Senior Coordinator, Outreach and Employability, Indigenous

• Exciting opportunity to join the sector leader for HDR Engagement
• Targeted position, open only to applicants of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage *
• Salary Level HEW 8 ($101,552 - 114,366 p.a plus 17% Superannuation) and Flexible Working
• Full-Time, ongoing position based at RMIT's CBD campus

About RMIT

RMIT offers life-changing experiences for our students, and to help shape the world with research, innovation, teaching and industry engagement. With strong industry connections forged over 130 years, collaboration with industry remains integral to RMIT's leadership in education, applied and innovative research, and to the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.

About the Research and Innovation Portfolio

RMIT's Research and Innovation Portfolio supports researchers to help shape the world and supports support cutting-edge research and careers that make a positive impact on communities.

Part of the Research and Innovation Portfolio, the School of Graduate Research (SGR), supports graduates to drive innovation and contribute to excellent research outcomes. Managing the candidature lifecycle from admission to examination, SGR provides services for scholarships, candidature, quality assurance, and a suite of career and professional development programs to enrich the experience of our research candidates and our Higher Degree by Research (HDR) supervisors.

The Role

In this exciting role as Senior Coordinator, Outreach and Employability, you will join the sector leader for HDR (Higher Degree by Research) Engagement and will help to develop opportunities and support processes to ensure increased prospects for HDR candidates that enhance the diverse career paths they may choose.

Key to the role will be your strong stakeholder management, as it focuses on engagement with end-users (such as government, commercial and not-for-profit organisations) via internships or end-user-focused research. In addition, you will be responsible for promoting HDR end-user engagement as a key component of RMIT's approach to research training and as a strategy to support research partnership development.

About You

To be successful in this position, you'll have as a minimum:

• Identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person.
• Relevant professional experience within a relevant sector and with industry engagement or international education.
• The ability to connect strategy to operational activities, and independently analyse and interpret a wide range of information
• The ability to work across the University to leverage connections, develop and maintain networks and effective collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation skills and the ability to develop content, process maps, and comprehensive management reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong focus on customer service and in providing support to academics across the University.
• Experience and aptitude in working using an agile mindset in a fast-changing and dynamic team, including working through ambiguity.

Essential Qualifications

A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent combination of qualifications and relevant work experience.

* This is a Targeted position and therefore ONLY open to applicants of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage in accordance with an exemption granted under section 12 of the Vic - Equal Opportunity Act 2010. This is a recruitment strategy to increase Aboriginal workforce. The successful applicant is required to provide confirmation of their Australian Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander heritage.

Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children check.

To Apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for this position by clicking on the 'Apply now' link.

For further information about this position, please see Position Description or contact Stephanie Morrison-Duff, Senior Manager, HDR Strategy & Policy via email [email protected]

Applications close on Sunday 26 September 2021 at 11:55 pm 

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