Project Support Officer (Marine Initiative)

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Bedford Park, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!



About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position Summary

Fixed-term, part-time (0.6 FTE) available for 2 years
Compensation Grade:
Higher Education Officer Level 6
Salary Range:
$79,938 - $85,231 pa (FTE)
Reporting to:
Senior Research Support Officer
Research Development and Support (RDS)
Under general direction, the Project Support Officer (Marine Science Initiative) is responsible for providing a range of high level administrative, project and records management and organisational support tasks to assist in the Universities’ research engagement with Marine Innovation South Australia (MISA), the National Environment Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal research hub, the Australian Government’s Protect our Oceans Programme, and the Nature Conservancy.

Key Position Responsibilities

The Project Support Officer is accountable for:

  • Building and sustaining positive working relationships with a range of relevant key internal and external stakeholders, including industry, academic and government partners.
  • Take an active role in identifying and developing new research partnerships with external parties.
  • Providing high level administrative support for meetings and/or committees, including preparing agendas, taking minutes and undertaking follow-up work as requested.
  • Facilitating Workshops for various stakeholders. Drafting correspondence, background material, notes and presentations to meet deadlines.
  • Managing information and producing accurate and timely reports as required. Acting as a conduit to the Research and Development team to assist in formalising and ongoing maintenance of research agreements.
  • Coordinate the preparation of key marketing material and associated information for digital and written platforms.
  • Identifying and contributing to continuous improvements in systems, processes and service delivery, participating in learning and development activities and effectively collaborating with all staff to ensure a positive workplace culture.
  • Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the role as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

  • Relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.
  • Well-developed written communication skills with capacity to prepare correspondence, agendas, minutes, briefs and other documents and respond to enquiries confidentially and autonomously.
  • Well-developed interpersonal and oral communication skills and the ability to relate to a wide range of staff at all levels.
  • Demonstrated commitment to high quality outcomes, including an attention to detail, the ability to research and collate information from a wide range of sources, and an ability to relate tasks to the wider context.
  • Demonstrated experience working on projects.
  • Ability to work on projects with minimal supervision
  • Experience in providing high level administrative services, including an ability to use judgement, initiative and confidentiality to support the activities of Senior Management.
  • Informed problem-solving capabilities and the ability to work with general supervision to determine and prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
  • Sound knowledge of contemporary administrative systems, software and practices, and an ability to interpret and apply a range of relevant policies and procedures within a large and complex organisation.
  • Flexibility and adaptability coupled with a strong team focus and collaborative approach.

For application enquiries please contact: Ms Julia Parker



Information for Applicants:

You are required to provide a suitability statement of no more than three pages, addressing the key capabilities of the position as outlined above. In addition, you are required to upload your CV.

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59pm:

15 Jul 2021



About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position Summary

Fixed-term, part-time (0.6 FTE) available for 2 years
Compensation Grade:
Higher Education Officer Level 6
Salary Range:
$79,938 - $85,231 pa (FTE)
Reporting to:
Senior Research Support Officer
Research Development and Support (RDS)
Under general direction, the Project Support Officer (Marine Science Initiative) is responsible for providing a range of high level administrative, project and records management and organisational support tasks to assist in the Universities’ research engagement with Marine Innovation South Australia (MISA), the National Environment Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal research hub, the Australian Government’s Protect our Oceans Programme, and the Nature Conservancy.

Key Position Responsibilities

The Project Support Officer is accountable for:

  • Building and sustaining positive working relationships with a range of relevant key internal and external stakeholders, including industry, academic and government partners.
  • Take an active role in identifying and developing new research partnerships with external parties.
  • Providing high level administrative support for meetings and/or committees, including preparing agendas, taking minutes and undertaking follow-up work as requested.
  • Facilitating Workshops for various stakeholders. Drafting correspondence, background material, notes and presentations to meet deadlines.
  • Managing information and producing accurate and timely reports as required. Acting as a conduit to the Research and Development team to assist in formalising and ongoing maintenance of research agreements.
  • Coordinate the preparation of key marketing material and associated information for digital and written platforms.
  • Identifying and contributing to continuous improvements in systems, processes and service delivery, participating in learning and development activities and effectively collaborating with all staff to ensure a positive workplace culture.
  • Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the role as assigned by the Supervisor and/or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

  • Relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.
  • Well-developed written communication skills with capacity to prepare correspondence, agendas, minutes, briefs and other documents and respond to enquiries confidentially and autonomously.
  • Well-developed interpersonal and oral communication skills and the ability to relate to a wide range of staff at all levels.
  • Demonstrated commitment to high quality outcomes, including an attention to detail, the ability to research and collate information from a wide range of sources, and an ability to relate tasks to the wider context.
  • Demonstrated experience working on projects.
  • Ability to work on projects with minimal supervision
  • Experience in providing high level administrative services, including an ability to use judgement, initiative and confidentiality to support the activities of Senior Management.
  • Informed problem-solving capabilities and the ability to work with general supervision to determine and prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
  • Sound knowledge of contemporary administrative systems, software and practices, and an ability to interpret and apply a range of relevant policies and procedures within a large and complex organisation.
  • Flexibility and adaptability coupled with a strong team focus and collaborative approach.

For application enquiries please contact: Ms Julia Parker



Information for Applicants:

You are required to provide a suitability statement of no more than three pages, addressing the key capabilities of the position as outlined above. In addition, you are required to upload your CV.

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59pm:

15 Jul 2021

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