Senior Officer, Workforce Planning

• Full-time Continuing position
• Salary Professional HEW 6 ($97647 - $105698) 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus

About the Role
As a member of DSCs Workforce Planning team the Senior Officer Workforce Planning works collaboratively with staff across the College and Schools to drive and support casual workforce planning and the casual academic lifecycle timesheet approvals recruitment and onboarding and works closely with School Executive and academic leaders. This position will be accountable for developing efficient and streamlined processes and implementing systems and protocols that are consistent with the Universitys policies and procedures.

The incumbent will contribute to high quality service provision as well as cultural and work practice changes that support the Colleges and Universitys strategic directions. The Senior Officer Workforce Planning acts as an escalation point in the team for junior staff members and is able to identify when to escalate issues to the Senior Coordinator Workforce Planning.

To be successful in this position youll have:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively flexibly and collaboratively with colleagues within and beyond the immediate work unit contributing to the achievement of team goals.

• Demonstrated commitment to quality and continuous improvement and proven ability to interpret and apply policies procedures and systems consistently provide advice and to drive creative solutions through to implementation within the immediate work area.

• Proven ability to work independently use initiative and prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in an agile and demanding environment with excellent attention to detail and a commitment to quality assurance.

• Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal relationship building and communication skills.

• A high order of analytical and problem-solving skills and the demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative and creative solutions.

• Demonstrated digital literacy with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail.

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

About the College

The College of Design and Social Context encompasses RMIT Universitys renowned art architecture design built environment communication and social science disciplines. The College has 24500 students and over 1000 staff located in 9 schools.

The Colleges academic programs are generally market leaders and in high demand. Based on a strong foundation of practice-led industry partnered teaching and research we aim to deliver skilled graduates with a deep sense of purpose and high impact research and innovation.

For more information see submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the Apply link above.

For further information about this position please see Position Description below or contact Jessica Bernardo (Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor) via email .

PD Senior Officer Workforce Planning

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RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed tobeinga child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

In line with RMIT Universitys commitment to a safe respectful and inclusive environment from 1 January 2026 the University will also consider gender-based violence (GBV) risk factors as part of our recruitment processes. All applicants will be required to complete a genderbased violence declaration in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence. Preferred candidates will also be required to undertake relevant preemployment background checks including Working With Children Checks. Information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for its relevance to the role and RMITs safety obligations.

At RMIT we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms). To discuss adjustment requirements please contact Dani via or visit our Careers page for more contact information - are a Circle Back Initiative Employer we commit to respond to every applicant.