Senior Adviser (Governance, Strategy and Partnerships)

• Full-time, Fixed Term position until July 2025
• Salary Level HEW 9 + 17% Superannuation
• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, with hybrid ways of working

About the role

The Senior Adviser (Governance, Strategy and Partnerships) will bear responsibility for Australian Technology Network’s (ATN) Governance portfolio, critical to supporting our strategy to become Australia’s most trusted university grouping. The Senior Adviser will provide vital capabilities in governance, strategy, impact measurement, financial management, project management and relationship management to ensure proper governance of internal and external strategic partnerships. The incumbent will be responsible for cultivating an effective governance framework and driving the process of ATN becoming an incorporated body.

This senior role will also serve as a custodian for ATN’s annual report, ATN’s strategic plan, ATN’s Governance Agreement and ATN’s established partnerships. The incumbent will work in collaboration with university General Counsels, Chief Financial Officers, HR Directors and Chief Digital Officers to inform ATN stakeholders of governance requirements. This senior role will ensure relevant legal and compliance obligations are fulfilled by ATN member universities and external partners, including those relating to ATN’s incorporation process.

The role will be an important senior relationship manager, working directly with senior executives and sector leaders from external organisations to develop and deliver ethical and effective partnerships aligned with ATN strategy and compliant with ATN’s governance framework and budget.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have:

• Relevant postgraduate qualification or equivalent combination of education, knowledge, skills and demonstrated experience at an appropriate level.
• Extensive experience in governance and risk, including legal arrangements, third party contracting, insurance, compliance and probity.
• Demonstrated project management experience including developing project plans and meeting project objectives within the required timeframes.
• Highly developed interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills, including the demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external to the organisation.
• Highly developed experience with budgets and financial management along with development of Annual Reports.
• Highly developed communication skills and experience with writing reports, submissions, speeches, discussion papers, and strategic plans.
• Demonstrated flexibility, initiative and the ability to operate strategically within a busy and complex environment, to deal effectively with competing demands and to produce high quality responses within limited timeframes.
• Demonstrated high level of initiative, tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• There may be some travel involved in this role.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

About the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN)

Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) is a national Australian higher education peak body, with six universities with a strong presence both nationally and internationally and in key metropolitan and regional media markets.

Our universities are Deakin University, Curtin University, RMIT University, The University of Newcastle, University of South Australia, and University of Technology Sydney. Collectively, ATN universities educate 19 per cent of all students in Australia and are the destination of choice for 18 per cent of Australia’s international students.

Established in 1999, ATN undertakes policy, advocacy, public affairs and national media work to benefit the shared interest of our six large, world-class Australian universities.

The ATN Directorate serves its members through a wide range of activities, including policy analysis and development, while ensuring the voice of our membership is heard at all levels of government, as well as in and through media channels throughout Australia as well as internationally.

Regarded as Australia’s most innovative and enterprising grouping, ATN prides itself on its shared mission to ensure Australia’s higher education system remains open, fair and accessible, as well as meeting the needs of industry, particularly Australia’s 2.3 million SMEs.

The Directorate is led by Executive Director Luke Sheehy and is based at RMIT’s City Campus in Melbourne.

RMIT University is the employing agent for ATN staff. 

To Apply 

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link below.

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Applications Close:
15 Aug 2022 11.59 pm

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