Manager, Facilities & Technical Services - Digital Production at RMIT University

Overview:

Full-time, Continuing position
Salary HEW 9 ($135,978 - $145,693) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, but may be required to work at other campuses

About the Role

As the Manager, Facilities & Technical Services - Digital Production, you will lead and inspire your teams supporting digital production across the College of Design and Social Context to deliver efficient, service centric and high quality digital support to enable teaching and learning, research and engagement outcomes, enabling the wide diversity of digital work and study that the College provides.

Your role will provide technical expertise and oversight of digital production facilities and equipment across the College, informing strategic decisions and pathways for the College when considering future digital technologies.

You will set clear expectations, monitor performance against strategic and operational priorities, and provide coaching and feedback to drive excellence in service delivery. At the same time, you will foster an inclusive and engaging work environment where staff feel valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best, while actively encouraging cross-School collaboration to strengthen connections across the College and University.

Central to your role will be guiding the team through change and continuous improvement, embedding RMIT’s values and leadership standards in everyday practice. You will oversee professional development and workforce planning to build capability, resilience, and adaptability, while ensuring compliance and consistency across policies, systems, and processes.

Through regular operational updates and leadership insights provided to the Associate Director, you will inform decision-making and advocate for both service excellence and the wellbeing of your team.

To be successful for this position, you’ll have:

Significant leadership, people, services and equipment management skills in an educational setting, preferably with a team of technical staff.
Demonstrated ability to lead with agility and resilience to respond to a dynamic environment and changing learning, teaching, research and engagement requirements.
Proven technical knowledge and expertise in digital production across a range of creative disciplines, including but not limited to, advertising, communication and writing, music, sound and audiovisual, screen and media, digital design, digital media, games and animation.
Proven high level communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across school leadership, academic teams, professional staff, students and external partners to ensure equitable service and support to achieve learning, teaching, research and engagement outcomes.
Significant knowledge of and demonstrated operationalisation of HSW regulations and processes as relevant to this role

Please view position description for further selection criteria

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the College

RMIT’s College of Design & Social Context brings together creative and practical study in the fields of design, technology and society.

Comprised of nine schools, the College encompasses a wide variety of disciplines of the built environment, education, media & communication, global & social studies and across all fields of art and design. It is this breadth of expertise and the shared commitment to addressing the most urgent challenges and opportunities of our time through interdisciplinary collaboration that gives the College its unique identity. Our work makes substantive contributions to sustainability and regenerative futures, global and social justice agendas and exploring the nexus of technology and the human experience.

We seek to deepen our understanding and offer possible paths forward for society by addressing these issues with imagination, rigour, and practicality. We do this through excellence in education and research that is future-focused, industry-connected and community engaged.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter (max. 2 pages) addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Jessica Bernardo (Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor) via email jessica.bernardo@rmit.edu.au.

Position Description - Manager, Facilities & Technical Services - Digital Production

Applications Close:

30 Nov 2025 11.59 pm

RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani, via talentsupport@rmit.edu.au or visit our Careers page for more contact information - https://www.rmit.edu.au/careers .

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