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Administration Officer (HDR and Honours)
University of the Sunshine Coast 90 Sippy Downs Drive, UniSC Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, 4556
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Administration Officer (HDR and Honours)
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- 90 Sippy Downs Drive, UniSC Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia, 4556
- Academic Support Unit
- Full-Time
- Academic Support Unit, Sunshine Coast Campus, Sippy Downs
- Level 5, $77,710- $87,573 p.a., plus up to 17% employer superannuation
- Full-time, ongoing appointment
The Opportunity
You will deliver high-level administrative support to Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) and Honours supervisors, coordinators, and students, ensuring efficient coordination across all schools. Your role involves ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures governing Honours and HDR programs, while continuously improving processes to align with best practices. You will manage the entire lifecycle of Honours students—from engagement, enrolment, and orientation to successful completion—while monitoring and tracking their academic progress, ensuring accurate documentation, and providing timely updates.
You will
- manage the entire lifecycle of Honours students inclusive of onboarding, funding support, student oral presentation coordination, thesis examination support and project promotion;
- facilitate the preparation, administration, and coordination of legal agreements related to Honours alongside our Legal representative; and
- oversee the process of releasing funding support for students enrolled in Honours, ensuring efficiency and adherence to funding guidelines.
About you
Your ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including academic and professional support staff, will be crucial for success. Additionally, your excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with your initiative, will enable you to develop effective solutions while managing multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines. You excel in collating and analysing data sets and other information to produce informative reports.
You will possess:
- Completion of a degree, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and / or education or training.
- Ability to acquire understanding of the University’s structure, programs, policies and operations, and apply this knowledge to undertake effective management of the day-to-day operations and communications that support HDR and Honours students
- Commitment to providing a high level of quality client service.
- Advanced computer literacy including the ability to use databases, electronic diaries and Microsoft 365 applications such as Share Point, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, the internet and the ability to learn new systems/packages/processes quickly and effectively.
UniSC is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, women in STEM, First Nations Peoples, and individuals of diverse cultures, genders, abilities, and experiences. We value achievement relative to opportunity and encourage your commentary on your achievements in this context. For additional support during the application process, please contact us at unisc-careers@usc.edu.au or call +61 7 5430 2830.
To be eligible to apply you must have legal work rights in Australia.
All applications must be lodged through the Careers at UniSC website.
UniSC does not accept unsolicited applications. For agency inquiries, contact unisc-careers@usc.edu.au
Applications for this position close midnight, Sunday, 23 June 2024.