Position Number: 0053949
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time
Department/School: Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning
Salary: UOM 7 $106,432 to $115,211 p.a. plus 17% super
- Oversee the effective administration and management of endowed and donated funds across the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, ensuring compliance with endowment and financial reporting obligations
- Play a pivotal role in maximising the impact of philanthropic support by expertly managing the Faculty's gifts portfolio while also contributing to strategic projects that shape the future of the built environment
- 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
In this dynamic role, you will accumulate an in-depth knowledge of the Faculty's gifts portfolio, providing expert advice on the implementation and administration of endowed and donated funds. You will lead process improvement activities, collaborate with compliance teams, and ensure the Faculty meets its endowment and financial reporting obligations. Additionally, you will coordinate cross-functional projects within the Faculty, ensuring timely delivery and clear communication between stakeholders.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing expert advice and interpretation of policies and legislative requirements related to long-term investment funds, charitable trusts, and expendable gifts.
- Contributing to the development of comprehensive gift implementation plans, including award approval processes and stewardship plans.
- Managing the awarding and administration of Faculty scholarships and prizes, ensuring compliance with relevant statutes and regulations.
Who We Are Looking For
You will possess a relevant degree with subsequent relevant experience or an equivalent mix of education and relevant experience. You have the ability to understand compliance issues related to legal contracts and exercise judgment in making complex decisions. Your organisational skills and capacity for short- and long-term planning ensure the timely delivery of programmes and services
You will also have:
- A relevant degree with subsequent relevant experience, or an equivalent mix of education and relevant experience;
- Demonstrated ability to understand the compliance issues relating to the administration of legal contracts
- Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment and make complex decisions with the ability to deliver creative solutions and negotiate outcomes;
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 – Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning
The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning is the leading educational and research institution in the Asia-Pacific region addressing the design and realisation of inhabited environments. It actively seeks to extend the linkages between education, research and practice in the built environment, and maintains excellent and extensive relationships with members of the built environment professions, government, professional associations and the wider community. The Faculty has over 200 staff and 3000 students, one third of whom are international. It is responsible for the undergraduate Bachelor of Design degree, and offers majors in architecture, landscape architecture, property, construction, and urban planning. The Faculty’s graduate school, the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), teaches accredited masters courses across the professional disciplines of Architecture, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Property, Urban Design and Urban Planning.
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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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
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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
- The responses only against the Selection Criteria 2, 3, 4 & 5 (found in the Position Description)
^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
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Shabon Nawabi 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.
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Position Description
