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Associate Director, Regional Engagement

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Reference no: 499021
Work type: Continuing - Full Time
Location: Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Wagga Wagga
Categories: Management

  • Join a purpose-driven university with regional impact
  • Take your next step in a career defining role
  • Lead a high impact team elevating Charles Sturt’s profile and reputation

The role

  • Full Time, Continuing
  • Level 10 - $142,137 to $150,720 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
  • Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange or Wagga Wagga

As the Associate Director, Regional Engagement, you will provide leadership for the University’s regional engagement operations, championing a whole-of-University approach that advances institutional priorities, strengthens regional impact, and supports long-term organisational success.

Operating within the Engagement & Enterprise leadership team, you will shape and influence our engagement framework and activities, embedding regional engagement as a driver of the University’s mission, growth, and sustainability.

By building out the framework and business rules for regional engagement and through working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, you will strengthen the University’s reputation, extend its regional reach, and enhance its contribution to the social, cultural, and economic prosperity of regional Australia.

About you

  • Relevant degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience, with expertise in program management and process optimisation
  • Proven leader with extensive experience translating strategy into measurable outcomes
  • Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of building influential partnerships, externally and internally
  • Demonstrated success leading high-performing teams and driving cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong program management, analytical and commercial acumen to inform strategic decision-making

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 Engagement and Enterprise 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 visit our how to apply page or 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:

General recruitment enquiries: Talent Acquisition | jobs@csu.edu.au 

Role specific enquiries: Office of the Executive Director, Engagement and Enterprise | edee@csu.edu.au

Closing Date: 11pm, 2 August 2026

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