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Strategic Leadership and Management in Complex Environments

Examples of Selection Criteria Function Manage Lead Supervise Examples of Selection Criteria · Demonstrated management experience in a University or comparable complex environment · Extensive experience in the management of a large multi-disciplinary team in a service delivery environment · Ability to manage the financial and other resources available to the work area within policy guidelines and budgetary expectations · Demonstrated ability to achieve outcomes through the effective management of financial, physical and human resources · Demonstrated experience in project management, including planning and reporting. · Demonstrated effective strategic planning, management and leadership skills within a high profile academic environment · Ability to lead, motivate and train team members, to establish priorities and manage competing deadlines for self and others · Strong leadership skills, experience in staff supervision, and the capacity to contribute to building a team focused on high quality customer service · Ability to supervise a team, to establish priorities and manage competing deadlines for self and others · Experience in the supervision and leadership of staff Examples of skills, abilities and behaviours · Prepares budgets and staffing plans · Allocates and monitors resources · Sets performance goals and allocates tasks and workload. · Monitors, controls and evaluates work against objectives and timeframes. · Shifts priorities and adapts work plans as required · Implements strategies to achieve operational efficiencies · Evaluates and reports on the work area's business plan · Contributes to the development of policy initiatives or corporate strategies · Optimises diversity among team members to build strong teams with complementary strengths · Motivates, mentors and encourages staff to improve performance and/or develop professionally · Develops and supports staff career plans and learning opportunities · Deals with ineffective performance · Fosters a sense of common purpose and provides direction · Connects people to the organisation and its vision. Translates the organisational vision into operational plans, and ensures that staff members understand how they can contribute to these plans. · Motivates and inspires people to follow · Aligns people - facilitates cooperation · Builds new relationships and structure · Actively embraces and paves the way for change · Identifies and seizes opportunities · Being a spokesperson · Being an innovator and originator · Being a problem solver · Coordinates people's work activities · Delegates tasks to staff appropriately · Instructs staff on tasks, goals, processes and performance standards . Monitors activities to ensure the are carried out effectively and efficiently · Shifts priorities and adapts work plans to reflect changes · Identifies opportunities that challenge and encourage the development of people · Provides regular feedback · May advise a manager and provide information for budgets and work plans, but may not directly prepare the budget or set overall objectives -- Examples of Selection Criteria Capability Examples of Selection Criteria Interacting with people Contributing to the work group (team work) · Well developed oral and written communication skills · Well developed oral and written communication skills and an ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of staff and