School Business Manager, Economics

**(HEO8) $110,291 - $123,734 salary scale per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.**

**Fixed term, full time position available until 31st December 2025**

The University of Adelaide is a leading research intensive and teaching university. The Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics (ABLE) comprises seven schools and a number of discipline specific research centres, encompassing business, law, economics, music, education, humanities and social sciences. Our world
- leading research is innovative and positively contributes to society.

The School Business Manager is responsible for the delivery of business acumen for the Faculty and Schools. The School Business Manager is also responsible to work in partnership with administrative teams and the Faculty Functional Managers to support the delivery of a broad range of services, including overseeing of budget, infrastructure, reporting, HS&W compliance with policy and procedures, mitigation of operational risks and quality assurance to support the Faculty Executive Director and Heads of School.

**To be successful you will need**:

- Demonstrated experience in providing sound strategic advice, including preparation of reports, including the development and implementation of strategic and operational plans.
- Demonstrated experience and understanding of current management practices and principles of human resources, HSW, financial reporting and student administration
- Demonstrated experience in leading an administrative staff in delivering client centric services and managing change and transition processes
- Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing cultural change to positively impact service delivery.
- Demonstrated experience communicating, both verbally and in writing, in a succinct, professional and responsive manner to deliver client centric results

**Qualification/s**:

- Postgraduate qualifications (or progress towards) and extensive relevant experience or; a degree qualification in accounting and/or business management with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent combination of relevant experience and or education / training.

**Enjoy an outstanding career environment**

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

**Your faculty's broader role**

The Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics is a place of innovative practice and thought leadership across a diverse range of disciplines. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and has strong connections with business and industry, including internationally.

Learn more at: able.adelaide.edu.au

**If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.**

Applications close 11:55pm, Thursday 26th September 2024.

**For further information**

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Abhinay Katakam
Director, Faculty Operations
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law & Economics
P: +61 (8) 8313 5179

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