Project Officer, Business Process Improvement

About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position Summary

Availability:
Fixed-Term until July 2023 | Full-Time
Compensation:
Higher Education Officer Level 8
Salary Range:
$100,238 - $110,971 p.a.
Reporting to:
Director of College Services/Dean People & Resources
Corporate Services
The Project Officer, Business Process Improvement provides high-level coordination and leads the implementation of executive-led business process improvement projects and initiatives prioritised by the College in support of the University and College strategic plans. The Project Officer will project manage and implement critical CMPH business process improvement initiatives specific to improved integration of portfolio and rural and remote activities relevant to Finance, Research Development Support and People & Culture.
The incumbent will receive broad direction from members of the College Executive and, in the main, will determine their own priorities and work plans consistent with the desired outcomes and the priorities of the College. The incumbent is expected to operate within a framework of broad operational policies and external requirements.

Key Position Responsibilities

• Providing advice and direction to the Senior Executive on the development and implementation of a broad range of projects and initiatives supporting business process improvement, data quality, efficiency, effectiveness and improved integration of portfolio services.

• Managing, delivering, coordinating and supporting executive-led projects such as data integration, position and financial management procedures.

• Undertaking research and analysis across a broad range of issues and providing critical comment and briefings to the College leadership team in relation to active and planned initiatives.

• Providing high-level advice and support to College leadership in the development of proposals, papers and strategic initiatives.

• Drafting correspondence, reports, presentations and submissions on behalf of College leadership in relation to specified projects, including responses to complex requests to both internal and external parties.

• Preparation and compilation of diverse and complex reports, presentations and management papers.

• Establishing effective and strategic working relationships with College leadership team, members of the College and associated research institutes, Portfolio leaders and service providers, and other stakeholders.

• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the role as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

• A relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.

• Demonstrated experience in, and detailed knowledge of relevant frameworks and practices related to defining, prioritising, delivering, and evaluating strategic business process improvement projects and initiatives.

• Demonstrated experience in data quality management or data governance.

• Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating project team members to deliver high quality services.

• High-level communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills with demonstrated capacity to cooperate and communicate effectively with people at all levels.

• Demonstrated high-level written communication skills, including demonstrated capacity to respond to enquiries autonomously and draft correspondence and high-quality reports with recommendations for complex and sensitive issues.

• High-level organisational skills, including demonstrated ability in problem solving, priority setting and working to deadlines with high quality outcomes, apply attention to detail and relate tasks to the wider context.

• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgement within broad guidelines, take initiative and be flexible.

• Demonstrated ability to collate and distil information from a wide range of sources and assist with or prepare and compile briefing papers, proposals, presentations and background documents.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
Flinders University has introduced a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy  that requires all new staff members to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to medical exemptions and limited exemptions.

Information for Applicants:

You are required to provide a suitability statement of no more than three pages, addressing the key capabilities of the position as outlined above. In addition, you are required to upload your CV.

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59pm:

10 Jul 2022