At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead projects ensuring wage compliance and implement new enterprise agreements.
- Company: Join ACU, a supportive university committed to ethical futures.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work, generous leave, and 17% superannuation contributions.
- Other info: Diverse workplace culture welcoming all backgrounds and experiences.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a collaborative environment while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Project management skills and experience in change management are essential.
The predicted salary is between 135360 - 144538 $ per year.
Campus Location: North Sydney, Australia | Melbourne, Australia | Brisbane, Australia
Utilise project management expertise to deliver communication, change management, risk and issue administration for the Wage Compliance project and new EA.
Work with a collaborative team developing and implementing policies that align with ACU's strategic direction and obligations.
Full time, fixed term 2 year opportunity with hybrid flexibility working at North Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane campus.
About the role:
Operating within Employment Relations, the Project Manager, Wage Compliance & EA Compliance is responsible for project management and related deliverables including communication, change management, risk and issue management of the Wage Compliance project. The position will also manage the communication and education of university employees, managers and senior leaders of the new ACU Enterprise Agreement (EA) changes and implications as part of wage compliance and application of the Agreement.
Deliverables of the project include:
- Oversight of processes
- Communication and education
- Change management
- Discovery and assessment processes
- Data provision and analysis
- Quality assurance and assurance activities
- Remediation and resolutions
- Control and system implementation of sustainable compliance and mitigation solutions
The Project Manager utilises best practice project management methodologies to direct the progress plan, budget and risk outcomes and deliver on project and organisational objectives in a timely manner.
What we offer:
The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement. Total remuneration valued to $160,162 - $170,900 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $135,360 - $144,538 (pro rata) pa (HEW 9), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff. Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements.
Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights.
Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy.
ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.
About ACU:
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.
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