* Total remuneration range $133,806 to $153,649 pa
* Full-time continuing appointment
* Toowoomba or Ipswich campus
Take the next step in your leadership journey as the strategic and operational backbone of one of UniSQ's largest and most impactful academic schools – the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Be a part of a vibrant and supportive workplace that provides leadership development and growth opportunities and lead a high-performing team dedicated to excellence.
Who you are
You are an experienced and forward thinking professional who thrives in complex environments and enjoys leading people and systems to deliver high quality outcomes. You will provide expert guidance on policy, governance, resource management, planning and workforce coordination, ensuring the School thrives now and into the future.
What you'll do
As School Manager, you will:
* Provide high?level strategic and operational advice to senior academic leaders.
* Lead School support staff to deliver exceptional administrative, teaching, facilities, compliance, and health and safety services.
* Drive School planning, budgeting, workforce planning, and resource allocation.
* Oversee financial management, including budget submissions, sessional funding and HDR allocations.
* Coordinate academic workload processes and ensure effective, equitable distribution of resources.
* Lead business process improvements in partnership with central divisions and other schools.
* Manage complex projects, analyse data, and prepare strategic reports and briefing papers.
* Support engagement, outreach, promotional activities and major events.
* Represent the School on committees and working groups across UniSQ.
What will help you succeed
You will bring:
* Postgraduate qualifications or substantial equivalent experience.
* Demonstrated capability in managing diverse resources, including staff, budgets, facilities and assets.
* Strong leadership, people management and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Excellent financial literacy, organisational skills and strong communication skills, with a solutions focussed mindset.
For further information about this role, please contact Leah East, Interim Head of School and Dean (Nursing and Midwifery) via or HOS-
Building on its strengths as Australia's leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ's Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia's most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.
The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.
We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.
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To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.
Reference Number: 0018_01/26
Location: Toowoomba or Ipswich
Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)
Salary: Total remuneration range $133,806 to $153,649 pa (includes salary range of $112,845 to $129,580 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)
Closes: Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)
At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.
As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.
This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.
If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to 'Who we're looking for' in the position description.
For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.