- Lead the enterprise-wide implementation of ACU's Education and Student Success Plan (ESSP).
About the role
As Senior Manager, Program Delivery, you will:
- Lead the enterprise-wide implementation of ACU's Education and Student Success Plan (ESSP), providing high-level strategic leadership, expert advice and oversight to ensure ESSP priorities are translated into integrated strategies, sustainable operating models, and measurable organisational outcomes across the University.
- Drive complex, large-scale, cross-functional strategic initiatives that support ACU's Vision 2033 and advance the University's education, student success, and Catholic mission objectives.
- Work closely with senior executives, ESSP domain leads and co-leads, influencing direction, strengthening execution capability and addressing delivery risks to embed consistent approaches to planning, governance, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement.
- Lead complex strategic initiatives within the Professional Services Hub (PSH) Education and Catholic Mission Portfolios.
- Set delivery frameworks, coordinate multi-stakeholder implementation, resolve issues, and ensure outcomes are achieved where initiatives span multiple functional areas, involve significant change or require advanced design and delivery capability.
- Apply human-centred design, systems thinking and advanced program delivery expertise to shape how initiatives are designed and embedded in practice, contributing to measurable improvements in student outcomes and organisational effectiveness.
- Act as a steward of delivery discipline and strategic coherence, enabling ACU to realise the intent of its strategy in a consistent, scalable, and sustainable way in alignment with the university's Catholic mission and values.
For full position details, refer to the position description.
Contact
General enquiries can be sent to Monica Chen, Associate Director Strategy & Operations - PSH Education and Catholic Mission at: monica.chen@acu.edu.au
What we offer
- The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
- Total remuneration valued to $181,480 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $153,581 (pro rata) pa (HEW 10 Base 1), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
- Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
- As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.
How to Apply
Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process
Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:
- Resume.
- Recommended responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
- Brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.
Applications close: 01-NOV-2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time
Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements.
This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and/or Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP) (ACT only).
Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)
ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact recruitment@acu.edu.au to discuss your requirements in confidence.
About ACU
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.