Marketing & Digital Experience Faculty Partner

UNSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Career development opportunities

17% Superannuation contributions and 3

additional leave loading payments

3 days of leave over Christmas

Discounts and entitlements

Job summary

UNSW is seeking a Senior M&DX Faculty Partner to optimise the educational value proposition and portfolio for a key faculty, aligning initiatives with UNSW marketing and student recruitment objectives for both local and international markets.

The role acts as the primary connection between the business unit and UNSW’s central marketing, student recruitment, and digital experience functions, providing strategic guidance and coordinating activity across faculties.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior business partnering / stakeholder management
• Strong relationship management and networking skills
• Ability to set targets, plan complex work and assess ROI
• Experience selling/marketing strategies for complex portfolios
• Strategic advisory and influencing senior leaders

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the Faculty/Business Unit learner recruitment strategy targeting domestic and international markets
• Advise senior leadership on educational value proposition, product strategy and portfolio management
• Shape and optimise the Faculty product portfolio to improve market share and identify new demand opportunities

Job description

• Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
• Remuneration: Competitive Remuneration Package – Senior Appointment
• Location: Kensington NSW (Hybrid Working Arrangements)

This Job is based in Australia

• Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
• Duration: Fixed Term Contract until Sep 2028
• Remuneration: Competitive Remuneration Package – Senior Appointment
• Location: Kensington NSW (Hybrid Working Arrangements)

Why your role matters

The Marketing & Digital Experience (M&DX) team at UNSW strengthens student recruitment by positioning the University as the preferred choice for local and international students, while enhancing its global brand reputation through distinctive marketing and the promotion of UNSW’s world-renowned expertise.

The M&DX Faculty Partner is responsible for optimising the educational value proposition and program portfolio of an allocated business unit. The role shapes initiatives for local and international markets to improve program competitiveness, support student volume, quality and diversity outcomes, and identify opportunities to develop new programs in response to emerging demand.

Acting as the primary connection between the business unit and UNSW’s central marketing, student recruitment and digital experience functions, the role provides strategic advice, builds trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and balances business unit priorities with the broader interests of the University. The M&DX Faculty Partner drives outcomes, manages projects and coordinates activity across Faculties by drawing on subject matter expertise from teams throughout UNSW.

The role reports to the Team Lead, M&DX Faculty Partners, has no direct reports and provides indirect leadership to three to four Senior Recruitment Product Managers and Faculty Recruitment Officers.

Specific Accountabilities Include

• Lead the development of the assigned Faculty / Business Unit learner recruitment strategy (inclusive of LLL, TNE, non-award, B2B/B2G etc.) in line with the overarching Faculty strategy and UNSW Marketing & Digital Experience strategy, incorporating achievement of student load plan targets and strategic initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Business Leadership (Dean, FED, Associate Deans, Heads of School, etc.) in matters related to educational value proposition, product strategy and portfolio management, student recruitment and marketing, branding and digital experience to identify critical ways in which the faculty can achieve domestic and international commercial outcomes.
• Responsible for shaping and optimising the Faculty product portfolio to improve portfolio market share and maximise new demand opportunities across domestic and international markets, including oversight of new program development, market research and go to market launch, core program benchmarking, competitive monitoring and recommendations for remedial program positioning.

About You

• A relevant degree with extensive experience in senior business partnering/ stakeholder management roles or an equivalent level of industry knowledge gained through any other combination of education, training and experience.
• Outstanding relationship management skills, with a demonstrable track record of fostering and maintaining strong and successful internal and external networks, supporting successful organisational outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen and an ability to set targets, plan complex work plans and review return on investment to achieve business outcomes.
• Demonstrated success in designing and delivering sales and marketing strategies that achieve business outcomes for complex product/ service portfolios.
• Proven track record in managing complex projects with high-level critical thinking and analytical skills plus the ability to distil complex information and finalise development objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic advice and execute strategy on behalf of Senior Executives and to influence, as appropriate, to ensure successful outcomes.
• Successful record of managing multiple, complex initiatives, coupled with a genuine passion for customer service. University and Faculty experience is highly desired.

For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the position description found under the position listing on Jobs@UNSW.

Benefits And Culture

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our Benefits Include

• Flexible working options.
• Career development opportunities.
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).

For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits

Pre-Employment Checks

As part of our recruitment process candidates may be required to undertake pre‑employment screening, which may include reference checks, qualification verification, right‑to‑work verification, and criminal history screening where relevant to the role.

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.