• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work

UNSW is currently implementing a ten-year strategy to 2025 and our ambition for the next decade is nothing less than to establish UNSW as Australia’s global university. We aspire to this in the belief that a great university, which is a global leader in discovery, innovation, impact, education and thought leadership, can make an enormous difference to the lives of people in Australia and around the world.

UNSW Business School is a leader in business education and research in the Asian region and one of the largest Business Schools in Australia with more than 16,500 students, 500 academic and professional staff and more than 80,000 alumni and partners. The Business School offers a full suite of business degree programs at undergraduate, postgraduate, coursework and research levels, including the AGSM MBA programs and a range of Executive Programs.

About The Centre for Social Impact (CSI)

The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) is a national research and education centre dedicated to catalysing social change for a better world. CSI is built on the foundation of three of Australia’s leading universities: UNSW Sydney, The University of Western Australia, and Swinburne University of Technology.

Our research develops and brings together knowledge to understand current social challenges and opportunities; our postgraduate and undergraduate education develops social impact leaders; and we aim to catalyse change by drawing on these foundations and translating knowledge, creating leaders, developing usable resources, and reaching across traditional divides to facilitate collaborations.

CSI National and CSI UNSW is located on the UNSW Sydney campus (Kensington) within the UNSW Business School where the centre is aligned with the strategic priorities of the University and from where it leads interactions with students, alumni, industry, government, professional bodies, and the community.

About the role

• $104,618 – 117,875 plus 17% superannuation and leave loading
• 3 Year Fixed-term
• Full-time (35 hours per week)

Want to join a team that’s striving for a better world? We’re looking for an exceptional Centre Manager to join us

The Centre Manager – CSI will lead the effective and efficient operational management of the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW. They will provide high level support to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the CSI UNSW team on a broad range of operational and compliance matters across our education, research and catalysing change portfolios.

The role provides leadership, management and implementation of the business operations including finance, physical and human resources, WH&S, contract management, compliance with policies and processes, identification of opportunities and risks, project leadership, monitoring and problem solving on critical issues to ensure effective and efficient operations are maintained within the Centre at UNSW and broad oversight and intersections of the operations across CSI national.

The position reports to the CSI Chief Executive Officer with a dotted line relationship to the UNSW Business School Faculty Operations Manager. The position has 4 direct fixed-term reports with additional casual support when required.

Specific responsibilities for this role include:

• Providing operational leadership, management and implementation of the day-to-day administrative running of CSI fostering a customer-focused, professional and values aligned culture.
• Providing operational leadership and advice to the CEO in the day to day running of the Centre and provide leadership during times of change as we deliver UNSW’s 2025 and CSI’s 2022 strategy. This includes leading and mentoring professional staff and facilitating their career development.
• Manage all operational activities including budgeting and financial management, human resources, facilities and physical resources, records and information systems and administration. Proactively seek a range of potential solutions when operational issues arise in these functional areas.
• Work with Business Partners in key functional areas to ensure the effective service delivery to CSI including: financial management, human resources, facilities and space, administration, teaching and research, and any other areas as required.
• Maintain productive relationships with CSI’s collaborators, partners and colleagues across CSI (includes UNSW Sydney, Swinburne and the University of Western Australia)

About the successful applicant

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a relevant degree and relevant management experience or equivalent competency gained through any other combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrate management and leadership experience in providing high quality operational and management support at an executive level in an academic or similarly large and complex environment, including leading an operational team comprising of at least five staff.
• Have experience in financial management and proven ability to interpret and report on financial data and provide high quality advice.
• Demonstrate proven skills and experience in goal setting, resource planning, contract and project management, compliance, demonstrated initiative and strong analytical and problem solving skills. Strong consultation, influencing and negotiation skills and proven ability to build effective relationships and secure resources from diverse internal and external stakeholders and engender a strong sense of culture and values.

For more information refer to the Position Description either from the attachment below, or by clicking: PD - Centre Manager - CSI - Jan 2019 - Final.pdf.