• Fixed term until September 2025 | Full-Time at 1.0FTE 
• Higher Education Officer Level 7 | $94,206 - $104,282 plus 17% Superannuation
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work 

Through our world-class teaching and research, we equip students with the skill, commitment, and vision to protect vulnerable communities and advance human development. The College is dedicated to cultivating bright minds and inspiring innovative, passionate, and highly skilled graduates for future ready careers, and delivering connections for life. 

About the Role 

We have an exciting opportunity within the College due to a short-term project for accreditation and implementation of courses in Education with specified delivery timeframes in response to changes to professional accreditation requirements. As the successful candidate, you will provide high-level coordination, support for and delivery of executive-led projects and initiatives prioritised by the Dean Education to support the achievement of University and College strategic plans. Projects will involve accreditation and implementation of Early Childhood Education degrees.

This is a key role within the College as it is an important interface between the College leadership, requiring the ability to work effectively within a matrix environment, leveraging across College teams and engaging with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

Some of the key responsibilities of the position are:

• Providing tailored assistance to the College Leadership Team on the development and implementation of a broad range of projects and initiatives in support of the College strategy.
• Coordinating, managing, delivering and supporting executive-led projects in promotion of College priorities and strategy including improved student experience, new courses, improved research performance, staff development, culture, partnerships and efficiency.
• Undertaking research and analysis across a broad range of issues and providing critical comment, briefings and reporting to the College Leadership Team in relation to active and planned initiatives.
• Providing high level support to College Leadership Team in the development and promotion of proposals, papers and strategic initiatives.

About You 

To be successful in this role, you have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.
• Demonstrated high-level project coordination and project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and motivating project team to deliver high quality services and outcomes
• High level communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills with demonstrated capacity for confidentiality and ability to cooperate and communicate effectively with people at all levels. Demonstrated experience in mentoring and guiding staff and working collaboratively within a team.
• Well developed written communication skills, including demonstrated capacity to respond to enquiries in confidence, autonomously and draft correspondence and high quality reports with recommendations for complex and sensitive issues.

Life at Flinders 

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world. 

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders? 

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options 
• Flexible working arrangements 
• Wide range of professional development activities and services 
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff 
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia). 

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment 

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies. 

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan  
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy  

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position. 
• Please note that you may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy   

How to Apply and Information 

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description
• For more information regarding this position, please contact cepsw.deaneducation@flinders.edu.au

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

25 Aug 2024

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.