Associate Director Employability Careers & Student Academic Skills

Job no:509881
Work type:Continuing - Full-time
Campus:Adelaide
Categories:Student Services and Learning support

Attractive remuneration package on offer to the successful candidate. Total salary package offered will depend on qualifications and experience.

Rewarding ongoing leadership position.

This influential role will lead a team of committed and highly professional staff working across Employability, Careers and Student Academic Skills, enabling students to succeed in their studies and beyond.

Developing and delivering innovative, high-impact initiatives across the areas of curriculum embedded employability and co- and extra-curricular employability, work-integrated-learning and internships, support for graduate employment, career guidance and student academic skills development.

You will operate under broad direction with a high overall degree of autonomy, in pursuit of agreed objectives.  The role also provides high-level, specialist advice and support to the Executive Director, Student Experience and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Learning), and to other senior leaders across the University as required, in the planning and coordination of strategic initiatives relating to student employability.

To be successful you will need:

• substantial experience leading and managing a high-performing and effective service delivery team;
• advanced understanding of strategic issues and professional practices relating to employability and academic skills development;
• demonstrated ability to translate strategy into realisable and measurable implementation initiatives;
• substantial experience building and maintaining productive collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders;
• highly developed analytical, problem-solving and strategic planning skills, with the ability to be innovative and creative in identifying solutions.

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. Flexible working arrangements are on offer for all roles at the University.

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 division's broader role

The Division of Academic and Student Engagement drives the University's strategic activities in relation to learning and teaching. This includes ensuring all Adelaide students have an exceptional experience, and investing in our academic staff's professional development.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/learning/governance/portfolios/

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

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

Applications close 11:55pm, Monday 13 June 2022.

For further information 

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact: 

Mr Martin McCarron

Executive Director, Student Experience

University of Adelaide

E: [email protected] 

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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply.

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