Manager Planning & Performance

Manager Planning & Performance

Job no: 528364

Work type: Full Time

Location: Sydney, NSW

Categories: Analyst

Employment Type: Full time, Fixed Term until December 2025.

Remuneration: Professional Staff Level 9. From $143,007 + 17% superannuation

Location: Kensington, NSW (Hybrid working model)

About UNSW

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work. We aspire to be Australia’s global university, improving and transforming lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.

About the Role

The Manager, Planning and Performance is responsible for coordinating the planning and performance activities and liaising with relevant stakeholders to produce a consolidated plan for the University. The Manager, Planning and Performance supports the delivery of complex projects, systems enhancements and business process improvements and undertakes strategic projects as required, providing insights that contribute to the strategic positioning of the University. The successful applicant will possess and have experience in:

• Lead the development and implementation of all components of the Integrated Planning Process to produce the University’s operational plan, monitor achievements against the plan and the formulation and delivery of initiatives relating to planning and performance activities.


• Work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to design and maintain delivery of automated, operationalised solutions for planning and performance processes and metrics, dashboards and scorecards and systematic processes to report and review progress against set targets.


• Establish and maintain excellent communication pathways and working relationships with UNSW stakeholders across the Faculties and Divisions.


• Provide analysis to support strategic and operational performance objectives through the delivery of critical analyses across different domains, scenario modelling and statistical analysis.


• Prepare evidence-based strategic insights, background papers, competitive positioning and opportunities papers and presentations for senior executives including the identification of opportunities in performance and growth.


• Work with the relevant stakeholders to assist with benchmarking analysis and preparing performance reports and provide insights and analysis into opportunities to improve functional and organisational performance.


• Lead and mentor team members to continuously develop capability, optimise staff engagement, motivation, and productivity and build a customer centric culture.

About You

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (analytics, mathematics/statistics, business or engineering) or an equivalent level of knowledge gained through any other combination of education, training, and experience.


• Tertiary qualifications with extensive relevant management experience, or proven equivalent competency gained through any other combination of education, training or experience.


• Proven advanced knowledge, understanding, and experience coordinating and delivering on strategic and operational planning activities in a complex environment, ideally within the higher education sector.


• Demonstrated high level critical thinking and analytical skills.


• Evidenced ability to establish highly effective and collaborative working relationships and initiate change in an organisation using high-level interpersonal, influencing, and written and verbal communication skills.


• Excellent team leadership capabilities including the ability to foster productive team dynamics to engage and enable teams.


• Ability to explain and communicate complex analysis to critical stakeholders in an effective and simplified way, or in a manner appropriate to the audience.


• Advanced project management skills including the ability to manage multiple concurrent complex projects (end to end), to provide high-level advice and review and re-engineer complex systems and processes.


• Excellent organisational and time management skills and demonstrated ability to manage and respond to changing priorities and deadlines.

For further information on the role & responsibilities, please refer to the Position Description.

How to Apply:

Submit your CV & cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) before Sunday 17 November by 11:55pm.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW Benefits and Culture:

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)


• Additional 3 days leave during December festive period.


• Career development opportunities


• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses


• Flexible 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.


• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport)

Job queries contact:

Tai James, Talent Acquisition Consultant

E: tai.james@unsw.edu.au (applications to the address cannot be accepted, please apply online)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

Position Description

Advertised: 25 Oct 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 17 Nov 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time