Project Administration Assistant

(HEO4) $69,043 - $75,677 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Full time, fixed term position until December 2025.

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Administration Assistant to support the Online Transition Project and Program Director to achieve the University’s strategic priority of enhancing in-house online capabilities related to online design, development, and delivery.

The Project Administration Assistants main responsibilities is to coordinate activities, track progress, and manage documentation. The role will facilitate effective communication among stakeholders, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and streamlined project execution. This position plays a central role in maintaining project efficiency and contributing to the successful development of core online design, development, and delivery capabilities.

To be successful you will need:

• Demonstrated experience providing high-level administrative and executive support assistance, including the ability to effectively prioritise and manage workloads.
• Demonstrated experience communicating, both verbally and in writing, in a succinct, professional and responsive manner.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using Microsoft Office Applications including Word (advanced), PowerPoint, Visio (intermediate) Outlook (intermediate) and Excel (basic).
• Excellent attention to detail, demonstrated problem solving capability and a high level of organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with confidential and sensitive matters.

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 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. 

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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.

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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, 5 April 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:

Craig McCallum
Program Director, Online Transition Project

P: +61 487 102 752
E: craig.mccallum@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.