**, in partnership with health consumers, communities, and industry. Our mission is to deliver **inspiring education** for current and future health professionals and to conduct research that addresses both local and global health challenges in sustainable and impactful ways.
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**About Curtin University**

We are an energetic, dedicated team of academics and professionals working together to provide global solutions through quality graduates and innovative research. Curtin is a welcoming space where integrity, respect for one another, courage, excellence, and impact are essential to everyday life. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live.

**What We Offer You**:
Situated on Whadjuk Nyungar Country, our vibrant Bentley campus includes an art gallery, gym, childcare and medical centre, bus station, accessible parking and endless food options including a supermarket. Aside from the vibrant campus life, we offer more than just a job. Curtin offers a wide range of generous benefits, including additional leave, salary packaging, health and wellbeing services and an array of discounts for retail, travel and much more. For more information, check out our benefits page

**Join Us**

**If this sounds like your next role, please click APPLY NOW and provide the following documents**:

- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your **interest** and **addressing the selection criteria** for the role

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