FLINDERS UNIVERSITY DEAN (PEOPLE & RESOURCES) INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FLINDERS FAST FACTS PEOPLE

2016 AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY 1966 2016 ALUMNI TEACHER OF THE YEAR* ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 90 STAFF 2,593 STAFF 94,000 KAREN BURKE DA SILVA

400 STUDENTS 25,186 STUDENTS IN 120 COUNTRIES * Department of Education and Training

4,368 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES RANKINGS & RESEARCH

of research rated 90% world class or above ERA rankings 2015

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17

619 research-active staff

INTERNATIONAL OVER 100 9 OFFSHORE PROGRAMS PARTNER INSTITUTIONS ACROSS RATED NO. 1 IN ACROSS 9 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BAROMETER 33 CATEGORIES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE COUNTRIES International Student Barometer 2016

INNOVATION & ENTERPRISE

PARTNERSHIP WITH FOX $120M INNOVATION CENTRE 136 START-UPS CREATED SCHOOL OF BUSINESS US TOP AT TONSLEY FOR COMPUTER AND 144 INDIVIDUALS TEN BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING TRAINED BY FLINDERS’ ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MATHEMATICS NEW VENTURE INSTITUTE INTRODUCTION enjoys a well-justified reputation for excellence in teaching and research. A world top 2 per cent university, we also have a long-standing commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for all and a proud record of community engagement. Our strategic plan, Making a Difference – The 2025 Agenda, details our vision to become internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates. Following recent substantial investment in infrastructure and technology, Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world. Our touchstone is that university life should be enjoyable and enriching for all students and the campus should be a stimulating place to work. Our respect and support for our students and staff has produced a learning and work space that is friendly, stimulating and satisfying. The roles of Dean (People and Resources) are senior leadership positions at the University reporting to the College Vice-President and Executive Dean. As Flinders moves into the new six College structure, we are seeking five proven performers for these strategically important positions. The successful candidates will be outstanding academics experienced in the development and management of academic staff to deliver the strategic vision of the University and the Colleges of: • Business, Law and Government • Education Psychology and Social Work • Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences • Medicine and Public Health • Nursing and Health Sciences The successful candidates will be forward thinking, dynamic and energetic individuals, who have the ability to collaborate across a complex organisation, and also inspire, and nurture a high performance culture. I invite you to take this journey and am confident that you will find Flinders University an inspiring and vibrant place in which to work.

Professor Clare Pollock Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students) /Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) “EXPERIMENT and experiment bravely” - Professor , founding Vice-Chancellor OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND CORE VALUES: Making a Difference – The 2025 Agenda sets out an ambitious vision for Flinders to become an Australian top ten university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

FOUNDED ON FOUR PILLARS

PEOPLE ENGAGEMENT AND CULTURE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND IMPACT

OUR VISION OUR MISSION OUR VALUES AND ETHOS To be internationally Changing lives and changing • Student Centred recognised as a world leader the world. • Integrity in research, an innovator in • Courage contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most • Innovation enterprising graduates. • Excellence

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ABOUT FLINDERS OUR CAMPUS

Flinders University is a globally focused, Flinders University’s main campus is at locally engaged institution that exemplifies Bedford Park in ’s inner south. teaching, learning and research excellence. With a lake at its centre and spread Ranked in the top two per cent of the across 165 hectares, its beautiful natural world’s universities. Flinders offers a world- bushland setting features thousands of class education in a stimulating, friendly trees and an array of wildlife, while the environment, and has a proud reputation elevated site offers panoramic views of the for high quality student experience. city and coast. On campus accommodation is available for 560 students. ’s fastest growing university, Flinders caters to more than Our natural assets are complemented 25,000 students. We offer more than 150 by an impressive new Student Hub and undergraduate and 286 postgraduate Plaza development at the very heart of the courses, as well as higher degree campus. The environmentally responsible research supervision across all disciplines. building boasts the very latest in learning International students from more than 90 technologies, an array of study places, and countries make up some 12 per cent of our vibrant social spaces. Outdoor features on-campus population and we also provide include a rooftop terrace, a 2000 seat a number of offshore programs. amphitheatre and superscreen for outdoor cinema. Flinders is committed to equity and provides a range of special access schemes Beyond our main campus Flinders boasts to encourage and support students a specialist Computer Science, Engineering irrespective of their background and and Mathematics facility at nearby Tonsley, circumstances. and our business-oriented presence on Victoria Square in the CBD. Our considerable Our focus on contemporary teaching is footprint includes external teaching reflected in the many Flinders courses facilities in regional South Australia, south- that utilise the latest virtual and west Victoria and the . information technologies to enrich the learning experience, supplement face-to-face teaching and support flexible study options. Flinders has a strong and growing research profile with 90 per cent of our research ranked at or above world class by Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). Our research strengths are concentrated around the broad themes of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Culture and Society, Health and Human Behaviour, Molecular Science and Technology, Water and Environment. We’re a progressive and innovative institution that is bridging the gap between learning and earning though initiatives such as the Flinders New Venture Institute, which connects students, business and industry to drive entrepreneurial growth. 7

