Attractive remuneration package on offer to the successful candidate. Total salary package offered will depend on qualifications and experience.
Full time, fixed term contract until 31 December 2029.
The General Manager - Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) plays a pivotal role in shaping and driving the lifelong learning agenda of the University of Adelaide. This position is instrumental in executing the University's strategic initiatives related to non-award education, which includes developing innovative programs, expanding educational offerings, and fostering strategic partnerships that enhance the University's market presence in lifelong learning.
As the General Manager, you will oversee the comprehensive management and strategic direction of the PACE unit, ensuring it is responsive to the evolving needs of learners, industry, and the broader community. This role requires a transformational and aspiring leader who can interpret complex information from multiple sources to innovate and drive the future direction of PACE. You will be responsible for developing and delivering a portfolio of commercially viable educational programs that align with the University's broader learner attraction and revenue generation strategies.
The role demands a proactive approach to business development, with a focus on expanding the program's market reach and ensuring financial sustainability. You will work closely with the Executive Director of Education Transformation and the broader Division of Academic and Student Engagement leadership team to align the PACE unit's goals with the University's strategic priorities.
In this role, you will also be responsible for external engagement, building strong relationships with corporate clients, government departments, and industry partners to address their educational needs and leverage the University's resources effectively. Your leadership will be crucial in establishing PACE as the preferred provider of lifelong learning in South Australia, driving both the reputation and financial performance of the University's continuing education initiatives.
To be successful you will need:
Enjoy an outstanding career environment
The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.
It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.
Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.
We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.
In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.
Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs
Your division's broader role
The Division of Academic and Student Engagement (DASE) drives the University's strategic activities in relation to learning and teaching. This includes ensuring all Adelaide students have a quality experience, and investing in our academic staff's professional development.
Learn more at: https: // www. adelaide.edu.au/dase/division-leadership
How to Apply
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Applications close 11:55pm, 6 September 2024.
For further information
For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact: Lori Hocking Executive Director, Education Transformation E: [email protected]
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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
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