It Governance And Investment Interns

• Information Technology Services – IT Governance

• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers 

• Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact 

• Open to current UQ students studying towards Law, Business Management or Information Technology

• Achieve a work-life balance with this casual opportunity whilst you study

• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

The University of Queensland are seeking highly motivated interns to join the IT Governance and Investment Division and contribute to the growth and success of the Governance and Investment division.  

The IT Governance and Investment division help the IT function to enhance value, manage risk and support good decision making to ensure UQ leverages technology to deliver against UQ’s strategic goals.  

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to contribute to, and gain experience in the following areas: 

• Licensing - doing low risk license reviews. 

• Procurement - support procurement with contracts administration 

• Architecture - analysis and architecture maintenance 

• Project Management Office - support the project and change team with administration and analysis. 

• General Analysis - general business analysis and support to the governance team.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Functional support: Coordinate administrative processes, support communication drafting, manage documentation and records, perform data-related tasks and analyses, undertake follow-up, feedback and reporting activities.

• Stakeholder support: Be a point of contact for relevant internal and/or external stakeholders, such as assisting them with their enquiries by providing appropriate and necessary information.

• Other duties as directed by the Supervisor.

This is a casual position at HEW level 3, with an hourly rate in the range of $42.09 to $46.33, plus superannuation of 11%. As these roles are covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

We are looking for a highly motivated Intern with excellent time management and administrative skills, as well as the desire to work in a busy Project office team.

• Currently enrolled for a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program at the University of Queensland, studying towards Law, Business Management or Information Technology.

• Knowledge, skills or an interest in procurement, risk management, project management, architecture or business analysis would be advantageous.

• Relevant coursework or experience transferrable to Governance and risk management.

• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to think critically.

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, enabling clear and concise interaction with team members and stakeholders.

• Self-motivated and proactive, capable of working autonomously while also seeking guidance when needed.

• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Estie van Tonder, Change Manager – Capability and Culture, via ***********@uq.edu.au. For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability, age. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au.

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 9 July 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-39953).

Please note applications will be reviewed as received. Candidates may be interviewed prior to the job closing date. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible. The University of Queensland reserves the right to close this application process early.

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