Senior Executive Officer - Education Strategy, Policy, Planning And Improvement

• Ongoing, Full Time role - Annual Salary $130,501 + Super
• Lead innovative and strategic practices to ensure the delivery of excellent learning experiences for Melbourne Polytechnic students
• Based at our Preston campus, close to Public Transport and the Preston Market

Melbourne Polytechnic is a learning organisation that has been delivering vocational training since 1912. Learning at Melbourne Polytechnic is a unique experience with an applied focus. delivered by teachers with real-world experience and expertise.

At Melbourne Polytechnic we are committed to providing high quality, innovative, applied and future focused, purposeful education and training to students, industry and communities. Our teachers are passionate and established in their professions and look guide students in theirs. We know that circumstances can create barriers to learning, so we offer our students personalised pathways, flexible study options and learning support.

The Senior Executive Officer - Education Strategy, Policy, Planning and Improvement partners with the Academic Operations (AO), the Curriculum Innovations and Teaching Excellence (CITE), the Student Engagement International and Community Partnerships (SEICP) staff and other key stakeholders to implement relevant objectives across the Melbourne Polytechnic Strategic Plan.

This role is responsible for providing strong leadership to the Melbourne Polytechnic staff through leading innovation and strategic practices to ensure the delivery of excellent learning experiences that develop skills and capabilities valued by industry and community.

• Lead the implementation of the relevant Objectives and activities within Melbourne Polytechnic’s Strategy, in alignment with MP’s Education Principles, Blended Learning Standards, Quality Standards for Melbourne Polytechnic Courses, MP’s digital strategy and other related MP standards and frameworks.
• Lead and support implementation of key objectives and initiatives in the Melbourne Polytechnic Education and Student Experience Plan including:
• Oversee Education and Student Experience Plan implementation, reporting, and governance.
• Support the development of the Academic Directorate supporting Educational Plans.
• Development and monitoring of strategic performance measurement.
• Lead and manage key initiatives of the Education and Student Experience Plan.
• In collaborations with the Executive Leadership Team and Melbourne Polytechnic’s senior leadership team, lead and/or support the implementation of the MP Strategic Plan.
• Effectively contribute to the CITE and Academic Operations leadership teams, ensuring a collaborative and effective work environment that reflects the values of MP and delivers on the outcomes of the groups.
• Provide timely, strategic and high-quality expert advice on a range of complex matters to the Executive Director Academic Operations to enable fully informed decision making on the delivery of education improvement projects and initiatives to meet Melbourne Polytechnic’s strategic plan objectives.
• Co-ordinate the development and implementation of education policies and procedures to ensure that clear protocols and operational guidelines are established and communicated to appropriate users and key stakeholders.
• Provide effective leadership to ensure that staff are actively implementing the full suite of Institute policies and procedures, in particular, Occupational Health & Safety and Anti-discrimination.
• Audit current MP policy and procedures to identify gaps and conduct research and benchmarking into relevant policies and procedures required for ensuring MP provides student-centred services while meeting all legislative requirements.
• Engage stakeholders and lead the development of relevant operating systems to meet the needs across the VET, HE, Foundation and International Academic Directorates.
• Promote and support the adoption of Melbourne Polytechnic’s Blended Learning Operating System to enable the design and delivery of blended learning experiences that are engaging and inspiring, contemporary, high quality and industry connected.
• Design and implement continuous improvement approaches consistent with internal expectations to create a culture of high performance and meet the operational and strategic goals of the organisation.
• Lead initiatives which support the continuous improvement of student experience and graduate outcomes across the VET, HE, Foundation and International Academic Directorates.
• Prepare and provide relevant reports for the Board, and its committees, and other Melbourne Polytechnic Academic Boards and Committees and where agreed with the Executive Director, Academic Operations, attend and contribute to Board and committee meetings.
• Establish and implement data-informed decision-making processes and practices that ultimately improve the learning experience and learning outcomes for Melbourne Polytechnic students.
• Report on progress and outcomes through determined Governance and reporting channels.

• Bachelor or Masters (desirable) in a relevant discipline or equivalent related experience.
• Experience leading and managing a range of strategic projects from problem definition to implementation. 
• Demonstrated excellent and highly effective communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills including the ability to build credibility and influence with senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and lead significant cultural and organisational change to a large and diverse group of staff.
• Demonstrated ability to produce concise, practical, and evidence-based written reports and presentations and to clearly communicate to a variety of audiences.  
• Experience in leading the development and review of policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines within a complex, high pressure and changing environment and a commitment to the principles of continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated knowledge of understanding the Education sector including a high level of understanding of government policy and processes, desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of current issues, regulatory requirements and/or changes in vocational education and training and Higher Education, desirable.

Please submit the following documents for your application to be considered

• Current CV
• Cover Letter

For further information on the role, please contact the hiring manager via email: **********@melbournepolytechnic.edu.au or via phone: (03) 9269 1***.

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Melbourne Polytechnic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation, by ensuring that children and young people are protected from abuse or harm.

We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, people who are LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.