Senior Selection Officer

Job Description

HEP 6 $82,372 - $89,161 per annum plus 17% employer superannuation contributions. This is a full-time (36.75 hours per week) continuing position.

• Make a positive impact on the lives of our students

• Work with a dynamic and professional team using your experience to the max

• The position is located at our Footscray Park Campus.

About the role

The Senior Selection Officer will join a talented team that is responsible for assessing course and credit applications at VU across multiple channels at VU. The role requires provision of superior customer service and goal-oriented behaviours to help achieve the University’s goals in the admission of students. The role also requires sound decision making skills to be applied when making admission decisions including credit (advanced standing), and pathways while working collaboratively with the other staff within the Admissions unit and across the University. 

About the person

• You are customer service and student-centric
• You are flexible, enthusiastic and team-oriented
• You are equally focussed on meeting KPI’s, as quality and compliance
• You enjoy working in a fast-paced university environment.
• You are an experienced selection officer.

Major Accountabilities

• Responsible for assessing and making selection decisions using the VTAC system and the assessment of direct applications, ensuring timelines for selection are met.
• Identify and monitor pathway cohorts, establish eligibility to progress, ensure the timely issue of enrolment advice and recording of associated credit.
• Support the Senior Coordinator, Selection in the review, planning and implementation of all Admissions-related processes and activities to ensure efficient operations and a high level of service to future students and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide expert factual and accurate advice for a range of admission activities and projects as required.
• Liaise effectively and at a high level with organisation units and staff beyond the Admissions, Pathways & Scholarships Unit to gather and prepare information for dissemination to the University community about Admissions, VTAC and Direct Applications to ensure clear, current and timely information is available to future students and to other areas of the University.
• Contribute to the quality improvement process through continuous review of relevant policies and procedures relating to all Admissions processes and make recommendations to achieve continuous improvement.

Note: Occasional evening and weekend work and restrictions on annual leave may be necessary during peak periods.

Benefits

• Salary sacrifice options
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements available
• Paid study leave
• On-site gym

How to apply

For a position description please click here .

Applications must be submitted as a single document comprising:

• A cover letter
• Your curriculum vitae/resume, and
• Your responses to the selection criteria listed in the position description.

Note: Applications which do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

For further information relating to the position or recruitment process, please contact Maxim Zervos, People & Culture Officer by email at [email protected] .

Applications close 11:59pm on Wednesday the 28th of September, 2022.

About Us
Victoria University (VU) is the  University of the West .
For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond.
We are one of Australia’s few dual-sector universities, with currently over 40,000 enrolled vocational and higher education students studying across our campuses.
Our moral purpose is to provide vocational and higher education that transforms the lives of students and the communities we serve. Our values are a living set of actions that underpin our moral purpose.
The VU Values are that we are always:
• welcoming
• ethical
• shaping the future 
• together.
This is the VU Way. We are always WEST.
At VU we believe diversity is a strength – the more diverse perspectives, identities, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience of our students and staff, the better our working environment, research and educational experience of our students.
With a culturally diverse population of students and staff from a wide range of backgrounds, we strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students and staff are respected, valued and enabled to thrive.