Education & Employability Partnerships Manager

PRIMARY DETAIL

Macquarie University is searching for an Education & Employability Partnerships Manager to develop and manage strategic partnerships within industry and foster education and employability partnership opportunities with industry for Macquarie.
Salary from $115,030 to $127,995 (HEW Level 8), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading.
Full time, continuing position. Based at Wallumattagal campus, North Ryde.
High performing team. Hybrid working arrangement.

THE ROLE

The Education & Employability Partnerships Manager (EEPM) will identify, develop and manage strategic partnership initiatives with external organisations within Macquarie Innovation Park District (MPID) and beyond. These partnerships will advance Macquarie University’s Partnerships and Engagement Strategy and have a key focus on education and employability (E&E) outcomes. 

 

The EEPM will work closely with assigned Macquarie faculties (across the four Macquarie academic faculties), and centrally resourced professional services teams, to provide strategic support for engagement and partnership opportunities with external organisations and government agencies. 

 

This role sits within the Corporate Engagement and Partnerships arm of the Macquarie Partnerships team and will report to the MPID Partnerships and Engagement Manager and will work closely with another EEPM, and with the broader Macquarie Partnerships team. The EEPMs are critical to shaping and delivering a professional ‘whole of university’ approach to engagement and partnering and seek to foster multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted strategic partnerships for Macquarie Univeristy, across research, academic and corporate avenues – working with external industry organisations and government agencies. 

 

The Macquarie Partnerships Team acts as the professional and centralised concierge service for industry engagement and partnering at Macquarie University, servicing internal and external stakeholders, and ultimately contributing to a streamlined, professional and simplified engagement and partnerships function for the University.  

 

About You  

 

You are experienced in business development, relationship management and/or consulting, and have hands-on engagement experience working with industry in these areas. Specifically, you are a connector and can work collaboratively to identify, develop, and secure partnerships that foster  engagement and partnership opportunities for Macquarie, with a focus on education and employability outcomes.  

 

We welcome applicants who enjoy being part of a team that celebrates ‘great work, great culture, great people’. Our ideal candidate will love working with people, and bringing ideas, innovations, partners, and academics together - to help people, change lives and change the world.  

 

About Us  

 

Macquarie is a university engaged with the real and often complex problems and opportunities that define our lives. Since our foundation 60 years ago, we have aspired to be a different type of university. Over the years, we’ve grown to become the centre of a vibrant local and global community.  

The Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Enterprise [PVC(RIE)] provides strategic and operational leadership on all matters relating to research and development, consultancy, innovation, translation, commercialisation, entrepreneurship, start-up company incubation and corporate partnerships including but not limited to research partnerships.  The role oversees the implementation of processes that advance and sustain relationships in the interests of the University and its partners. 

 

The Macquarie Partnerships team (MQP) sits within the Research, Innovation and Enterprise portfolio at Macquarie and works with and across the University to drive and enable industry engagement and partnership projects and opportunities. MQP is the centralised and professional front door for industry to connect, engage and partner with the University. The team identifies, fosters and facilitates research partnerships, education and employability partnerships and broader corporate partnerships with industry and government and brings a strategic ‘whole of university’ approach to MQ’s engagement with industry. 

 

The Director, Partnerships leads the Macquarie Partnerships team and provides strategic direction, advice and training on all aspects of university partnership activities; to cultivate high value, long term strategic partnerships; to facilitate the achievement of university revenue attraction targets; to develop, drive and implement research investment attraction strategies and initiatives aligned to the University’s strategic research priorities; and to develop and implement efficient frameworks, policies, procedures and processes to achieve the above objectives. 

The MPID Partnerships and Engagement Manager leads the Corporate Engagement and Partnerships arm of the Macquarie Partnerships team and is responsible for overseeing strategic partnership initiatives, providing frontline engagement services and coordinating the University’s engagement and external positioning within the Macquarie Park Innovation Park District (MPID). 

 

To Apply 

 

To be considered for this position, please apply online and attach your resume and a separate cover letter that outlines how you meet to the selection criteria below.  Your cover letter should be no more than 2 pages in length.  Applicants who fail to respond to the selection criteria, or provide more than the required pages in response, may not be considered for appointment.   

 

Selection Criteria  

 

Essential:  

• Degree and/or relevant experience in business development, management, consulting, or related discipline. 

• Practical experience in client and customer relationship management – including outstanding customer service and key account management.  

• A proactive approach to business development and building new relationships with internal and external stakeholders, at all levels (including up to executive level). 

• Demonstrated experience in project management – including overseeing and managing multiple projects with multiple stakeholders and delivering on objectives and within timeframes. 

• Experience in fostering multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted partnerships that bring together expertise and offerings across different disciplines and functions (academic, research and corporate). 

 

Highly desirable:   

• Experience in developing and deepening partnerships between industry and higher education institutions.  

• Demonstrated understanding of the workings of the education and employability and research and innovation sectors. 

• Experience working within an education, research or consulting environment of relevance to one or more of the Macquarie academic faculties (being Faculty of Arts, Macquarie Business School, Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences) – particularly in the education and employability arenas in higher education. 

• Experience with systems (e.g. Microsoft Suite and design programs), data management practices (e.g. using Salesforce), report/ proposal/ tender writing skills, and experience creating marketing and communications collateral. 
   

Role-specific Enquiries: Stirling Wright, MPID Partnerships and Engagement Manager via [email protected]u or Katrina Avery, Director, Partnerships via [email protected]

General Recruitment Enquiries:, Virankita Khosa, HR Manager (acting) via [email protected]  

Applications Close: Monday 29 April 2024 at 11:59pm (AEST) 

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Applications Close:

29/04/2024 11:59 PM

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