Position Number: 0064402
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time, Continuing
Department : Enterprise Performance Group
Salary: Senior Manager 2 remuneration package
- Lead annual integrated enterprise planning processes
- Define and embed quality practices and standards
- Highly visible and collaborative role
About the role
Reporting to the Executive Director, Enterprise Performance Group, in this newly created role the Director, Enterprise Planning will manage the University’s annual planning process, and coordinate faculty and Chancellery strategy sessions and business planning, aligning institutional strategies with resource constraints and operational realities. This includes disaggregating strategic goals into actionable plans across the University, consolidating these into a single cohesive plan, enabling prioritised resource allocation, and ensuring strategic priorities are systematically translated into measurable actions. Critical to success in this role will be establishing effective and collaborative relationships across the University to bring to life annual and multi-year plans, embedding a planning operating rhythm, establishing quality planning processes and building pathways. The appointee will provide engaging, client and high-performance-focused leadership to the Enterprise Planning team, and contribute more broadly as a member of the leadership of the Enterprise Performance Group, which is a centre of excellence in business transformation and operational performance within the University’s Chief Operating Officer portfolio.
About you
Highly credible and with advanced expertise in managing enterprise-level planning processes, your experience has been gained in large, complex and multi-layered matrix organisations. Adept at producing and presenting detailed, high-quality planning documents, you are proficient in establishing planning standards and tools that ensure clarity and consistency, and in setting measurable and meaningful objectives and key results. Through data-driven analysis, you have the demonstrated capability of providing clear advice, including about strategic resource allocation, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and strategic goals. Deeply curious and a listener, your sophisticated communication and nuanced influencing skills, authenticity, collegial style and ability to read the sub-text are the foundations enabling you to quickly foster strong relationships. An energetic, optimistic, contemporary and authentic leader of significant teams, you build engagement and capacity, and cultivate high performance. Apply your proven integrated strategy planning expertise and genuine interest in supporting, understanding and coordinating stakeholders to play a key role in fortifying the University’s ongoing positioning as a world-class education and research institution.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – The Enterprise Performance Group (EPG)
The Enterprise Performance Group (EPG) is a centre of excellence in business transformation and operational performance. We drive improved operational efficiency, effectiveness and experiences across the University by bringing together specialist skills and expertise in data asset management, reporting and analytical services with service improvement, design, project delivery and change management.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
About the University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.
For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
How to apply
This appointment will be managed by the University of Melbourne’s external executive search partner, SHK. For more information prior to application, please email David Pleydell at SHK on david.pleydell@shk.com.au quoting job 2884709.
Internal/ Existing employees are strongly encouraged to speak with their current people leaders prior to submitting your application.
Applications close: 11 February 2025 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEST) / Melbourne time zone.
Position Description: 
Position Description_Director_Enterprise Planning_final.pdf
Position Description
