• Job no: 0053182
• Work type: Fixed Term
• Location: Parkville
• Division/Faculty: Chancellery
• Department/School: Strategy and Culture
• Salary: $87,007 - $94,181 (UOM 6)
• Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Part time - 9.5% super

About Chancellery

The Chancellery is led by the Vice-Chancellor and has a University-wide focus on:

• Delivering strategic leadership
• Allocating capital according to strategic priorities
• Developing and overseeing a business framework that includes appropriate financial and other organisational planning and controls
• Ensuring identity or brand is consistent with strategic intent and purpose, and
• Overseeing policies and initiatives that develop the academic and professional expertise of University staff members.

About the role

As the Executive Project Officer, you will provide high level executive administration and project support to the Director, Pathways to Politics for Women and Academic Coordinator, liaison on behalf of the Program with a broad range of external and internal stakeholders, as well as delivery support for Program sessions, workshops and alumni events, and other Program initiatives as required. Other key activities you will undertake include procurement and contract management, web updates, and administrative/systems support to Pathways Alumni Mentoring staff and participants.

About you

You will have excellent communication, event and project management skills and a strong interest in gender parity and women’s leadership. You will have experience prioritising tasks and managing time effectively and the ability to meet deadlines with an excellent attention to detail.

You will further have:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and project management experience within a complex and demanding environment or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a diary/schedule including managing multiple and changing priorities at short notice.
• Demonstrated experience in event organisation and delivery.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to foster relationships with professional and academic staff across the University as well as with high profile external stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience providing secretarial support to committees.

Benefits

• Maximise your benefits through our Salary Packaging scheme
• Flexible family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions
• The opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment
• A substantial discount to eligible staff and their immediate families in undertaking further studies at the University of Melbourne

To find out more, go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits  

Culture

The University is a vibrant campus. We have well-established clubs and networks giving the opportunity to engage and collaborate with other staff around the University. We strive to create an environment where staff and students promote culturally inclusive behaviour and activities, ensure cultural differences are heard and explored, and actively seek to learn from other cultures.

How to apply

Your application submitted should include a CV along with your responses against the selection criteria* found in the Position Description for the role.

*For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria/competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria