"Program Manager, Centre of Excellence in Paramedicine"

Job Identification

14131

Job Category

Project Support Generalist

Locations

• Footscray Park

Posting Date

08/07/2024, 07:43

Apply Before

22/07/2024, 21:59

Degree Level

No Formal Education

Job Schedule

Full time

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Job Description

About Us

Victoria University (VU) is a dual sector (higher education and TAFE) tertiary institution based in Melbourne, Australia. VU has academic colleges, each covering a broad discipline of study, and several research institutes and research centres. The University has campuses in Melbourne's CBD and western region, and a campus in Sydney and Brisbane. It also offers courses at partner institutions throughout Asia. Over 40,000 students, including around 14,000 international students, study VU courses worldwide.

VU has innovated a new pedagogic and curriculum approach: the VU Block Model. This, along with the VU First Year College, have been among the most significant learning and teaching developments in the Australian tertiary education sector over the past decade. VU TAFE is renowned for digital innovation in its delivery and is a highly valued industry collaborator.

At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drivers embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly.

About You

The successful applicant will:

• Have an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education in program management or related field.
• Have proven experience in delivering outcomes of a complex program across multiple project streams, ideally including infrastructure, research and education programs.
• Have a proven ability to analyse complex problems, identify critical issues and develop strategies for delivering solutions.
• Have experience in financial management of program/project budgets and ability to interpret financial information.
• Excellent high-level interpersonal skills.

The Opportunity

Victoria University (VU) is seeking a motivated individual who will lead a program of works relating to the delivery of the Victoria University Centre of Excellence in Paramedicine at VU’s Sunshine Campus.

The Centre will create an Australian-First Centre of Excellence that will focus on teaching and learning including post qualification training, state of the art advanced digital simulation, research with impact and creating meaningful industry partnerships.

The role will play a critical role in leading the management of multiple project streams from feasibility, planning, budget management and co-design, through to construction and delivery of outcomes across teaching and learning, research and industry partnerships.

Working closely with the Director Strategic Engagement, the Program Manager will have a focus on best practice stakeholder engagement, lead project resources and personnel and drive substantial project work streams and complex tasks across the four focus areas for the Centre.

This role will provide you the opportunity to be a part of VU’s bold plan to be a global leader in dual sector learning with a profound commitment to inclusivity and protecting country.

This is a full-time role at a HEP10 classification, $132,932 per annum + 17% superannuation, working 36.75 hours per week over a 3-year fixed-term contract.

What We Offer:

For information on our employee benefits, flexible working, discounts in private health insurance and gym memberships and salary packaging please visit https://www.vu.edu.au/staff/benefits-services-for-staff

How to Apply:

To view a copy of the position description, please click here: Position Description - Program Manager, Centre of Excellence in Paramedicine

Your application must include: 

•   A cover letter,

•   Your curriculum vitae/resume, 

•   Your responses to the Key Selection Criteria listed in the Position Description 

•   Evidence of applicable qualifications, licences and registrations

Application Closing Date: Monday the 22nd of July 2024 (11:59pm AEST)

Who Do You Contact?

For further information relating to the position, please contact Lisa Calabria, Director, Strategic Engagement by email at lisa.calabria@vu.edu.au.

Our commitment to Protecting Country

Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect

our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share. Victoria University is committed to inclusion and diversity, achieving gender equality in senior roles, and strongly encourages suitably qualified and experienced people to apply.

About Us

Victoria University (VU) is the  University of the West.

For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond.

We are one of Australia’s few dual-sector universities, with currently over 40,000 enrolled vocational and higher education students studying across our campuses.

Our moral purpose is to provide vocational and higher education that transforms the lives of students and the communities we serve. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose.

The VU Values are that we are always:

• welcoming

• ethical

• shaping the future 

• together.

This is the VU Way. We are always WEST.

At VU we believe diversity is a strength – the more diverse perspectives, identities, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience of our students and staff, the better our working environment, research and educational experience of our students.

With a culturally diverse population of students and staff from a wide range of backgrounds, we strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students and staff are respected, valued and enabled to thrive.