Staffing Manager

Job no: 0057309
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full time; Continuing
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: UOM 9 – $129,154 – $134,374 p.a. plus 17% super

The University of Melbourne would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated, the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung Peoples, the Yorta Yorta Nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung People. We acknowledge that the land on which we meet and learn was the place of age-old ceremonies, of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the local Aboriginal Peoples have had and continue to have a unique role in the life of these lands.

About the Melbourne Law School
www.law.unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne Law School is Australia’s first all-graduate law school. Melbourne Law School was the first school in Australia to teach law, and awarded this country’s first law degrees. The Law School is now fully graduate with its Juris Doctor for admission to practice recognised as a high-level qualification in Australia and beyond. Coupled with the unrivalled excellence of the Melbourne Law Masters and its excellent Research Higher Degree programs, the Law School offers a unique opportunity for the integration of scholarship and teaching.

Its school is a vibrant community of creative scholars, committed to a highly collegial, research-intensive institutional life. The Law School has particular strengths in comparative analysis. It aims to integrate teaching with research and engagement activities and to engage with local, national and global communities.

About the Role
The position supports the teaching and research staffing requirements for the Faculty.  The Staffing Manager has responsibility for ensuring all employment contracts for teaching and research are appropriate and compliant.  The position works with Law School hiring managers and supervisors to ensure hiring, payment, and supervision levels are to a high standard.  The position manages the employee life cycle including contracting, onboarding, offboarding, induction, room allocations, staff access, training, office re-sets and relevant asset management.  Business Services and Human Resources provide some input into these processes.  The Staffing Manager is to ensure the overall staff experience is as seamless and well supported as possible. 

The position leads complex and varied work related to strategic initiative implementation, and the achievement of continuous improvement objectives for Melbourne Law School (MLS).

Responsibilities include:

• Support the Deputy Dean and Program heads in respect of staffing arrangements, including staffing the teaching and research programs.
• The position manages the employee life cycle including contracting, onboarding, offboarding, induction, room allocations, staff access, office re-sets and relevant asset management. 
• Assist in developing the full cost of human resourcing for inclusion in business plans and funding submissions.

About You
You are an experienced Manager with outstanding communication and negotiation skills, able to understand complex issues while also effectively leading others in the completion of strategic priorities. Your interpersonal skills enable you to build and sustain positive working relationships within teams, matrix management arrangements and a shared service environment. You are capable of managing projects and have the skills required to adequately maintain team momentum, set and meet various delivery milestones, and also measure outcomes as required. You are experienced and competent in conducting broad ranging research, analysis and evaluation of options, and able to then provide impartial and forthright advice on complex matters. Ideally you will have experience in working in staff or human resourcing areas of a complex business environment.

You will also have:

• A relevant degree and subsequent relevant work experience.  Or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
• Demonstrated strategic focus with the ability to identify opportunities and work to strategic direction and operational priorities for the achievement of timely results.
• Exceptional administrative skills and an ability to work with multiple operating systems including human resource and financial systems.

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have current valid work rights for Australia.

About the University
The University of Melbourne is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

Benefits of Working with Us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements, generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits .

Be Yourself
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and encourage and celebrate diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria^ (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact  us at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au .

Position Description