Senior Student Success Adviser

Full time, 2-year fixed term appointment (two positions available)
Professional Level 6/7 Salary - $84,931 to $$100,594 pa 
Plus 17% superannuation and 6 weeks annual leave
Casuarina Campus

About the Position
As a Senior Student Success Adviser, you will play a key role in promoting and supporting Student Success at CDU. You will collaborate to develop and implement Student Success initiatives that provide early, targeted, and evidenced-based support to Higher Education students, with a focus on the first-year transition experience. 
You will work in a systematic way to ensure that commencing students are provided with the right support at the right time and will find creative ways to deliver this in large courses where students are both on campus and online. You will have responsibility for managing a small team in this role and will be responsible for further developing their skills in promoting and providing Student Success initiatives. 

About You

To be successful, you will require:

• Completion of a degree with contemporary knowledge of higher education and first year transition, including issues specifically faced by online and international students.  
• Demonstrated experience working in an advisory role and ability to exercise sound judgment when dealing with sensitive and complex matters.
• Experience in the delivery of support programs and initiatives aimed at improving students' ability to navigate universities and to improve their self-efficacy, independent learning, and self-reflection skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to participate in and influence continuous improvement processes.
• Demonstrated capacity to build rapport with and provide support to students from diverse backgrounds. 
• Demonstrated experience developing relationships with a range of stakeholders and the ability to gain 'buy in' for new initiatives. 
• Experience working with data and a proven capacity to use organisational systems and databases. 
• Demonstrated high level verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate, consult, negotiate, and liaise with students, academics, and professional staff, and to manage and build relationships cross-culturally and at all levels.
• Demonstrated well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to collect, analyse and interpret data and proficiency in working with complex database systems.
• Experience in advising and/or coaching students to achieve educational goals and success.

To view the responsibilities of the role, please click on the: Position Profile

Remuneration 
Appointment to this role will be at Professional level 6 or 7 salary (dependent on skills and experience). The base salary will be in the range of $84,931 to $100,594 per annum. The total remuneration package will be in the range of $99,369 to $117,694 per annum, including 17% superannuation.

What’s in it for you?

• Generous relocation support packages may be available (Level 7 appointment only) 
• An employer who values your contribution to building a bigger, better and stronger University
• Work with a University committed to changing people’s lives for the better through training, education and research
• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression
• An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory 
• 17% superannuation
• Up to six weeks of paid annual leave 
• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply
• Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)
• Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
• Free on-campus parking in designated areas 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging opportunities

How to Apply
All applications must be received online via the ‘apply’ button and should include your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience. 
For a confidential discussion, please contact Rachel Chamberlain via email ***************@cdu.edu.au or phone 08 8946 7*** 

Adjustments can be made throughout the application and selection process, as well as during employment to support applicants and employees with disability. CDU’s Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure can be found at https://policies.cdu.edu.au/view-current.php?id=191&version=1. If you would like to discuss adjustments, please contact the People Services Team on 08 8946 71***or email **************@cdu.edu.au.

Diversity and Inclusion
At CDU we actively celebrate our diversity. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We’re about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to make sure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understanding that it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that will make CDU the most connected University in Australia, we are striving to ensure that our culture and our community are inclusive of all our staff, students, and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals. Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and racially marginalised people, people with disability, neurotypical and neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with family and caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed.
 
You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are.  

Applications Close: Wednesday 10th April 2024