• Employment type: Full-time, continuing/permanent
• Level: 10 - Generous remuneration package, commensurate with skills and experience
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Flexible Hybrid Working)

About the Faculty:
The University of NSW Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture is a leading global centre for creative and critical thinking. We are committed to shaping a better future through innovative research, exceptional teaching, and engaged practice. The Faculty’s 2051 Strategy aims to tackle the world's most pressing challenges by cultivating effective problem-solvers and innovators. We strive to transform our innovations into sustainable change and lead by example, promoting equity, wellbeing, and sustainability through our knowledge and scholarship.

Our vision is that through creativity, collaboration and inclusion we seek and solve problems to improve life on earth. Our mission is that together we listen, challenge, create and share diverse knowledge about people, place and cultures to enable lives with purpose.

We have six schools and seven research centres, including three prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureates. By bringing together these diverse perspectives, we aim to confront some of the most pressing issues of our time.

Why Your Role Matters:
The Deputy Faculty Executive Director is a key leadership role in the Faculty of Arts, Architecture and Design and will be required to contribute to the strategic development and play a leading role in the operational management of Faculty.

The role is directly responsible for overseeing the implementation of plans, management of processes and delivery of operational services to the Faculty to ensure it meets its academic, research, teaching and learning outcomes.

The Deputy Faculty Executive Director will report to the Faculty Executive Director and be the line manager to Faculty School Managers within the Faculty of Arts, Architecture and Design.

Other relationships will include:-
UNSW Shared Service Providers and Senior Business Partners (e.g. Finance, HR)
Faculty Peers, including the Dean, Deputy Dean, Associate Deans, Directors, and Heads of Schools. UNSW Peers, including Senior Business Partners, Divisional Operations Directors.

Responsibilities Summary:

Strategy

• Contribute to the formulation of the Faculty’s strategic plan and support the Dean and Faculty Executive Director and senior colleagues in providing strategic advice.
• Work with the Faculty Executive Director and senior colleagues to operationalise the Faculty’s strategic plan.

Operations

• Provide accurate operational reporting and strategic advice to Faculty leaders, ensuring effective decision-making and resource allocation to meet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and budgetary goals.
• Monitor and manage KPIs and service level agreements (SLAs), anticipating and addressing challenges to ensure efficient and high-quality administrative and support services within the Faculty.

Leadership

• Lead change projects to enhance the Faculty’s outcomes and operational efficiency, while building internal and external partnerships to expand opportunities for the Faculty and UNSW.
• Support the Faculty Executive Director in developing and implementing a comprehensive workforce plan, including professional training and career development, while promoting equal opportunity and diversity.
• Oversee direct reports by setting KPIs, goals, and career development plans, providing regular feedback, and deputize for the Faculty Executive Director as needed.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

• Oversee compliance and quality assurance management consistent with requirements under the University’s Risk Management Framework, including WHS.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct.

Skills and Experience Summary:

• Tertiary qualifications with extensive relevant senior management experience in business administration or an equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained through any other combination of education, training and/or experience.
• An understanding of the key strategic issues in the higher education sector, nationally and internationally, and how these translate to the practical operational management requirements of a large scale, research active, student focused and internationally competitive academic endeavour.
• Extensive experience in people leadership, development, engagement, and management, with the demonstrated skills to motivate inspire, and mobilise diverse teams to create a positive workplace culture and deliver quality outcomes.
• Excellent consultation, influencing, communication, negotiation, and networking skills to achieve organisational outcomes, particularly in an environment where services are provided by a service provider or function.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen and a track record in setting and managing large scale budgets, meeting financial targets and managing for financial sustainability.
  Demonstrated experience in leading change to deliver successful outcomes.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity, risk and complexity.
• Ability and capacity to direct and monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the safety management system.

Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-
• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks
• Medical Checks and Assessments

• Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

How to Apply: Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your CV (1-2 pages) along with a 1-2 page cover letter addressing your suitability for the role in relation to the required ‘skills & experience’ via the application portal before Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 11.30pm.
Please ensure your application (CV + cover letter) does not exceed 4 pages in total.

A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.

Please note, we will be assessing and progressing applications as we receive them so don't delay, apply now.

Get in Touch: For queries regarding the recruitment process, contact Lucy Gerondis, Talent Acquisition Consultant, UNSW: l.gerondis@unsw.edu.au
(Applications sent via email will not be accepted, please apply via the application portal).

UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.