Senior Coordinator, Access and Inclusion

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Work type:Full-time
Location:Melbourne - Burwood
Categories:Management, Student Services

• Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 8 - $105,612 - $120,918 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. 

Manage the Disability Resource Centre team and other associated services across the university to deliver the highest quality support to students and the university community. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Planning, delivering and evaluating Disability Resource Centre services to the university in line with the Commonwealth Disability Education Standards and relevant University plans
• Promoting teamwork and providing tailored coaching to enable individuals to deliver high quality solutions and the achievement of goals
• Analysing problems, weighing up a range of options to identify accessible and inclusive solutions and translating complex issues into clear and understandable goals and targets
• Actively encouraging and coaching others to question traditional assumptions, promoting ideas and reviewing practices and policies and translating into workplace improvements
• Establishing systems and procedures to guide work and tracking progress and striving for excellence and continually evaluating progress and effectively overcoming barriers to achieve outcomes
• Using accepted theory and practices to develop and deploy continuous improvement actions to ensure implementation of continuous improvement strategies
• Using understanding of the client context to anticipate needs, tailor services, improve service offering and ensure a high-quality outcome by addressing client feedback and setting service standards
• Interpreting needs and offering pragmatic, inclusive and sustainable solutions based on research and in alignment with University context and contemporary practices

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or
• An equivalent combination of experience in the disability and inclusion sector and/or education/training
• Experience in leading successful and collaborative teams in the disability and inclusion sector
• Experience in working collaboratively with clients, stakeholders, and partners to achieve appropriate outcomes
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD - Senior Coordinator, Access and Inclusion 537001.pdf

Applications for this position close on Sunday 26th March 2023

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Infrequent work outside business hours is required)
• Working with Children Check

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Antonia Lamanna, Director, Student Service Operations, via [email protected]   

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised:10 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:26 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time