50 YEARS OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Flinders University was opened by Her Majesty In 2010 new buildings were completed for the Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, on School of Education and for Health Sciences. Flinders March 25, 1966, as the Bedford Park campus of the also opened a state-of-the-art Science Innovation . Learning Centre, a dedicated first year teaching facility for Science and Engineering students. Just 18 days earlier, however, the South Australian Parliament had passed legislation to create an In 2015 the University’s vision for Flinders at Tonsley independent institution. The State’s second was realised with a $120 million teaching and university officially came in being on July 1. research facility. It centrally locates the University’s School of Computer Science, Engineering and Flinders is built on land whose traditional owners are Mathematics, Flinders New Venture Institute, the Kaurna people. Its namesake is British navigator commercialisation entity Flinders Partners, Medical Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the Device Research Institute and Centre for NanoScale South Australian coast in 1802. The University’s Science and Technology with some of South coat of arms includes an image of his ship Australia’s biggest businesses and industries. Investigator and an extract from his book A Voyage to Terra Australis. Flinders' commitment to innovation continued in 2016 with the unveiling of a $63 million Student In 1966 it began with four schools, 90 staff and just Hub and Plaza at the heart of the Bedford Park over 400 students. Professor Peter Karmel was the campus. Drawing on the latest research into inaugural Vice-Chancellor and Sir Mark Mitchell the best educational practice, the Hub epitomises first Chancellor. intelligent design, as a smart facility that harnesses Within a decade a significant decision was made to technology and encourages collaborative learning build the Flinders Medical Centre on land adjacent and social interaction. to the campus and locate the University’s Medical In 2017 Flinders is undergoing an exciting period School within – the first such integration in Australia. of organisational change to achieve the ambitious In 1990 the University experienced a growth spurt vision of our strategic plan, Making a Difference – with the addition of three new buildings – Law and The 2025 Agenda. Commerce, Engineering, and Information Science and Technology. The following year Flinders merged with the adjacent Sturt campus of the former South Australian College of Advanced Education, and in 1992 the present four- Faculty structure was adopted. The 1990s also saw Flinders expand into the Northern Territory; in the 2000s the footprint extended into rural South Australia and south-west Victoria. 2002 heralded Science and Mathematics School. A joint venture between Flinders and the State Government, it was the first school in Australia to be fully integrated with a university.

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LIVING IN ADELAIDE IS: EXCITING, AFFORDABLE, ENJOYABLE

The appeal of Adelaide has been a well-kept A cosmopolitan, modern and affordable city secret but it is now, according to Lonely in which to live, work and study, Adelaide Planet, officially one of the top ten cities in has all the hallmarks of a major urban centre the world. As the authoritative travel guide with modern and classical architecture, put it: “Adelaide is effortlessly chic – and a bustling retail hub and a multicultural like a perfectly cellared red, it’s ready to be population. uncorked and sampled”. World class wine, gourmet food and natural Adelaide was the only Australian city to attractions are all close at hand and the city feature in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2014 offers entertainment and arts festivals that book, sharing its top ten accolade with the attract performers and visitors from across likes of Paris, Trinidad and Cape Town. the globe.

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With a Mediterranean climate that The city also hosts branches of Carnegie is conducive to exploring the natural Mellon University, University College environment and enjoying the finest foods London, Torrens Institute and the Royal and wines, Adelaide and South Australia Institution of Australia – the only satellite of offer unrivalled opportunities to achieve a the Royal Institution of the UK. highly satisfying work-life balance. Adelaide’s primary and secondary schools – Adelaide is a significant university city with both government and private – also boast a well regarded reputation for sophisticated, a reputation for excellence and pastoral international calibre education. The city care. No longer a secret, Adelaide is a is home to three Australian universities – highly attractive city in which to live life Flinders, the University of Adelaide and the to the fullest. University of South Australia. 10

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY: DEAN (PEOPLE AND RESOURCES) POSITION DESCRIPTION VACANCY REFERENCE 17057

