(HE05) $80,118- $89,085 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Full-time, fixed term position until October 2025.

Are you passionate about supporting students through well-organised events and tailored engagement activities? Do you enjoy working behind the scenes to ensure logistics are smooth, accurate, and impactful? If so, we are seeking a Student Engagement Support Officer to join our Student Engagement team.

In this role, you will provide essential support to student engagement and orientation activities, helping to create a welcoming environment for new students across multiple entry points throughout the year. Working closely with key stakeholders, you’ll assist in the coordination of events and manage logistical details that make students’ university journeys more engaging and supportive. From preparing data reports to assisting with resource coordination, your contributions will ensure these initiatives run seamlessly, making a positive impact on student retention and success.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful difference by supporting the delivery of student-focused events and initiatives. Join us to help create a welcoming, engaging, and supportive environment for all students at the University of Adelaide.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Interest in supporting orientation and engagement activities, with a commitment to enhancing the student experience.
• Experience in an administrative or support role, ideally within student services, events, or customer service, with a strong focus on logistics.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills, allowing you to assist in the smooth coordination of events and initiatives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to collaborate effectively with students, staff, and key stakeholders.
• Commitment to providing high-quality support, embodying values of integrity, respect, and teamwork.
• Relevant qualifications or a combination of experience and training that prepares you to succeed in this role.

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 resume, as well as a cover letter addressing your suitability and experience for the position, referring to the selection criteria, in no more than 2 pages.

Applications close 11:55pm, 21 November 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:

Rosie George
Student Engagement Coordinator | Student Engagement and Success
Division of Academic and Student Engagement
P: +61 (8) 8313 0277
E: rosie.george@adelaide.edu.au

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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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