Current opportunities at Melbourne

Role Type: Full-time; Continuing
Applications close: Friday 11^th of April  2025, 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

About the role:
Step into a high-impact role where you’ll lead a team responsible for managing the University’s nine campuses, encompassing heritage buildings, cutting-edge arts facilities and biomedical research laboratories. As Director of Campus Operations and Delivery, you will lead a large team responsible for delivery of facilities management, security and construction projects across the University. This dynamic leadership role collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to ensure assets, services and projects align with the University’s operational needs.

The Director champions a high-performing and service-oriented team culture. This role is responsible for the delivery of high-quality and cost-effective facilities services, including many delivered by external suppliers. This role also oversees property project construction and partners with Estate Planning to inform capital investment and deliver the University's property capital plan.

This is more than a job—it's your chance to contribute to a leading institution.

What We Offer You:

• Attractive Salary Package: Senior Manager salary open to negotiation, 17% super and more.
• Benefits: Enjoy salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, and a 25% discount on graduate courses for you and your family.
• Career Growth: Collaborate with senior leaders and make a significant impact on society through education.
• For more information, check out our benefits page!

Your BAU:

• Deliver facilities services to agreed standards and timeframes for all University campuses
• Develop and manage operational plans and budgets for Campus Operations and Delivery, including continuous improvement initiatives, and contribute to broader Business Services planning.
• Oversee the University's construction project portfolio, from minor works to major projects
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders to ensure service provision meets current and future organisational needs.
• Drive digital capability and technology adoption within Campus Operations and Delivery to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
• Manage a large team of people, fostering an inclusive and contemporary approach to leadership.

Your profile:
You are a service-focused leader who uses their exceptional communication skills to navigate a large, complex organisation. You are passionate about leveraging new technologies and building a digitally capable team.

Essential Criteria:

1. A relevant postgraduate qualification in engineering, property or project management, or a combination of relevant training, education, and experience.
2. Experience leading asset and infrastructure teams for a complex property portfolio (ranging from heritage buildings to state-of-the-art research facilities)
3. Substantial people management and leadership experience in a large, complex organisation with a focus on fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and accountability, as well as a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
4. Excellent commercial acumen, with experience negotiating contracts valued over $50M and managing vendor performance
5. Demonstrated experience delivering an integrated suite of campus services and operations, particularly for a large, complex organisation operating on multiple sites
6. Experience leading or overseeing a significant portfolio of property-related projects and programs, with a strong understanding of financial management including budget development and financial forecasting.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. You will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures if you don’t have one already.

Your New Team – Business Services
Business Services provides a full range of class leading information technology, facilities management, finance, HR and health and safety services to all operating entities of the University.

The Campus Operations and Delivery team manages the University’s assets and infrastructure across all campuses and provides facilities services to all operating entities of the University. This encompasses maintenance, engineering and infrastructure, asset performance, utilities management, physical security, transport and parking. The team also delivers the University’s construction projects, ranging from precinct re-development to specialist facility fit outs.

Your New Employer - The University of Melbourne
Once you join us, we hope you will see for yourself that we take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn. We genuinely value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcome 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. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page and read about our Indigenous Strategy - https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring.

Ready to Apply?
If you believe you are a good fit for this position and see yourself working as a senior leader in Australia's highest-ranking University, we want to hear from you.

Please apply with the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience

Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Susan Bradley via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you require reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact the employee listed above, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Please note: This role requires current valid work rights for Australia – visa sponsorship is not available.

Position Description:  Director Campus Operations and Delivery PD.pdf