Associate Director, Clinical Education Strategy & Risk

Associate Director, Clinical Education Strategy & Risk

Job no: 0063536

Location: Parkville

Role type: Full-time, Continuing

Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Salary: Senior Manager 1 - Attractive salary p.a. + 17% super

Drive strategic leadership for the clinical education portfolio within MDHS, spearheading quality and innovation in clinical education and placements.

Lead the integration of incident and risk management and strategic innovation to elevate clinical education excellence, ensuring compliance with policy and legislative requirements while cultivating a culture of continuous improvement.

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

The Associate Director, Clinical Education Strategy and Risk at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences plays a critical role in providing strategic leadership for the Faculty’s clinical education portfolio, with a strong focus on quality education and placements. Reporting to the Academic Director CESAR, this role is pivotal in driving excellence in clinical education through innovative risk management, strategic alignment, and collaborative partnerships across the University and beyond. The incumbent will lead a team to ensure effective incident management, compliance, and continuous improvement in educational practices.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive the strategic planning for clinical education across the Faculty MDHS by integrating University strategies, government policies and national and international benchmarks, with risk mitigation strategies identified through clinical education risk reporting processes.
• Manage and maintain risk reporting and the MDHS clinical education risk register with transparent, responsive and timely strategic alignment.
• Ensure effective communication and support is provided to all clinical education support staff in Schools, and the Faculty.

Who We Are Looking For

You will demonstrate strong autonomous judgment, leadership, and problem-solving skills to develop and implement innovative policies and solutions, while effectively leading administrative support functions and fostering a collaborative work environment. You will also excel in managing change, engaging with diverse stakeholders, and building strong business partnerships.

You will also have:

• A tertiary qualification or other comparable qualification, and/or extensive experience in a similar role at a senior level in the tertiary education sector.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic and operational plans and business process and systems improvement, to ensure the delivery of programs and services on time with enhanced service delivery outcomes.
• Understanding of the disciplines and professions represented in the MDHS award courses (health care, population health and biomedical sciences) is highly desirable.

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 – Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences has an enviable research record and is the University of Melbourne’s largest faculty in terms of management of financial resources, employment of academic and professional staff, teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate (including research higher degree) students and the conduct of basic and applied research. The Faculty’s annual revenue is $628m with approximately 55% of this income related to research activities. The Faculty has a student teaching load in excess of 8,500 equivalent full-time students including more than 1,300 research higher degree students. The Faculty has approximately 2,195 staff comprising 642 professional staff and 1,553 research and teaching staff.

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

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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 the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, 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
• Responses addressing Selection Criteria 2, 5, and 6 (as detailed in the Position Description)

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Fahim Farzad via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, 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.

Internal/ Existing employees are strongly encouraged to speak with their current people leaders prior to submitting your application.

Position Description

Advertised: 02 Sep 2024 12:05 AM AUS Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: 29 Sep 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

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