Director, Partnerships

Overview:

• 2-year fixed term contract position.

• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid/flexible ways of working

• Key leadership position critical to achieving the College’s strategic objectives

About RMIT

RMIT is a multi-sector university of technology, design and enterprise with more than 95,000 students and 10,000 staff globally. RMIT offers postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational education and online programs to provide students with a variety of work-relevant pathways.

Our purpose is to offer life-changing experiences for our students, and to help shape the world with research, innovation, teaching and industry engagement. With strong industry connections forged over 130 years, collaboration with industry remains integral to RMIT’s leadership in education, applied and innovative research, and to the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.

Our Culture

Our Values inspire us, wherever we are in the world, and guide how we live and work together.

Imagination. Integrity. Courage. Passion. Impact. Inclusion.

About the College:

The purpose of RMIT’s College of Vocational Education is to empower learners and our industry, community, and government partners to succeed in the new world of work. Our five-year strategic roadmap, AliVE @ RMIT, purposefully guides everything we do in vocational education to deliver our vision: to position RMIT as a leading multi-sector provider with global impact and influence.

Led by our Deputy Vice Chancellor, the College of VE is reimagining how we deliver vocational education to create unique experiences for our students and partners, so we can:

• Lead in practice-based learning

• Empower learners for the future of work

• Engage industry and community at scale

• Grow for impact and influence

The College of VE is delivering impact through transformation that creates long-term change.

Supported by a dedicated partnerships and engagement function, the College of VE will focus on identifying, developing and managing industry, community and government partnership opportunities, inclusive of the coordination of industry short courses across all clusters. The team will identify and lead new streams of workforce development and industry revenue across our breadth of disciplines. This core industry engagement function is a key pillar of what makes RMIT’s VE offering unique and sector leading.

About the role:

The Director, Partnerships (VE), is a key leadership position critical to achieving the VE College’s strategic objectives relating to external engagement and partnership activity which will drive a unique student experience for Vocational Education at RMIT.

The role will have overall accountability for the development of successful business and government partnerships that drive growth and scale for VE and will be directly responsible for maturing significant commercial and government partnerships.

This will include working closely with central business development leaders and leading a small team to ensure that VE partnerships remain profitable and that these partnerships drive an improved VE student and employer experience through being deeply connected to industry.

To be successful in this position you will ideally have:

• Demonstrated experience in development of strategies around business development and relationship management activities to deliver commercial outcomes

• Highly developed influencing and negotiating skills at senior levels, including the ability to combine a collegial style with decisive and practical implementation strategies to lead change in a challenging and dynamic environment

• Commercial acumen in decision making and advice, and a track record of success in providing high level advice at an executive level relating to industry engagement activity

• A strong understanding of the sector, the educational requirements, issues and policies (internal and external) affecting VET policy and translating this into strategy and execution

• Proven collaboration and expert communication skills, including the capability to initiate, lead and manage projects and influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes that contribute to improved performance of the organisation

• Demonstrated effectiveness driving a high-performance team in the development and implementation of critical business strategies and achievement of clearly defined metrics and KPI’s 

• Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills, including an ability to work independently, think creatively and exercise high level judgement to make decisions often under ambiguity within a dynamic environment

To Apply 

Please submit your CV and covering letter and addressing your suitability to the key selection criteria for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link. For further information about this position or for a confidential discussion please contact Adrian Heward via email  [email protected]

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Applications Close:
11 Dec 2022 11.59 pm

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