Chief Executive Officer

• Strategic leadership position
• Drive a growth trajectory
• Ensure high quality programs, events and advocacy

 
Australian owned global education provider, Navitas, seeks an outstanding individual to provide strategic executive leadership in the day-to-day management, business development and stakeholder engagement of its Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM).
Reporting to the Executive General Manager, Human Services, Business and Technology – and leading an executive team of four direct reports – the ASAM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will identify, generate and execute opportunities that will diversify and grow the business, ensure delivery of high quality leadership and management training and development, and strengthen the profile and reach of ASAM and its specialist brands, including Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) and the National Excellence in School Leadership Institute (NESLI).
With appropriate tertiary qualifications, ideally at graduate level, the ideal candidate will bring a strong and proven record in transformative leadership, with a depth of experience and expertise in driving growth and creating opportunity and sustainability.  Outstanding communication skills are essential, with the ability to engage key stakeholders across both public and private sectors, gathering sector intelligence and creating opportunities for partnership and development.  With strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, the successful candidate will provide inspirational leadership, ensuring a successful and inclusive organisation culture that is motivated to deliver on the organisation’s strategy.  Experience in the education and training sector and established networks in industry, community and government are highly desirable.
The position is based in Melbourne and an attractive salary package will be negotiated with the successful candidate.
The Organisation
The Australian School of Applied Management (ASAM) is one of the country’s most highly regarded providers of leadership education.  Working with approximately 8,000 learners each year, ASAM provides innovative development solutions for individual leaders and leadership teams across all sectors and industries.
Focused on improving the way people work together, ASAM’s world class learning solutions support organisations of all sizes to accelerate their leadership capability and achieve their unique goals.
ASAM also encompasses three sister brands: Women & Leadership Australia and Women & Leadership New Zealand which support women leaders at all levels and champion gender equity in leadership, and the National Excellence in Leadership Institute (NESLI) which supports leadership excellence across the Australian K-12 education system.
ASAM is part of Navitas, a leading global education provider that has helped generations of learners transform their lives through education.  It creates life-changing opportunities to learn by delivering an extensive range of educational services to over 70,000 aspirational students across a global network each year.  A proud Australian company that has pioneered an innovative university partnership model, Navitas specialises in delivering university pathway programs, specialist tertiary programs and language, literacy, numeracy and employability skills training.
 
To apply, please click on ‘Apply online’ and submit your resume and covering letter, clearly quoting reference NAVceo0522.
For further information or a confidential discussion, please email info@fisherleadership.com or call Managing Partner, Andrew Norton on 1300 347 437.