Senior Officer - Assessment Renewal Project

• Full time (1.0)
• Fixed Term till the 31 December 2024
• Campus independent - Can be based at La Trobe University’s Melbourne (Bundoora) or Victorian regional campuses.
• HEO6 Position

About the position

The Senior Officer will assume the lead coordination role in the university-wide Assessment Renewal Project.

In this role, the Senior Officer will interact with a wide range of employees within the organisation by working with the teams responsible for educational services, learning and teaching teams in the schools, central support teams, and important workflow systems.

In the current learning environment, your responsibilities will include scheduling project support and workflows necessary for mitigating the risk to assessment integrity. You will also be responsible for compiling comprehensive information and analytics, maintaining communication mechanisms, and providing reporting data.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position, you will have

• Degree with subsequent relevant experience to consolidate the theories and principles learned, or extensive experience, leading to either the development of specialist expertise or to the development of broad knowledge in an administrative field, or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience. 
• Demonstrated ability to gain a conceptual understanding of relevant policies, procedures or systems and interpretation in the application of policy and/or precedent.
• Ability to innovate and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Demonstrate strong communication abilities both written and verbal
• Demonstrated capacity to organise work effectively and efficiently and deliver outputs in a timely manner.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

Welcome Video - Victorian Regional campuses – See link below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-NZBy693Go

Benefits:

• 17% employer contributed superannuation
• Flexible work arrangements
• Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses

How to apply

Closing date:  By 11:55pm Wednesday the 27th of March 2024

Position Enquiries: Naomi Dashwood [email protected]

Recruitment Enquiries: Madeleine Parker [email protected]

Position Description below:

 PD-HEO6_Senior Officer - Assessment Renewal.pdf

Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia may apply for this position.

Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:

• Cover letter addressing your suitability for the position (max 1 page); and
• An up to date resume;

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

La Trobe University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We take an intersectional approach by actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds and abilities to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Flexibility in interview format will be offered to shortlisted candidates.

All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005.  If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.