- Outstanding opportunity for a highly strategic leader
- Successful track record in financial and operational leadership
- An influential public good role in our vibrant city
- Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand’s globally ranked capital city university.
With an ambitious strategic plan, Victoria University of Wellington is building on its strong historical foundation to realise its’ potential as a world-leading capital city university.
Victoria’s location in New Zealand’s capital affords us strong and unique links with government departments and agencies, business, Iwi, the judiciary, research organisations, cultural and environmental organisations, other tertiary providers, and the international community.
Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor and as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) will provide strategic leadership ensuring that business fundamentals are optimised and effectively integrated across the organisation to maintain a supportive platform for academic success. The COO has a broad portfolio encompassing Property, Facilities, Information Technology, Finance, Planning and Management Information, Legal Services, Risk Management and Strategic Projects.
The ideal candidate will be an accomplished strategic leader with executive level operational experience and commercial expertise gained in a large complex organisation. The COO will bring sophisticated financial management experience and an appreciation of the transformational impact of technology on working environments. The successful candidate will be aligned with the goals of the public sector and will ideally have a good understanding of the university environment. The ability to translate strategic thinking into reality through the development of collaborative, transparent processes to prioritise activities and allocation of limited resources will be required.
With a proactive and participatory leadership style, the COO will demonstrate outstanding interpersonal skills in fostering effective relationships across the University and with external stakeholders. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong personal integrity and sound judgement, and will have a track record of achieving successful outcomes in an organisation in which effective teamwork was critical to success.
For more information about the University, visit www.victoria.ac.nz
Reporting to the Vice-Chancellor and as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) will provide strategic leadership ensuring that business fundamentals are optimised and effectively integrated across the organisation to maintain a supportive platform for academic success. The COO has a broad portfolio encompassing Property, Facilities, Information Technology, Finance, Planning and Management Information, Legal Services, Risk Management and Strategic Projects.
The ideal candidate will be an accomplished strategic leader with executive level operational experience and commercial expertise gained in a large complex organisation. The COO will bring sophisticated financial management experience and an appreciation of the transformational impact of technology on working environments. The successful candidate will be aligned with the goals of the public sector and will ideally have a good understanding of the university environment. The ability to translate strategic thinking into reality through the development of collaborative, transparent processes to prioritise activities and allocation of limited resources will be required.
With a proactive and participatory leadership style, the COO will demonstrate outstanding interpersonal skills in fostering effective relationships across the University and with external stakeholders. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong personal integrity and sound judgement, and will have a track record of achieving successful outcomes in an organisation in which effective teamwork was critical to success.
For more information about the University, visit www.victoria.ac.nz
Applications close Friday, 19 June 2015.
For a confidential discussion, please call Kathy Kane on +64-9-282 4240. To apply in confidence, please address your cover letter and CV to Kathy Kane and email to coovuw@jofisher.com
For a confidential discussion, please call Kathy Kane on +64-9-282 4240. To apply in confidence, please address your cover letter and CV to Kathy Kane and email to coovuw@jofisher.com
Victoria University of Wellington is an EEO employer and actively seeks to meet its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.
