Student Coordination Officer

Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers.
Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact.
Work at UQ’s hub for health research, just minutes from the Brisbane CBD
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About UQ
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.
Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of are available, such as:
26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave.
17% superannuation contributions
17.5% annual leave loading
Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
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About This Opportunity
This position is responsible for supporting the effective provision of all clinical teaching activities, rotations, and assessment delivery across all Years of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program. This role will work collaboratively within and across Clinical Unit teams covering a range of medical disciplines.
Key responsibilities will include:
Ensure teaching and learning activities are appropriately scheduled and resourced within the Doctor of Medicine (MD) Program. Coordinate and administer tutor workshops including arranging speakers and venues.
Facilitate, under guidance from the academic leads updating of teaching materials where necessary for local clinical unit requirements, including teaching manuals and distribution of relevant teaching information and materials. This includes working with the e-learning team to oversee the preparation and update of web-based learning resources as developed by the academic team.
Coordination and administration of the end-to-end process for all examinations and assessment (including the Objective Structured Clinical Examination’s (OSCE’s)) at the clinical unit in conjunction with student administration and relevant academics.
Contribute to a respectful, inclusive and culturally safe workplace that promotes a supportive and collaborative team environment for staff and students.
Strive to continuously improve work practices to enhance productivity and the staff/student experience.
Out of hours work, including weekends, may also be required.
This is a part-time (80%), fixed-term role until 31st December 2024.
At HEW level 5, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $75,878 - $84,342, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $88,778 - $98,681 ,annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.
About You
A degree or advanced diploma in a relevant area with at least two years’ relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training
Demonstrated commitment to and enthusiasm for the provision of excellent client service.
Proven ability to interpret and apply a range of rules, policies and procedures.
Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work well both independently and in a team to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to demonstrate initiative and good judgement.
Relevant experience in student and/or academic administration in a higher education institution or similar environment will be highly regarded.
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.
Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
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.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dennison Lindberg, Manager – Student Service Improvement via email
For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Comprehensive cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
Resume
Other Information
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If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.
Applications close Sunday 7th January 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-33522). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 17th January
Please note that UQ will be closed from 23 December until 2 January (inclusive). All applicants for this position will be contacted in the new year. We thank you for your patience during this time.