Program Manager

Classification: ANU Officer 8 (Administration)
Salary package: $115,511 - $123,519 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full time, Fixed term (up to 3 years)

Join a dynamic impact-driven team working at the intersection of people, technology and the environment

• We are highly collaborative, innovative, creative, and interdisciplinary workplace.
• We offer a dynamic and supportive environment that offers professional growth, flexible work arrangements, and the opportunity to shape thinkers of the future 

About the College

The ANU by 2025 Strategic Plan calls for the University to serve society through transformational research and education. As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) is an innovative community representing 6 key disciplines finding solutions to the world's greatest challenges and helping us design, build, regulate and secure the future. 

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College directly supports one of the four pillars of ANU by 2025: to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation post COVID-19. 

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our college comprises six schools: the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science and the Fenner School of Environment and Society, supported by the Professional Services Group.

The School of Cybernetics is the first new school established at the ANU in the 21st Century. The School will build on the foundational work of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Innovation Institute (3Ai), and also develop capacity in systems and design. Cybernetics is at the heart of the work of the school as a tool that sparks new ways of thinking and possibilities for the future. We focus on systems as a unit of analysis and driver of action for industries working with complexity and we are generating new approaches to shape the future through and with technology. The school creates programs that blend education, research and engagement, giving staff the opportunity to create new ways of working, to imagine something different, built on a diverse, inclusive culture.

About the opportunity

This position will support the growth of the school’s suite of external Learning Experiences (LX) - a series of professional courses that empower participants across government and industry to apply cybernetics to their work. The Program Manager will provide high-level project coordination and management in the achievement of School of Cybernetics projects, working effectively across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. The Program Manager is responsible for coordinating day-to-day project administration operations, working with other team members within the School. The position will work closely with the LX Convenor to align initiatives to the School’s mission, manage current contracts, and build partnerships to secure future offerings.

To enquire about this role, please contact Eddie Aloise King, LX Convenor, via email eddie.aloiseking@anu.edu.au. 

Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity

The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on indigenous.employment@anu.edu.au   
 
ANU values diversity and inclusion and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to those of all backgrounds and identities. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion 

What we offer

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources  

Application information 

Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents: 

• A detailed curriculum vitae (CV) and the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees, you can complete these online when prompted in the application form. 
• A 2-page statement addressing the selection criteria. 
• (Optional for applicants) achievement relative to opportunity statement where appropriate
• Other documents, if required. 

Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process.  An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.