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* Based in UniSA Creative at the Magill and City West Campus
* Full-time, fixed term contract until November 2025
* Commencement Salary: $87,955 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)
About You
You will have extensive leadership experience in a senior administrative position, leading and managing a team in a complex service organisation where you have driven performance and positive culture. We are also interested in hearing from you if you have deep knowledge and experience of the higher education sector, and are ready to take the next step into a team leadership role where you can grow and expand your skills.
About the Role
Reporting to the Program Services Manager, UniSA Creative, you will be the Academic Unit’s key reference point for academic administration and a conduit between the Academic Unit and Central Units. You will be responsible for ensuring the correct and consistent interpretation and application of the University’s academic administration policies and procedures within the Academic Unit. You will lead and support a team (across multiple locations) who are responsible for a range of general administrative activities.
About UniSA Creative
At UniSA Creative, we focus on developing creative professionals equipped with the skills and knowledge to influence our cultural landscape and to meet future industry demands. Our research explores the complexities of the world around us, with unique cross-disciplinary collaborations that produce inspired, human-centred solutions.
About UniSA
The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.
Essential Skills and Experience
* An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, or demonstrated equivalent skills, knowledge and experience
* Strong transformational leadership capabilities, demonstrated by experience in leading and managing a team in a complex service environment, and driving its performance and positive contribution to workplace culture
* Demonstrated previous experience working in a senior administrative position in a complex service environment, including leading a team in the provision of superior quality customer service
* High level verbal and interpersonal and problem-solving skills including experience in liaising with people at all levels both internal and external to an organisation to provide advice and recommendations to senior staff
* Highly developed organisational skills to manage multiple priorities and projects within tight timelines while working independently and as a member of a team
Benefits
Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:
* Access to great personal development opportunities
* Generous superannuation contributions of 17%
* Work life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave and individual flexibility agreements
* Corporate health insurance
* A variety of leave arrangements
Culture
At the University of South Australia, we value workplace diversity and are committed to providing a supportive, inclusive, and respectful work environment for all people. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, women, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.
Start Your Unstoppable Career
For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA. The online application form will list the specific selection criteria that you need to address.
Please address your cover letter to Kendelle Newby, Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at recruitment@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 6775.
Applications close: 11:30pm Sunday 1 December 2024
We are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment process and encourage you to share any support, adjustments and/or access requirements you have by contacting our Recruitment Central team on recruitment@unisa.edu.au. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.
Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment.
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