Position Management Lead

• Employment Type: Full time, fixed term contract until December 2025
• Remuneration: $143k- 151k
• Location: Kensington, NSW (Hybrid work arrangement available)

About UNSW
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter.

Why your Role Matters
This critical role has been developed to join our multi-disciplinary HR compliance project team to provide strategic oversight in our approach to position management practices. Aligning UNSW’s workforce structure with the university’s long-term strategic objectives, Enterprise Agreement requirements, and broader workforce planning goals.

Leading a specialist Position Management Team, you will collaborate closely with the People & Culture function, bringing an evaluative eye to shape policies and guide the establishment of best practice. Working with the P&C systems team, your team will drive the design of HRIS system enhancements and workflows to improve user accuracy and experience.

Reporting to the Program Lead, Phoenix, the role will oversee a number of direct reports to provide expert guidance and ensure compliance and optimisation across the position management lifecycle.

Your focus will be:

• Providing strategic leadership for all aspects of position management, including creation, maintenance, and disestablishment of positions, ensuring alignment with UNSW's workforce objectives and compliance requirements.
• Developing and implementing governance frameworks, policies, and best-practice guidelines to ensure consistency, efficiency, and operational excellence in position management.
• Leading a Centre of Excellence for position management, fostering continuous improvement, innovation, and transparent documentation, whilst upskilling expertise across UNSW.
• Collaborating with key P&C stakeholders to align position management practices, including a P&C Systems and People Data & Insights partnership that enhances position-related workflows, reporting capabilities, and system functionalities; adopting technology solutions to enable system/process improvement.

Skills & Experience summary
This role requires exceptional governance capabilities, strategic insight, and the ability to provide expert guidance to ensure compliance and optimisation.

We’re looking for a big thinker to deliver strategies and, where needed, effective change. Holding extensive experience in HR operations, workforce planning or position management, you will bring a proven track record of furthering best HR practice in a complex and dynamic organisation, alongside the following:

• Proven ability to manage strategic projects with the ability to develop and drive high-impact policies, frameworks, and process improvement initiatives, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and compliance.
• Strong understanding of position classification, workforce structures, and HR compliance (e.g., Enterprise Agreement requirements).
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and drive collaboration across all levels of the organisation—from operational teams to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Demonstrated experience in the interpretation and application of EA conditions, legislation and policy documents.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data accuracy and governance.
• Proficiency in Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and position management systems, with experience implementing process efficiencies.

For further information on the role & responsibilities, please refer to the position description.

UNSW Benefits and Culture
People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Additional 3 days leave during December festive period.
• Career development opportunities.
• Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses.
• Flexible 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport).

How to Apply
Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. To be considered, upload your CV & cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) and submit your application before 16 April by 11:30pm Sydney time.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

Get in touch: For any queries please contact:
Katherine Molloy, Talent Acquisition Consultant
E: katherine.molloy@unsw.edu.au (applications to the address cannot be accepted, please apply online)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.