Senior Adviser, International Planning and Operations

Overview:

• Full-time Continuing position
• Salary Level HEW 8 ($116551 - $131257) 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus and hybrid ways of working

About You
Youre a strategic and highly organised professional who enjoys bringing clarity and momentum to complex work in a large organisation. You have experience supporting strategic planning and operational activities helping turn big ideas into practical plans and making sure the right things happen at the right time. Youve contributed to planning processes such as annual strategy and financial planning and youre comfortable helping track progress coordinate inputs and keep initiatives moving across a busy portfolio. You enjoy working across different operational areas whether thats finance risk HR health and safety or IT and are skilled at bringing together stakeholders to support effective portfolio-wide operations. You also have a strong understanding of governance processes and are confident preparing submissions tracking actions and supporting senior committees and forums as the secretariat. Youre analytical and curious able to distil complex information into clear insights that help leaders make good decisions. You communicate clearly and build strong relationships across teams using sound judgement and thoughtful advice to influence outcomes. You thrive in a dynamic environment where priorities shift and things move quickly. Youre proactive solutions-focused and comfortable juggling multiple pieces of work at once. Most importantly youre someone who takes initiative adapts easily and enjoys working collaboratively to support strategic priorities and organisational goals.

Experience working in international or cross-cultural environments particularly within the Asia-Pacific higher education landscape will be highly regarded.

To be successful in this position youll bring:

• Experience developing executing and tracking strategic annual strategic and financial plans.
• Experience coordinating and influencing business-critical operational processes particularly across areas such as finance risk HR health and safety or IT.
• Experience managing projects including developing and delivering project management plans.
• A strong understanding of governance processes including preparing papers influencing outcomes and supporting governance forums or committees.
• The ability to analyse information generate practical insights and communicate them clearly to support executive decision-making.
• A proactive mindset and a positive solutions-focused approach in a fast-moving environment.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously working independently while engaging effectively with senior stakeholders and executives.

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

About the Portfolio

The International portfolio is responsible for RMITs international strategy including:

• International partnerships including new and emerging partnerships
• Asia and Impact and the RMIT Asia Hub
• Offshore Industry and Innovation Hubs
• Strategy and Planning
• Board level oversight of RMIT Vietnam.

ToApply

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the Apply link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Jimmy Waters via email .

For further information regarding recruitment processes please contact Larisa Ahadi Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor via email at . Please do not share your application to this email address.

Position Description

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