Manager, Casual Academic Work Allocation and Operational Compliance

• Multiple full time continuing opportunities available

• Make an organisation-wide impact by shaping compliant, fair and timely casual academic work practices

• Base Salary $126,065- $142,171 + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The new Workplace Operations team works closely with professional and academic colleagues to ensure the University meets its operational compliance obligations in relation to casual academics. The team drives continuous improvement, embeds consistent best‑practice processes and frameworks, and oversees operational compliance across all faculties and business areas—ensuring cohesive, rigorous standards and that casual academic staff are paid accurately in line with University policies and procedures and legislative requirements.

The Manager, Casual Academic Work Allocation (MCAWA) and Operational Compliance plays a key role in supporting faculties and schools to manage casual academic work allocation and workforce compliance in a consistent, fair and compliant way. Working closely with academic and professional stakeholders, you’ll provide practical guidance on Enterprise Agreement requirements, policies and processes, support the timely allocation and approval of work, and help resolve allocation, timesheet and compliance issues. This is a hands-on, stakeholder facing role suited to an experienced workforce operations or compliance professional who enjoys problem solving, influencing outcomes, and improving processes within a complex higher education environment.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• support compliant and timely casual academic work allocation

• provide clear advice on Enterprise Agreement and policy requirements

• partner with stakeholders to resolve allocation, pay and timesheet issues

• coordinate pre-semester allocation and approval activities

• deliver training and guidance to uplift compliance capability

• monitor data and reporting to identify risks and improvements.

About you

• experience in workforce, compliance or education administration roles

• strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• able to apply policy and agreements accurately and pragmatically

• organised, detail focused and comfortable managing deadlines

• confident working with systems, data and reporting

• proactive, solutions focused and adaptable in a complex environment.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement 

At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion, evidenced by our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTQIA+. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. 

We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion. 

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.  

For employees of the University or contingent workers, please login into your Workday account and navigate to the Career icon on your Dashboard.  Click on USYD Find Jobs and apply.

For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Toby Berryman, Recruitment Operations by email to [email protected] .

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