Vacancies

Senior Manager, Strategy

• Work directly with the university’s Executive Leadership.
• Do meaningful work to improve the university’s performance and operations.
• Great flexibility, genuine work-life balance and wonderful regional locations.

The role

• Full Time - 35 hours per week, Continuing
• Level 10 ($137 997 - $146 330 plus 17% super)
• Campus based role (Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Orange, Wagga Wagga or Port Macquarie)

Working closely with the Vice-Chancellor, Chief of Staff, Executive Leadership team and their respective offices, the Senior Manager, Strategy is responsible for leading the university's annual strategic planning process. This includes working with the Executive Leadership Team to make sure the strategy is carried out, tracking its progress, identifying potential risks, and giving advice to support good decision-making.

About you

To be considered for this opportunity you will be motivated by shaping and delivering strategy, delivering results and have a continuous improvement mindset. You will thrive when presented with challenges and embrace complexity!

To be successful you will have: 

• A track record of developing, implementing and evaluating complex strategies
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Highly effective relationship and stakeholder management capabilities
• Superior analytical capabilities
• Postgraduate qualifications with relevant experience leading strategic planning activities.

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Office of the Vice-Chancellor here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a “statement of suitability” demonstrating your skills, knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position (referencing the selection criteria in the position description) and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please contact us.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Wade Burgmann | Manager, Talent Acquisition | wburgmann@csu.edu.au

Closing Date: 11 pm, 16 February 2025

Advertised: 29 Jan 2025 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 16 Feb 2025 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time