University of Sydney
Manager, Higher Degree Industry
Leading to improve the world around us
Business Operations and Strategy
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why University of Sydney
As the first university to be established in Australasia, the University of Sydney consistently ranks as one of Australia’s top universities. We aim to create and sustain a university that will, for the benefit of both Australia and the wider world, maximise the potential of the brightest researchers and most promising students, whatever their social or cultural background.
About the role
About the opportunity As the Manager, Higher Degree Industry Internships you will play an integral role in shaping and implementing the Industry Internships Program for Higher Degree Research students, leveraging the existing relationships and work of the broader university stakeholders. In this role you will develop and implement strategies, processes, and policy, ensuring alignment with overarching objectives of the Research Portfolio to uplift industry engagement and overall experience for HDR students. You will be leading a newly formed team within the Pro Vice-Chancellor Researcher Training group and play a pivotal role in realising the Sydney 2032 Strategy by continuing to uplift the student experience and contributing to research excellence. If you are a talented people-leader with a strong background in stakeholder engagement and strategy implementation, we’d love to hear from you! Your key responsibilities will be to:
- work within a dynamic team reporting into the Director, Graduate Research School
- map and identify opportunities for industry engagement for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students leveraging existing relationships in the broader university
- encourage Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to apply for the industry internship program
- lead the implementation of processes and procedures aimed at creating a smooth process for Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students engaging in industry internships
- provide leadership, people management and coordination to two direct reports
- develop effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders About you
- bachelor’s degree in any discipline paired with relevant industry experience
- experience working in or an understanding of the complexities associated with Higher Education environments
- demonstrated ability to implement strategy in large and complex organisations
- demonstrated ability to manage and motivate a team including goal setting, advocacy, and coordination
- proven experience fostering and leveraging stakeholder relationships for external engagement
- ability to present data collect by team members to senior stakeholders with meaningful and engaging insights.
What you'll be responsible for
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Process Management and Ongoing Improvement
Manage and improve organizational processes to minimize complexities and increase productivity
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Execution and Project Management
Plan and deliver project plans by managing people, resources, budget, and timelines, to support the organization’s goals
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Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights
Skills you'll need
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Collaboration
Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals
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Creativity
Generates multiple innovative/new/novel ideas to solve a problem
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Numerical problem solving
Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems
Meet the team
