Full time, fixed term until December 2026
Play a key role in ensuring effective education support, strategic planning, and stakeholder management at one of Australia's largest and most diverse faculties of arts and social sciences.
Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation
About the opportunity
The Faculty of Arts and Social Science, one of Australia's largest and most diverse faculties, is at the forefront of 21st‐century teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences. Are seeking an experienced Head, Education to lead education support across the Faculty.
This senior role is responsible for translating strategic education priorities into effective operational services, providing high‐level advice to academic and executive leadership, optimising service delivery, and ensuring strong compliance and governance. The position plays a pivotal role in enabling high‐quality education outcomes through strategic planning and close collaboration with academic and professional stakeholders.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Leading high quality education support services that enable outstanding teaching and learning outcomes, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence and impact
Driving continuous improvement across education operations, building collaborative partnerships to improve efficiency, consistency, and service experience
Providing strategic leadership on education support priorities, translating emerging needs into practical solutions and contributing to academic program development and reform
Championing strong governance and compliance, ensuring legislative, reporting, and accreditation requirements are met with integrity and accountability
Building capability and high performance across technical teams, through coaching, development, and inclusive people leadership that supports growth and wellbeing
About you
You bring senior level experience and judgement to the leadership of education support services and demonstrate:
Relevant postgraduate qualifications or equivalent professional experience, with a strong record of achievement leading education support functions in a university or comparable tertiary environment
Strategic and operational leadership capability, including delivering high‐quality education services, driving continuous improvement, and contributing to academic program development and reform
Strong people leadership experience, with the ability to supervise, mentor, develop, and performance‐manage professional and technical teams to build capability and sustain high performance
Excellent stakeholder, governance, and communication skills, with sound understanding of university policy, compliance, and decision‐making frameworks, and the ability to influence, negotiate, and resolve complex issues with integrity
Work Rights
You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
EEO statement
At the University of Sydney, our shared values include diversity and inclusion and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this commitment through our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTIQ. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
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