Ref 436/24 Senior Project Planning Coordinator, Office of Strategy, Performance and Risk

• Full-Time, Fixed-Term Position until December 2024 | Westerns Hawkesbury Campus
• $117,645 to $126,892 p.a.| Includes 17% Superannuation
• Professional Development | Salary Packaging | Flex leave

• Working at WSU means you’ll be part of an organisation that’s ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide!
• Unlock your potential with WSU: Benefit from flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, 35-hour work week, development opportunities and more!

About Western
Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution committed to excellence in education, research, and community impact. We are proud to be ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and hold the top position in the Times Higher Education Impact rankings, with 85% of its research being at or above world standard. At Western Sydney University, we recognise that unlocking your true potential is the key to your success, just as we do for our students. Our core values - Boldness, Fairness, Integrity, and Excellence – serve as guiding principles for our organisational culture and influence the work we do. With a team of 3,000 dedicated staff members, we foster a dynamic, inclusive, and innovative culture deeply rooted in research and dedicated to student-centred excellence. It's the perfect environment for you to thrive professionally. If you are a dedicated and forward-thinking academic seeking a career that can make a meaningful difference, we invite you to discover the abundant opportunities, innovation, and impact that await you at Western Sydney University.

About the Team
The Office of Strategy, Performance and Risk is a catalyst for strategic planning and performance, fostering collaboration, monitoring performance, and integrating risk at all levels, playing a pivotal role in enabling the University’s core mission and shaping strategies for success.

The Office reports into the Division of the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (SDVC) and provides a critical enterprise-wide function that will drive, facilitate, coordinate, and implement forward-looking strategies to enable WSU’s Vision and Strategy.

Key functional aspects of the portfolio include the integrated strategic and operational planning framework, integrated risk management, strategic and operational performance, enabling strategy planning and performance, business and service performance improvement, project management and assurance, and transformational program oversight and delivery.

These strategic programs are aimed at addressing the broad and evolving challenges being experienced by the University such as increased globalisation, advances in technology, increasing competition and changes to funding models.

About the Role
The Office of Strategy, Performance and Risk is seeking an experienced professional to fill the role of Senior Project Planning Coordinator.

The Senior Project Coordinator is responsible for the provision of high-level project support to the Transformation Program and associated projects and initiatives. The position will provide overall coordination support and will assist with the support, management and documentation of key projects and initiatives. The position will support project and program management activities including risk management, project reporting, scheduling, progress monitoring and cost control.

The position will also assist in drafting key communication documents such as executive papers, summaries, reports and presentations for senior staff and various stakeholders.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position until December 2024. The position is based at Westerns Hawkesbury Campus although travel to other campuses of the University may be required. 

• A relevant tertiary qualification and/or equivalent experience in business or project management, business improvement and change.
• Experience in project management, including administration, management and support for project delivery.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and can liaise effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills and can develop effective working relationships with clients.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills and can manage competing work priorities, meet deadlines, and develop effective solutions to identified problems.
• Excellent skills in analysing data and findings and writing succinct reports.
• An ability to build and maintain effective working relationships and act with diplomacy and discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential issues.

Culture
Western Sydney University highly values equity and inclusiveness. We have a proud history of doing so and consider this an important part of our social and civic responsibilities as a University. We strive to contribute to tackling inequalities and promoting wellbeing within our own institution, the Greater Western Sydney region, nationally and internationally. If you share our passion for creating a more equitable and inclusive world, and if you are ready to contribute to meaningful change, join us in our mission to promote equity, inclusiveness, and wellbeing.

What We Offer in Return
At Western Sydney University, we deeply value our staff and recognise their invaluable contributions that drive our mission and uphold our values. In return for your dedication, we offer:

• 35 hour work week
• Flex leave for Professional staff
• 17% super contributions
• Salary Packaging options

Closing Date: 8:30pm, Sunday 3rd March 2024. 

Working Rights in Australia - Eligibility

You must provide evidence of your fulltime working rights in Australia at time of application.

Please note, only those applications submitted via the WSU online recruitment system will be accepted.

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