The University seeks to appoint an ambitious, UNIVERSITY EXPECTATIONS AND VALUES visionary and well credentialed leader with the All staff at Flinders are responsible for understanding capacity to drive innovation, manage and develop their obligations and responsibilities as set out in the academic staff and support the Vice-President and University’s code of conduct and are expected to: Executive Dean in delivering the strategic goals of the College. Vacancies exist within the Colleges • demonstrate commitment to the University’s of Business, Law & Government; Education, values of Integrity, Courage, Innovation, Psychology & Social Work; Humanities, Arts and Excellence and the underlying ethos of being Social Sciences; Medicine & Public Health and Student Centred. Nursing & Health Sciences. Candidates are invited • contribute to the efficient and effective to indicate in their applications the College(s) for functioning of the team or work unit in order which they would ideally wish to be considered. to meet the University’s objectives. This includes POSITION SUMMARY demonstrating appropriate and professional workplace behaviours, providing assistance to The Dean (People and Resources), provides team members if required and undertaking other comprehensive support and advice to the key responsibilities or activities as directed by Vice-President and Executive Dean on the Academic one’s supervisor. staff profile required to deliver the Strategic goals of • perform their responsibilities in a manner which the College and the University. The role oversees the reflects and responds to continuous improvement. development and management of academic staff within the College to support achievement of the • familiarise themselves and comply with the College strategic objectives in a manner consistent University’s Work Health and Safety, Injury with the University’s vision and values. Management and Equal Opportunity policies and the Return to Work Act 2014. The Dean (People and Resources) will also provide high level advice to the Vice-President and Executive • In addition, it is a requirement of this position Dean in relation to the academic staff and resources that the incumbent maintain a current Child required to deliver effective College operations. Related Employment Screening which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with It is expected that the Dean (People and Resources) the Children’s Protection Act 1993 (SA). will work collaboratively with the Vice-President and Executive Dean, other Deans, Professoriate, research leaders, discipline leaders, course coordinators, academic and administrative staff to ensure that the research and educational objectives of the College are achieved. 11

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY: DEAN (PEOPLE AND RESOURCES): POSITION DESCRIPTION VACANCY REFERENCE 17057

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES CAPABILITIES REQUIRED The Dean (People and Resources) works in • A PhD, or equivalent qualifications. collaboration with, and under the guidance and • Outstanding record of academic achievement direction of, the Vice-President and Executive with a track record of success consistent with the Dean, to: University’s vision and expectations. 1. Provide effective leadership in developing, • Demonstrated ability to contribute constructively designing and supporting the implementation of to the overall strategic performance and academic staffing plans across the College to positioning of the College, as a member of the deliver the University’s strategic objectives and College’s Senior Leadership Team. achieve the College’s key performance indicators. • Highly developed strategic, organisational and 2. Participate in the development of strategic management skills and ability to manage and lead directions for the College within the context of the staff in a demanding and changing global higher University’s planning framework and the education environment. University’s overarching strategies. • Proven ability to translate strategic objectives 3. Develop and implement proactive staff attraction into deliverable operational plans resulting in high and retention plans, which ensure that the performance outcomes in a highly demanding and College has the right numbers and configurations complex global higher education environment. of appropriately skilled and motivated academic staff for both short and long term activities, • Proven ability to analyse, interpret and present priorities and targets. complex data and build business cases supported by clear evidence, making recommendations and 4. Lead on the development, implementation contributing to the development of staffing and and monitoring of key performance indicators, operational plans. capabilities and provide staffing information to facilitate improved individual and College • Demonstrated knowledge of the diversity and performance. equality agenda, and appreciation of a proactive approach to diversity within a complex 5. Provide leadership in ensuring appropriate organisation. development opportunities are available to academic staff and provide advice to the • Experience in managing, leading, coaching and Vice-President & Executive Dean in relation to mentoring staff, including the management performance management, complaints and/or of academic workload in accordance with agreed disciplinary matters in relation to academic staff. workload models. 6. Ensure there is a clear and transparent framework • Highly developed leadership, negotiation and in place for appraisal and performance influencing skills with the ability to motivate, management of individuals, including establishing challenge and engage individuals and teams. performance expectations and monitoring the • High level interpersonal, communication and use of the framework to ensure effective people problem-solving skills including the ability to management and performance in the College. consult, network and build relationships within 7. Provide leadership in relation to the planning and the organisation and externally. allocation of academic workloads, space and • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a other resources. collegiate environment, develop and achieve 8. Any other responsibilities in line with the level shared goals and objectives and negotiate agreed of the role as assigned by the Vice-President and directions and outcomes. Executive Dean and/or the University. 12

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY: DEAN (PEOPLE AND RESOURCES): POSITION DESCRIPTION VACANCY REFERENCE 17057

SELECTION OF CANDIDATES SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION Candidates will be evaluated on merit against all of Full details including how to apply on-line can be the various components that make up this Position found at our Jobs@Flinders website: Description. Assessment will take into account all flinders.edu.au/employment, selecting Senior information that is determined to be appropriate, Executive Appointments. Applications should be e.g. written application, qualifications, interview lodged with the University on-line, quoting and referee reports. The final decision regarding Vacancy Reference 17057. appointment to this position will be based on Applications close: COB on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. an assessment of the requirements of the total Position Description.

INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS

For a confidential discussion or further information about the position, please contact the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students), Professor Clare Pollock, on +61 8 8201 2992 or via email at: [email protected]. For more information about working at Flinders University, visit the: flinders.edu.au/joinflinders website. Information about Flinders University can be found at: flinders.edu.au. Additional information about South Australia can be found at: southaustralia.com. 13

Vibrant campus life Supplementary information can be found in: Making a Difference - The 2025 Agenda Annual Report 2015 flinders.edu.au southaustralia.com

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