Position Number: 0064553
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Department: Office of the Provost
Salary: Senior Manager salary package including 17% superannuation
- Drive transformation through human-centered design and adult learning science.
- Exciting opportunity to lead impactful, multi-year initiatives that empower a diverse and future-ready workforce.
- Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!
About the Role
As the Director, Organisational Design, you will redefine organisational learning at the University of Melbourne. By crafting transformative, end-to-end learning experiences that drive career growth, capability development, and team performance, you’ll empower employees to excel and build skills for the future. With a focus on human-centered design, innovative adult learning science, and robust evaluation models, you’ll build and lead a high-performing team to deliver measurable impact aligned with the University’s strategic vision.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop and Oversee Learning Experiences: Design, develop, and execute high-quality learning experiences aligned with organisational goals, including induction, supervisor training, and advanced development pathways.
- Champion Human-Centered Design: Create engaging and accessible learning experiences tailored to diverse learners using human-centered and experience design principles.
- Drive Data-Informed Learning: Implement rigorous evaluation models (e.g., LTEM) to measure program effectiveness and use data to inform continuous improvement.
- Lead and Collaborate: Lead a high-performing team, foster a collaborative environment, and partner with key stakeholders to ensure successful program delivery and organizational impact.
Who we are looking for
You will bring extensive experience in leading organisational development initiatives within complex environments, with proven success in delivering impactful programs. Your exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills will enable you to build high-performing teams, drive change, and foster strong, collaborative relationships across diverse audiences and competing priorities.
You will also have:
- Instructional Design and Program Management: significant experience in instructional design or capability development, with experience managing complex learning programs.
- Experience and Service Design: Proficiency in experience design and service design methodologies, ensuring impactful, learner-centred programs.
- Career Learning Leadership: A vision for enabling career mobility and supporting career pathways through impactful learning solutions.
- Human-Centred Design and Adult Learning Science: Expertise in applying human-centred design and adult learning principles to create accessible, effective programs.
- Data-Driven Evaluation: Proficiency with LTEM or similar models to measure learning effectiveness and program impact.
- Team Leadership Excellence: Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing, cross-functional teams.
- Digital and Blended Learning Expertise: Proven experience leveraging technology to deliver engaging, hybrid, and online learning experiences.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your new team – The Office of the Provost
Led by the Provost, the Office of the Provost supports achievement of the vision and objectives for education and community contained in the Advancing Melbourne strategy. The Office of the Provost sits alongside other divisions (Research, International, Strategy & Culture) within Chancellery.
Join Our Transformative OD Centre of Excellence
At the University of Melbourne, our newly established Organisational Development Centre of Excellence (OD COE) is on a bold mission to empower our people to deliver on the University’s extraordinary purpose. Focused on capability building, purpose engagement, and performance solutions, we’re shaping a future-ready workforce equipped to meet today’s challenges and seize tomorrow’s opportunities.
Join us on this transformative journey to build a world-class OD function that drives excellence, fosters innovation, and delivers strategic value at every level of the University.
What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!
The University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. 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.
Be yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences, and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes 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. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.
For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for 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.
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, 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 have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the contact details listed on the Position Description.
Applications close: Monday 6th of January 2025 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEST)
Position Description: 
PD - Director, Organisational Development.pdf
Position Description
