Curriculum & Quality Assurance Team Leader

Job no: 0061278
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing 
Faculty: Arts
Department/School: Academic Support Office
Salary: UOM 7 – $102,338 – $110,780 p.a. plus 17% super

• Lead curriculum development support, ensuring efficient implementation of course change proposals within the Faculty of Arts.
• Foster excellence by motivating and coaching staff, collaborating with stakeholders for innovative curriculum design across academic programs.
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role
As the Curriculum and Quality Assurance Team Leader within the Academic Support Office of the Faculty of Arts, you play a crucial role in planning and coordinating curriculum development support, offering expert advice to academic staff on policy and processes. Your responsibilities include providing direction and support to team members, fostering collaboration, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely support across the Faculty. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Effectively plan and coordinate both the university level and faculty level course and subject change proposals process, working closely with key stakeholders, to ensure all changes are complete, reviewed and approved by the required deadline.
• Effectively motivate, coach and supervise staff to achieve goals. Provide clear performance expectations, regular feedback and document performance outcomes, ensuring poor performance is addressed and high performance nurtured and rewarded.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to support quality curriculum design and innovative pedagogy across undergraduate, honours, graduate coursework and graduate research courses;
• Provide high level support in internal and external reviews of courses, majors and specialisations

Who We Are Looking For
You will showcase problem-solving skills, an agile mindset, and excellent written and verbal communication with diverse stakeholders.

You will also have:

• A degree or postgraduate qualification with substantial relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training;
• Proven ability to interpret complex policies and procedures and provide high quality advice to academic staff and professional colleagues;
• High-level interpersonal and collaborative skills with the ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships and influence optimal outcomes for the University, Faculties, and students.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must 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 Faculty of Arts“

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne is widely recognised as Australia’s leading centre for the study of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Over its 150-year history, the Faculty has produced leaders in a wide range of fields, including government, business, creative industries and media, community and not-for- profit organisations. The Faculty maintains strong strategic relationships with leading international universities through joint teaching collaborations, research projects and student exchange programs.

The Academic Support Office (ASO) supports the development, delivery and quality assurance of teaching and learning activities. The ASO manages essential functions in the following key areas: selection, scholarships, undergraduate and graduate coursework and graduate research programs, student enrichment, work integrated learning (WIL), and eTeaching.  

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!

About 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 Kim Groizard at [email protected] , 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
• The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Anna Gradoboeva via email at [email protected] , 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 details listed on the Position Description.

Position Description