Location: Australia
JOB INFO
JOB DESCRIPTION
About Us:
At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly. One of the drivers “Thriving place to Study and Work” will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Director, the Policy Lead is integral to the Mitchell Institute’s pursuit of excellence in research and policy development and its goal to be a highly influential, networked organisation. The position is part of the Mitchell Institute leadership team and will lead activity around strategy, policy, coordination, evaluation, evidence development and effective practice at a national level. It will create and deliver the Mitchell Institute’s impact program and work with the Director and Associate Director to formulate and lead the institute’s strategic direction.
This is a full time position at a HEP 10, $132,932 classification working 36.75 hours per week over a fixed term contract period until 31/07/2027.
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About You:
What We Offer:
For information on our employee benefits, flexible working, discounts in private health insurance and gym memberships and salary packaging please visit our website.
How to Apply:
Application Closing Date: 5pm Wednesday 7th August 2024.
Who Do You Contact?
For further information relating to the position, please contact Associate Professor Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute, peter.hurley@vu.edu.au.
Our Commitment to Protecting Country:
Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share.
Victoria University is committed to inclusion, equity and diversity. VU encourages applications from women, gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from under-represented backgrounds in this field.
ABOUT US
Victoria University (VU) is the University of the West.
For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond.
We are one of Australia’s few dual-sector universities, with currently over 40,000 enrolled vocational and higher education students studying across our campuses.
Our moral purpose is to provide vocational and higher education that transforms the lives of students and the communities we serve. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose.
The VU Values are that we are always:
This is the VU Way. We are always WEST.
At VU we believe diversity is a strength – the more diverse perspectives, identities, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience of our students and staff, the better our working environment, research and educational experience of our students.
With a culturally diverse population of students and staff from a wide range of backgrounds, we strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students and staff are respected, valued and enabled to thrive.
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