Leadership Development Facilitator

• Full-time position
• Located at our Melbourne (Bundoora)
• Fixed term position for approximately 12 months

About the position

Are you passionate about fostering leadership excellence and driving high performance? Join us as a Leadership Development Facilitator and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our university leaders and staff. This exciting role is all about designing, developing, and delivering innovative, engaging, and scalable professional development programs that align with the La Trobe’s brand new Leadership Strategy and Framework, Roadmap to Leadership Excellence, and Performance Initiatives.

• Create interactive learning experiences: Design and deliver a variety of learning experiences in face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid formats. You'll use adult learning principles to craft engaging programs that range from short modules to immersive multi-day sessions.
• Develop comprehensive materials: Produce a suite of supplementary materials, including participant resources, presentation slides, and facilitator guides, to support the programs and embed the learnings.
• Facilitate with impact: Lead sessions using modern contemporary facilitation techniques and interactive tools to ensure a memorable and impactful learning experience for all participants.
• Evaluate and improve: Apply contemporary learning and assessment methodologies to evaluate program effectiveness. Conduct regular reviews to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with our strategic goals.

Your objective is to foster a culture of leadership excellence and high performance that supports the university's strategic objectives. By December 2025, you'll have developed sustainable professional development options that impactfully contribute to our leadership and performance culture.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position, you will have:

• A degree, extensive Learning and Development expertise and facilitation experience, or postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
• Excellent and dynamic facilitation and communication skills (and enthusiasm for investigating and learning new facilitation techniques)
• Strong digital dexterity and the ability to think outside the box of what is possible and how something could be delivered differently using digital platforms to achieve the desired outcome
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail including an eye for quality control
• Demonstrated experience in creating learning and assessment resources for multiple delivery models such as short course workshops, workplace or simulated environments, online, face-to-face classroom delivery or blended models.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

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Benefits:

• 17% employer contributed superannuation
• Flexible work arrangements
• On-site child care facilities
• Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses

How to apply

Closing date: By 11:55pm on Thursday, 9 January 2025.

Position Enquiries:

Laura Bogar – Senior Manager, Leadership, Capability and Performance [email protected]

Andrea Nazzari – Manager, Leadership, Capability and Performance [email protected]

Recruitment Enquiries:

[email protected]

Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia may apply for this position.

Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:

• Cover letter;
• An up to date resume

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

La Trobe University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We take an intersectional approach by actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds and abilities to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Flexibility in interview format will be offered to shortlisted candidates.

All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.