Senior Vice-Principal's Management Group University Planning Office

Staff Member

Position & Contact Number

Profile

Michael Beaton-Wells

Deputy Principal (University Planning)
834 44594

Michael heads the University Planning Office, with responsibility for:

• Academic planning and its integration with broader University planning;
• Development and construction of a range of planning scenarios, including those related to achieving the University’s strategy, Growing Esteem;
• Managing the University’s reporting to DEST and other agencies;
• Developing and implementing reports which monitor University performance; and
• Managing a range of quality assurance and accountability processes.

Administration

Office Manager
834 44597

Louisa has responsibility for Office Administration including:

• HR, Budget monitoring and she is the EHS Coordinator;
• Executive Assistant to the Deputy Principal (University Planning); and
• Coordination with Faculty and Central Admin staff for dissemination of information and management of University submissions, including the Vice Chancellor’s Strategy and Performance Review, and external submissions including DEEWR submissions.

Rebecca Cullen

Administrative Assistant
(Monday, Tuesday, Friday)
834 43960

Rebecca works Monday, Tuesday and Friday, her areas include:

• Office Administration, including Themis HR, Themis financials and she is the Staff Environment Advocate;
• Providing support with the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Principal (University Planning); and
• Liaison with Faculty and Central Admin staff for dissemination of information and coordination of University submissions including the Vice Chancellor’s Strategy and Performance Review (SPR)

Monique Richardson

Administrative Assistant
(Wednesday, Thursday)
834 43960

Monique works Wednesday and Thursday.

Alexander Law

Web Development and Maintenance

Office Facsimile

834 48214

Analysis and Reporting

Carol Smith

Manager, Analysis and Reporting
834 46460

Carol manages the Analysis and Reporting team, with responsibility for:

• Student Load Monitoring and Planning Cycle;
• Project management of UPO’s Management Information System;
• Liaison with DEEWR – Student and Staff Data Collections; and
• General analysis and reporting.

A. Alferd

Data Analyst (Analysis & Reporting)
834 46463

Alferd is part of the Analysis and Reporting team and is responsible for:

• Development and support of Student Scenario Model (SSM) tool;
• Development of UPO MIS; and
• Providing adhoc reports on student load, enrolments and staff.

Mr Tom Vlahiotis

Data Analyst (Analysis and Reporting)
834 40215

Tom works within the Analysis and Reporting team, headed by Carol Smith, and undertakes a number of support activities which include:

• Developing the UPO’s MIS system;
• Supporting the development and generation of reports used by the wider university (e.g. faculty/department profiles, faculty reports, Stats Book);
• Contributing to the development of the UPO’s web site; and
• Supporting SSM modelling activities.

Institutional Assessment

Ms Sue Sleep

Manager, Institutional Assessment
834 48898

Sue is responsible for a program of activities which analyses organisational performance at institutional, faculty and department level including:

• Key performance and quality indicators, including benchmarking;
• Strategic Risk assessment and reporting on mitigation strategies and controls;
• Business planning and analysis;
• Quality assurance and improvement, including undertaking reviews and audits; and
• Integrating performance analysis with planning and budgeting.

Dr Jan Dethlefs

Senior Business Analyst
834 49067

Joined the University Planning Office in Dec. 2006 with the following responsibilities:

• Strategic risk management, assessment and reporting of mitigation strategies;
• Analysis and modelling of core datasets;
• Supporting the business planning process at institutional and divisional level; and
• Performance analysis at institutional, faculty and department levels.

Mr Guy Edwards

Policy Analyst
834 40323

Guy reports to Sue Sleep, Manager, Institutional Assessment, and is responsible for:

• Institutional performance reporting to key management and governance stakeholders;
• National benchmarking, particularly comparing institutional performance across the Group of Eight;
• Supporting quality assurance and improvement reviews, audits and other activities;
• Analysis and modeling of core datasets, particularly research and staff data; and
• Supporting the University’s Planning Cycle and Faculty / Division business planning activities.

