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Academic Operations Team Leader

Auckland, Auckland, nzFull-time$87k–$108k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a team of professional staff providing operational and administrative support to academic leaders, staff, and students within the School of Medicine.

Role type

Senior IC Academic Operations Team Leader

Builds

Operational and administrative support services for teaching, learning, and research

Domain

Higher Education / Medical School

Required skills

Team leadership and coaching, Stakeholder management, Strategic planning, Operational improvement, Workflow planning, Financial administration

Preferred skills

Change management, Portfolio leadership, Best practice adoption

Responsibilities

Lead, coach and develop a team delivering high-quality administrative and operational support services; Partner with Academic Heads and key stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of day-to-day operational activities; Champion a culture of service excellence, continuous improvement and customer-centric practice; Lead workflow planning, workload allocation and capability development across the team; Act as a specialist lead within one or more operational portfolios and support the adoption of best practice; Contribute to strategic planning, operational improvements and faculty-wide initiatives; Support recruitment, financial administration and operational processes within the school

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC