Institute Manager, Institute of Modern Languages

• Institute of Modern Languages

• Belong to a creative community where your work genuinely makes an impact

• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers

• Strong commitment and action toward a diverse and inclusive workforce

• Based at St Lucia Campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

An excellent opportunity is available for an exceptional and experienced Manager to provide leadership and management of the Institute of Modern Languages (IML). In this leadership role, you will determine how IML maintain its position as an outstanding language learning provider for the community and manage its resources to achieve great outcomes. The role requires maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders; ensuring effective marketing, operations and language course delivery, and requires experience in managing human, financial and other resources and in identifying new opportunities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provides high-level strategic advice and support to senior Faculty staff on all matters pertaining to the sustainable operations, financial management and business processes of the Institute as a quality language learning centre for the benefit of the community

• Build and maintain on-going relationships with key internal and external stakeholders through consultation and engagement as required, in order to establish and deliver strategic priorities, financial objectives and successful programs/projects

• Manages planning, governance, budgeting, resource management and workforce processes for language education and services

• Develop and implements business improvement initiatives focused on providing high quality and streamlined services

• Develop, review and monitor performance to inform strategy and operations and optimise achievement of business and language learning outcomes

• Working in partnership with key external and internal stakeholders, identify business development opportunities, strategies and initiatives that support the objectives of the Institute

• Ensure compliance with UQ policies and procedures, governance protocols, and risk management frameworks, as well as any legislative requirements

• Monitor industry and community needs and corporate best-practice, to support the delivery of strategic aims

• Work with relevant stakeholders to efficiently manage the relationships and outcomes

• Scan market intelligence for future development opportunities, gathering, analysing and interpreting data, and submitting tenders as appropriate

• Act as spokesperson and advocate for the IML in the community.

Leadership and Management

• Lead and manage staff in accordance with ‘Manager’ level of UQ’s Leadership framework.

This is a full-time, continuing position.  

At HEW level 9, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $124,996 - $132,885, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $146,246 - $154,657 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About You  

• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline; and extensive relevant experience; or extensive management experience and proven expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

• Substantial knowledge of and experience with development and innovation processes, with significant experience in project management, financial management and associated business reporting

• The ability to deliver outcomes under pressure and working to constant concurrent deadlines

• Highly developed interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills with demonstrated ability to build both internal and external relationships and networks with key stakeholders

• Demonstrated experience in the design, implementation, review and continuous improvement of systems and processes to deliver effective services.

• Demonstrated ability to work iteratively, adapting quickly to change and operating effectively both on an autonomous basis and as a member of a client-focused team

• A demonstrated ability to lead a high-performing team of  education and administrative professionals in role of similar size and scope in a Business

Desirable

• Language learning experience and skills are highly desirable

• Working knowledge of University administrative systems, policies and procedures or the capacity to rapidly acquire this knowledge

• Education and language learning knowledge and experience

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Mr David Mayocchi, Faculty Executive Manager via [email protected] . For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter

• Resume 

• Responses to the ‘About You’ section

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]  

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Sunday, 28 January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-33889).