DIRECTOR - PLANNING AND INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE UNIT

• Leadership role
• Planning, performance and data analysis
• Data warehouse opportunity

La Trobe University is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research universities with over 26,000 students, 2,675 staff and more than 120,000 graduates. Founded in 1964, La Trobe has its main campus in Melbourne (Bundoora) and a strong presence on multiple sites in regional Victoria. The University has an international reputation for academic excellence and innovation and is committed to providing undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of the highest quality, supported by an outstanding research profile. La Trobe has over 30 research centres, links with more than 200 universities internationally and is a member of the Innovative Research Universities, Australia. The University has recently established the Planning and Institutional Performance Unit within the Vice-Chancellor’s Office to provide accessible, comprehensive, sophisticated and reliable data and analysis to support high-level decision making and underpin strategic and operational planning.

The Director, Planning and Institutional Performance Unit will provide leadership in planning and institutional performance across the University. S/he will be responsible for the implementation and on-going refinement of the University’s strategic and operational planning framework; the development of systems to gather and manage data; and the analysis of data to support the University’s planning, accountability and performance improvement. The position reports to the Executive Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and works closely with University’s senior management.

The successful candidate will have extensive and high-level experience in strategic and operational planning and review, information management, data analysis and reporting and load planning, preferably within an Australian higher education context, together with experience in driving quality improvements and an understanding of data warehousing and business intelligence systems. A critical attribute will be the capacity to maintain independence in the provision of data and analysis.

Click here to apply, quoting reference LTUpip0110
Address your cover letter and resume to Ms Jandy Godfrey.
Call +61 3 9016 6000 for further information.