BSB80320 is the nationally recognised Graduate Diploma of Strategic Leadership. It prepares you for work as a chief executive or managing director. It has been the current version on the national register since 2020, when it replaced BSB80215. Employers posted about 352 chief executive or managing director jobs in June 2026, down 8.3% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Graduate Diploma of Strategic Leadership are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 8.3% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer chief executive or managing director jobs than a year ago. About 352 chief executive or managing director jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 8.3% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 4,400 job ads, while 555 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates chief executive or managing directors as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Chief Executive or Managing Director as not in shortage.
Chief executive or managing director jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 61,193 workers in May 2025, 65,388 by May 2030 (up 6.9%) and 69,816 by May 2035 (up 14.1%).
Enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Strategic Leadership are growing. Across Australia, 510 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 555, up 8.8% in a year. National data for BSB80320 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for BSB80320 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Graduate Diploma of Strategic Leadership is 8 units: 2 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 10 options on the register.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps BSB80320 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 1111) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.