Senior Advisor, Workforce Planning

• Full-time, Fixed term role until Feb 2026 (due to internal secondment)

• Salary HEW 8 ($106,000 - 120,000 p.a) + 17% Superannuation

• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus with hybrid ways of working

About the role

The Senior Advisor, Workforce Planning is responsible for developing and maintaining College strategic workforce plans, including professional development, wellbeing and engagement plans, ensuring alignment with key sources of planning data and accuracy of information. The Senior Advisor is also responsible for developing and maintaining the Annual Operating Plan and related Operational Plans, ensuring that these are aligned with the College’s strategy and that a suite of tools and high-level support is provided to the College Executive.

Working with a range of stakeholders across the College’s Melbourne Schools, the Senior Advisor manages the annual academic workloads process, including coordination of associated governance activities and communications. In this role, the Senior Advisor ensures that the College meets the requirements under the Enterprise Agreement.

In addition to these large initiatives, the Senior Advisor acts as a senior leader in the College to drive workforce planning activities such as reporting and cost modelling, providing guidance to the Senior Officers, Planning & Reporting.

About You

To be successful in this position, you will need experience in:

• Project management experience, including the ability to initiate, coordinate, and deliver projects through effective planning, resource allocation, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management, and conduct post-project evaluation and reporting.

• Experience in Workforce Planning and the provision of advice and recommendations on the development of plans, tools and reporting.

• The ability to lead staff and stakeholders through change and to provide strategic advice and support as a key advisor to an executive.

• Experience in establishing and developing systems, tools, and processes to support strategic and operational planning, preferably in the tertiary education environment.

• The ability to develop strong working relationships with staff at various organisational levels and influence internal and external clients.

• Diagnostic, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the proven ability to exercise autonomous judgement and provide creative solutions to complex business problems.

• Proven digital capabilities and technological understanding with an ability to use a variety of tools to ensure an end-to-end technology supported process.

• The ability provide sound strategic advice in relation to operational and strategic planning.

• The ability to connect and work with diverse stakeholders to maintain positive, productive relationships that influence improvements in planning and operations functions.

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

About the College

As one of the largest Business Schools in the Asia Pacific region, the College of Business and Law is comprised of five schools – four in Melbourne and one in Vietnam - delivering a broad range of programs in Business, ranging from Certificates up to PHD levels. Many programs articulate between Vocational Education and Higher Education, creating pathways for further study.
 

The College is located on RMIT University’s City Campus and resides in the state of the art Swanston Academic and Emily McPherson buildings.

For further details about the College, please visit:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-education/academic-colleges/college-of-business

To Apply 

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

For further information about this position, please see Position Description below or contact Anna Bishop, Manager Profile Planning via email [email protected]     

Position Description

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Applications close 11:59 pm Sunday 31 March 2024

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Applications Close:
14 Mar 2024 11.59 pm

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