- Employment Type: Full Time, Fixed Term 2-year opportunity.
- Remuneration: Level 8: from $132,445+ 17% superannuation and leave loading
- Location: Kensington with transition to newly renovated office at our Randwick campus, anticipated for October 2026
About UNSW
At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work. We aspire to be Australia’s global university, improving and transforming lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.
About the Role
The Senior Program Analyst will play a key role in the successful delivery of the Business Optimisation Strategy (BOS).
The Senior Program Analyst supports the PMO function for the BOS program by providing integrated reporting, data analysis, and governance insights across all workstreams. The role provides and supports the PMO’s single source of truth for program performance, enabling informed decision-making through a consolidated view of program health and detailed analysis of workstream-level performance across schedule, risks, resources, and financials.
The Senior Program Analyst will report to the Senior PMO Lead and has no direct reports. While allocated to the program, the Senior Program Analyst will liaise heavily with the Program Managers for daily work allocations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the consolidation and analysis of data across all BOS workstreams to deliver integrated reporting on schedules, risks, dependencies, resources, and financials.
- Maintain program-wide governance artefacts, including risks, issues, actions, and decisions, ensuring they are traceable, up to date, and aligned with PMO standards.
- Support integrated planning by monitoring milestones, critical path activities, and cross-stream dependencies to identify risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain data integrity and consistency across all reporting tools and outputs, upholding the PMO as the single source of truth.
- Prepare high-quality reporting packs, insights, and analysis for SteerCo, PMG, and other governance forums to drive informed decision-making.
- Evaluate program performance data to identify trends, variances, and emerging risks, escalating critical matters and advising leadership on strategic adjustments.
- Translate complex program, project, and financial data into clear, actionable insights for key stakeholders at all levels.
- Coordinate cross-workstream PMO operations to ensure alignment across delivery activities, governance processes, and reporting cadences.
About You
- Tertiary qualifications or equivalent substantial experience, paired with a practical understanding of modern project management methodologies in fast-paced program environments.
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI to build dynamic dashboards, standardise governance reporting, and deliver ad hoc analysis for senior stakeholder forums.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with high attention to detail in policy interpretation and complex data analysis.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, influence outcomes, and translate complex insights clearly.
- Demonstrated initiative and ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively, with a commitment to alignment with organizational values, policies, and objectives.
For further information on the role & responsibilities, please refer to the Position Description.
How to Apply: Submit your CV & cover letter detailing your interest and suitability for the job (as per the skills & experience bullet points in the job description) before 11:55pm Sunday 25 October 2026.
Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role, valid Australian working rights are required on application.
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:
- Additional 3 days leave during December festive period.
- Career development opportunities
- Up to 50% discount on UNSW courses
- Flexible 17% Superannuation contributions, additional leave-loading payments and salary sacrifice.
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness passport)
Job queries contact: Tai James, Talent Acquisition Consultant
E: tai.james@unsw.edu.au (applications to the address cannot be accepted, please apply online)
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.
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
