AddressAdvancement and Community Engagement
Strong commitment and action toward a diverse and inclusive workforce
Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact
Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact
Based at St Lucia location
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.
Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.
Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:
26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
17% superannuation contributions
17.5% annual leave loading
Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)
Salary packaging options
About This Opportunity
Reporting to the Vice-President (Advancement and Community Engagement), the Program Director (The Queensland Commitment) , is a member of the Advancement and Community Engagement (ACE) executive team at The University of Queensland (UQ). As a thought leader and strategic executive, The Program Director plays a pivotal role in shaping, enabling, facilitating, advocating for, and supporting implementation of The Queensland Commitment Roadmap, a transformative organisation-wide initiative driving equity and engagement across the institution. The Program Director informs and influences the program’s strategy, directly contributing to UQ's ambitions to be an internationally recognised leader in educational access and success.
Key responsibilities will include:
Enable, facilitate and empower current and evolving leadership capability and expertise across the institution to deliver agreed outcomes creatively and comprehensively.
Work with and through The Queensland Commitment committee structures to influence the integration and progression of The Queensland Commitment’s agenda in university-wide initiatives, policies, and committees.
Champion The Queensland Commitment within and beyond UQ, promoting its impact and fostering collaboration to achieve ambitious equity and engagement goals.
This is a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years.
About You
Demonstrated proficiency in fostering strong, trust-based connections with senior-level executives, ensuring continued buy-in and cooperation for strategic initiatives and long-term organisational goals.
A successful track record in managing the implementation of organisation wide initiatives including requirements gathering, consultations, framework development, change management and execution.
Skilled in navigating complex organisations to ensure the appropriate funds, resources and capabilities are available to deliver the planned output, outcomes, and benefits.
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Jennifer Karlson, Vice-President (Advancement and Community Engagement); *********@uq.edu.au. For application queries or a copy of the full appointment booklet, please contact Lachlan Inch and Caylee-Jade Eve, Principal Advisors, Talent Acquisition via ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
Resume
Other Information
If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.
