Office of the Provost
The Office of the Provost (OP) both leads and supports the development, delivery and excellence of the University’s curriculum, social inclusion agenda, and student services.
It provides overarching strategic leadership in each of these domains and works in close partnership with faculties, graduate schools and administrative areas to support the development and delivery of policies, programs and services to achieve the University’s aspirations for learning and teaching, social inclusion and the student experience.
The Office provides coordinated support for these activities and the leadership group across three teams, complemented by dedicated project staff:
- Policy and Programs
- Planning and Capability Development
- Executive Support
The OP also coordinates divisional planning and budget processes, with operational support for finance, HR and OHS provided by the Business Centre (Administrative Divisions).
Divisional support and representation
- Coordination of the divisional budgets and business planning processes
- Development and maintenance of the divisional website
- Representation:
- Provost
- Senior Executive, Planning and Budget Conference
- Director, Office of the Provost:
- Administrative and Business Advisory Group
- Business Centre (Administrative Divisions) Reference Group
- the Administrative Divisions OHS Committee
- Monthly Marketing Executive Group
Portfolio leadership and support: Learning and Teaching, Participation and Engagement, Student Services
- Strategy development, implementation, monitoring and reporting
- This includes preparation of the relevant sections of the:
- University Plan and Annual Report
- Learning and Teaching Plan
- Social Inclusion Plan
- Reconciliation Action Plan
- Strategic and operational risk assessments
- Committee leadership and support
- Leadership and support for the review and development of Provost-owned policies, including liaison with :
- business owners/experts
- Academic Board
- the University Secretary’s Office
- faculties and graduate schools
- student associations
- other stakeholders
- Reviews of academic programs and course concept approvals
- Management of student grievance and misconduct processes, including:
- communication
- training and reporting
- other Academic Registrar functions
- Practice leadership and common services management in Student Services, including:
- coordination of services costing
- pricing and evaluation
- Student Centre coordination
- Development and delivery of the Student Advice Program
- Development and maintenance of portfolio websites and publications, including:
- Learning and Teaching website
- Student Services websites
- Student Services Finder
- Next Steps website
- Student Centres listing
- Student Diary
- Development and approval of Melbourne Model messages
- Support for the development of portfolio sections of business plans and budgets
- Management of Strategic Initiative funds and Commonwealth equity funding
- Project leadership, management and support
- Liaison with student associations and colleges
Executive and office support
- Executive support for the:
- Provost
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
- Pro Vice-Chancellor (Participation and Engagement)
- Executive Director (Student Services) and Academic Registrar
- Director, Office of the Provost.
- Resources, facilities and OHS management for the department.