Teaching Excellence Coordinator

Job no:513743
Work type:Continuing - Full-time
Campus:Adelaide
Categories:Student Services and Learning support, HEO7

(HEO7) $95,017 - $106,270 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Full time, continuing position.

The Teaching Excellence Coordinator leads a team of Teaching Excellence Officers to provide key operational support to the delivery of university-wide teaching excellence strategies, initiatives, and activities. The Teaching Excellence Coordinator oversees the range of administrative functions (including event management) required to support the Teaching Excellence team’s activities.

The Teaching Excellence team, in collaboration with Faculty and The Division of Academic and Student Engagement partners, provides opportunities for teaching focused development, recognition, and reward for academic and professional staff at all stages of their career.

To be successful you will need:

• Demonstrated understanding of principles, practices and current sector developments in the reward and recognition and professional development of learning and teaching in higher education or in a comparable context.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and track record in leading a team to develop a customer-focused culture with the capacity for flexibility and the ability to respond to change in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Excellent high level communication skills (oral and written).
• Demonstrated high level organisational and event management skills, including the ability to plan, coordinate, prioritise tasks and meet competing deadlines under broad supervision.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels in the University or a comparable context, in particular academic colleagues.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities. 

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your division's broader role

The Division of Academic and Student Engagement drives the University's strategic activities in relation to learning and teaching. This includes ensuring all Adelaide students have a quality experience, and investing in our academic staff's professional development.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/dase/division-leadership

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

Applications close 11:55pm, 31 March 2024

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Melanie Brown
Manager, Teaching Excellence | Division of Academic and Student Engagement
P: +61 (8) 8313 1424
E: [email protected]

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The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

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