Position Number: 0061019
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Department: Student and Scholarly Services
Salary: UOM 7 - $106,432 - $115,211 p.a. plus 17% super
- Lead a team in managing undergraduate admissions processes, supporting the Admissions Manager to convert quality applicants into student enrolments and achieve team and University load targets.
- Join an exciting, dynamic environment with a strong team culture, where you can shape the role, lead with influence, and make a meaningful impact.
- Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!
About the Role
The Team Leader, Admissions, plays a key role in managing student admissions, ensuring quality applicants are converted into enrolments to meet University load targets. The role supervises Admissions Officers, supports staff development, and collaborates with admissions teams to facilitate a fair and timely selection process. Additionally, the Team Leader handles complex admissions issues and contributes to fostering a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Effectively motivate, coach and manage staff to achieve goals. Provide clear performance expectations, regular feedback, and document performance outcomes, ensuring poor performance is addressed and high performance is nurtured and rewarded.
- Collaborate with the Admissions Manager to ensure effective relationship management of internal and external clients and stakeholders, applicants and University of Melbourne representatives (agents)
- Deliver application selection processes efficiently to maximise the conversion of high-quality applicants to admitted students and ensure applications from priority cohorts are identified early.
- Collaborate with the Admissions Manager to contribute to the team’s achievement of agreed service levels, standards and reporting requirements using analytics and performance tracking whilst optimising the provision of accurate, timely and enabling information to stakeholders. This includes meeting KPIs for application processing.
Who we are looking for
The ideal candidate excels in multitasking, possesses strong organisational skills, and demonstrates effective verbal and written communication. They are adaptable and skilled in problem-solving, ensuring tasks are managed efficiently in dynamic environments.
You will also have:
- A tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
- Demonstrated leadership and experience in aligning organisational strategies and balancing resourcing demands, preferably within a complex environment.
- Previous experience with admissions within a tertiary education context.
- Demonstrated commitment and experience in providing high-service delivery to students and Divisions alike
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your new team – Student and Scholarly Services
Student and Scholarly Services provides student administration and services from recruitment and point of enquiry to graduation. This team also delivers wellbeing and scholarly services to students and staff.
What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!
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We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture, and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.
For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring
Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Walid via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the contact details listed on the Position Description.
Position Description