Mr Taliessin Reaburn

Data Analyst (Institutional Assessment)
(Tuesday, Wednesday)
834 46226

• International Benchmarking;
• International Rankings; and
• Benchmarking Collaborations.

Evaluation Cycle

Ms Suzanne Daroesman

Manager, Evaluation Cycle
834 48121

Suzanne is Manager Evaluation Cycle:

• Together with three other members of the Evaluation Cycle team, looks after a range of surveys designed to provide systematic feedback on students’ experience of teaching, learning and research, and their broad University experience;
• The major student feedback surveys are: Quality of Teaching, Melbourne Experience Survey, Australian Graduate Survey (graduate destinations, course experience, postgraduate research experience).

Mr Bill Jones

Senior Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 49071

Bill is the Senior Analyst for the Evaluation Cycle team, contributing:

• to across a range of projects through the analysis and reporting of the University’s surveys; and
• to key responsibilities including, for example, the analysis, reporting, and policy development of the University’s Quality of Teaching Survey.

Ms Kim Foon Looi

Data Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 43847

Kim is the principal data analyst in the Evaluation Cycle team, with major responsibility for:

• Survey data collection and analysis;
• Particular responsibility for compiling the University’s annual Australian Graduate Survey data collection; and
• The production of a range of tables and analyses from this data set, as well for other University surveys such as the Melbourne Experience Survey and research experience survey.

Ms Anna To

Analyst (Evaluation Cycle)
834 49070

Anna is involved in:

• Analysis and reporting of data collected from the Graduate Destinations portion of the Australian Graduate Survey, producing faculty reports on work and study destinations of graduates following completion of their course; and
• The University of Melbourne Surveys Reference Group, which has been established to provide policy advice and co-ordination in respect of surveys involving University stakeholders.

Faculty Strategic Planning Program

Robyn O’Loughlin

Team Leader (ABP, Engineering, LFR)
834 49068

Robyn leads a strategic support team which will focus on strategy and implementation of faculty business planning. She is responsible for leading, establishing and shaping the team to deliver an agreed program of work for each of three faculties: the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning; the Faculty of Engineering; and the Faculty of Land and Food Resources.

Robyn’s team will provide analysis and support for faculty business planning and budget activities such as:

• Strategy implementation;
• Student Load modelling and forecasting;
• Financial Planning;
• Workforce modelling;
• Market planning; and
• Preparation of faculty annual budgets.

Chris Grigg

Senior Business Analyst (ABP, Engineering, LFR)
834 46406

Chris works within the project team supporting the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning; the Faculty of Engineering; and the Faculty of Land and Food Resources and provides Strategic Business support and Financial Analysis of the revenue and cost drivers associated with the faculties’ activities.

The analysis and support services include the following:

• Modelling of data and projections to compare and evaluate scenarios;
• Significant data acquisition and manipulation;
• Financial Planning;
• Comparative analysis; and
• Student load modelling and forecasting

Diane Jones

Data Analyst (ABP, Engineering, LFR)
834 47860

Diane provides support to the Strategic Support Team working with the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, the Faculty of Engineering, and the Faculty of Land and Food Resources.

Her main responsibilities include supporting:

• the update of faculty business plans, including facilitating use of business metrics tools and datasets;
• the development of workforce projections and workforce plans;
• the modelling of future student profiles in the University’s student scenario model (SSM); and
• the preparation of faculty annual budgets.

Peter Wilson

Team Leader (MDHS, Science)
834 40428

Peter leads a strategic support team focused on strategy development and the implementation of faculty business plans. He is responsible for leading, establishing and shaping the team to deliver an agreed program of work for each of two faculties: the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science.

Key elements of Peter’s role are:

• Strategy implementation;
• Financial Planning;
• Workforce modelling;
• Business re-engineering and process improvement; and
• Accommodation planning.

Allison Berry

Policy Analyst (MDHS, Science)
834 49066

Allison is a team member of the FSPP supporting the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science.

In particular, Allison is responsible for:

• Planning;
• Data collation and interpretation;
• Financial analysis; scenario modelling of data projections with respect to workforce, accommodation and CAPEX; and
• Business re-engineering and process improvement.