Academic Services Officer (HEO 4)

• Based in UniSA STEM at the Mawson Lakes campus
• Part-time (0.5FTE), fixed term contract until 15 November 2024
• Commencement Salary: $70,476 pro rata per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About You  

You are a skilled administrator with a passion for organisation and providing high-quality customer service. You take initiative to deliver results and seize opportunities with a customer and outcome focus. You have high-level attention to detail and can work to competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment. 

About the Role 

Reporting to the Team Leader: Academic Services, you will be responsible for undertaking a broad range of administrative activities associated with the delivery of UniSA STEM’s programs and research activities.  

About UniSA STEM 

UniSA STEM links engineering, mathematics, science, defence and cybersecurity, environmental science, aviation, information technology, construction and project management, harnessing the connections across disciplines to bring big ideas to fruition. Our researchers are solution focused and collaborative to deliver technical expertise and advice to industry, government and community groups to make commercially viable and sustainable impacts. We integrate research into our teaching, with students working alongside researchers in first-class facilities, what’s discovered one day is taught the next. Our graduates are entrepreneurs and trailblazers, who design and build the world they want to live in. UniSA STEM also incorporates leading edge research organisations; the Future Industries Institute, the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments and the Centre for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

About UniSA  

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity. 

Essential Skills and Experience 

• Previous experience working in an administrative role in a team-based service environment 
• Written and verbal communication skills including preparation of written materials and experience in liaising with people at all levels both internal and external to an organisation to deliver quality customer service 
• Experience in the interpretation and application of policies and procedures 
• Organisational and time management skills to manage multiple priorities under broad direction 
• Demonstrated experience in using information systems and the Microsoft Office suite of programs 

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:  

• Access to great personal development opportunities  
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%  
• Employee assistance and development programs  
• A range of salary packaging options, including vehicle leasing, laptops and car parking fees  
• A variety of leave arrangements 

As a University of Enterprise, we offer a dynamic and agile workplace culture, one that embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Our staff are creative and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. We embrace diversity and inclusion in a vibrant, engaging environment. Our people are authentic, resilient, and influential, and we deliver results. 

Start Your Unstoppable Career  

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA. The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.   

Please address your cover letter to Kiara Lalli, Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected]  using job reference number 5920. 

Applications close: 11.30pm Monday 11 March 2024 

Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment.  

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