Jobs at University of Sydney

Manage strategic philanthropic initiatives involving transformational gifts of $10 million or more. Develop donor engagement strategies, coordinate project plans and workflows, track KPIs and budgets, prepare proposals and briefings, and support Development Directors and senior leadership. Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, monitor progress and outcomes, and ensure complex funding initiatives are delivered effectively and on schedule.

Lead the end-to-end delivery of a nationally focused mental health workforce upskilling project. Responsibilities include project planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, risk and financial management, digital intervention implementation, training rollout, reporting, evaluation, and compliance. The role requires collaboration with research, digital, clinical, government-funded mental health, and community-sector partners to improve eating disorder identification, early intervention, and workforce capability across Australia.

Leads the Library’s inclusive brand and engagement strategy, developing culturally safe, research-driven communications across channels. The role improves engagement with equity students through feedback, data analysis, and targeted initiatives. Responsibilities include content creation and management, stakeholder communications, strategic messaging, relationship building, project coordination, and collaboration across the University. The position requires higher education experience, strong writing and editing skills, analytical judgment, negotiation ability, and effective management of multiple priorities.

Leads fundraising for the University's Arts and Culture portfolio, managing major and principal donor relationships and closing gifts of $1 million or more. Develops philanthropic opportunities, advises academic leaders on fundraising strategy, builds a culture of philanthropy, and mentors a high-performing development team. The role requires extensive fundraising experience, successful major-gift results, strategic thinking, donor relationship management, and passion for the arts.

Coordinates community advisory panels, stakeholder meetings, events, and outreach for a national health research program. Develops digital, social media, print, and newsletter communications; supports participant recruitment and retention; builds relationships with families, schools, healthcare providers, researchers, and community organisations; and contributes to evaluation, reporting, presentations, publications, and research-impact dissemination. The role also involves occasional travel and collaboration across multidisciplinary networks.

Leads university-wide governance reform initiatives, policies, delegations, assurance frameworks, and governance processes. Advises Senate committees and senior leaders, strengthens compliance and accountability, manages complex cross-functional projects, and builds stakeholder partnerships to improve academic and corporate governance outcomes.

Leads education policy development, portfolio governance, regulatory compliance, committee secretariat support, and continuous improvement across the University. Advises on legislation and higher education frameworks, oversees compliance monitoring and reporting, manages policy reform, and leads a small team. Requires strong stakeholder engagement, analytical, written communication, and policy implementation skills, with experience in governance, regulatory compliance, or policy development.

Supports research in a university nanofabrication facility by operating, maintaining, and optimizing specialized equipment; developing fabrication processes and protocols; training cleanroom users; managing equipment, consumables, inventory, and waste; and ensuring workplace health and safety compliance. The role collaborates with researchers and technical staff on experimental research, process development, and characterization activities.

Leads governance, policy, compliance, risk management, gift operations, and process improvement within university Advancement Services. Oversees gift acceptance controls, donor administration, legal engagement, assurance activities, and operational excellence initiatives while partnering with senior stakeholders across Legal, Finance, Risk, and Advancement. Manages teams and drives organisational change in a regulated environment.

Leads business analysis for regulatory programs and business improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include gathering and documenting requirements, developing functional specifications, mapping and optimizing processes, designing operating models, facilitating stakeholder workshops, coordinating testing and quality assurance, and supporting operational readiness through documentation, training, and change management. The role requires strong analytical judgment, human-centred design capability, experience supporting technology and automation initiatives, and the ability to deliver data-driven improvements across cross-functional teams.

Delivers career development services, coaching, workshops, employability programs, and industry engagement activities for undergraduate and postgraduate law students. The role identifies student needs, develops career resources, builds employer and alumni relationships, manages networking and professional events, creates digital career content, evaluates program effectiveness, and promotes services through marketing and communications.

Manage the University of Sydney’s venture investment pipeline from opportunity intake through investment completion. Assess and prioritize early-stage ventures, coordinate technical, commercial, and financial due diligence, prepare investment recommendations and committee materials, maintain investment and portfolio data, and improve processes. The role engages founders, researchers, advisers, investors, and senior university leaders to support research commercialization and scalable venture investment activities.

Lead the strategic development, growth, and day-to-day operations of the Conservatorium Open Academy. Responsibilities include managing programs, courses, workshops, events, budgets, grants, staff, partnerships, recruitment, marketing, and community engagement. The role requires building relationships across education, arts, industry, and community networks while ensuring effective service delivery, financial stewardship, and long-term sustainability.

Leads museum collection registration, acquisitions, and national and international loans. Manages collection databases, documentation, object movement, packing, storage, transport, freight, and location control. Ensures accurate records, compliance, collection care, and safe handling practices. Provides specialist input into policies and procedures, improves workflows and data quality, coordinates complex projects, prepares documentation and reports, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders.

Leads the University of Sydney’s researcher-facing services across funding, post-award administration, clinical trials, ethics, governance, assurance, systems and service improvement. The role drives integrated service transformation, operational excellence, compliance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, workforce and budget management, and trusted executive advice to support the University’s research strategy.

Leads major-gifts fundraising for the University’s Law School and broader strategic priorities. Identifies, cultivates, and solicits high-net-worth donors, securing gifts of $100,000 or more while building the donor pipeline. The role requires strong relationship management, communication, negotiation, financial-target achievement, stakeholder engagement, autonomy, emotional intelligence, and excellent organization.