Job no: 0048419
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: Business and Economics
Department: Student Belonging & Employability
Salary: $96,459 - $104,413 p.a. + 17% super
- Elevate student experiences from enrolment to employment, enriching skills and advancing career prospects.
- Support the coordination of high-quality programs and initiatives to drive employability outcomes for students.
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!
About the Role
The Industry Experience Coordinator provides high-quality end-to-end coordination to support the successful delivery of industry experience programs and initiatives that increase student employability outcomes and contribute to a positive student experience. You will coordinate industry experience programmes, enhancing employability outcomes and enriching the student experience, while working collaboratively with academic and professional stakeholders to achieve team and Faculty objectives.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading high-quality end-to-end coordination for the successful delivery of new and existing industry experience programs and initiatives, ensuring they meet agreed timelines and budget.
- Leveraging problem-solving and critical thinking skills to anticipate and address challenges in program and event coordination, administration, and delivery, and to provide timely and accurate responses to student queries and concerns to proactively address any day-to-day issues that may arise.
- Partnering with internal stakeholders and key suppliers to leverage insights, strengthen programs and initiatives, and ensure alignment.
- Crafting and executing comprehensive student communication strategies and campaigns to drive program and initiative visibility, recruitment, engagement, and commitment.
- Fuelling continuous program and initiative improvement by gathering and analysing data, reporting outcomes concisely, sharing feedback and insights in retrospectives, and identifying opportunities for greater impact.
Who We Are Looking For
You will be highly organised and have well-developed program and/or project coordination skills that enable you to prioritise and manage a range of tasks simultaneously while ensuring strong attention to detail. You will be a confident communicator, adept at crafting clear and informative written materials and delivering presentations. Strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities are essential, along with a proactive, hands-on approach to working within a collaborative, cross-functional team.
You will also have:
- A degree with subsequent relevant experience; or a comparable combination of education, training, and experience.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to exercise sound judgement and prioritise workload.
- Advanced interpersonal and consulting skills, with the ability to build and maintain professional relationships across the Faculty and wider university, ensuring efficient service delivery in a student-centric and team-based environment.
- The ability to collaborate effectively within a team and take initiative to lead projects when needed, while also demonstrating self-motivation and autonomy to work independently under general guidance.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires that the successful candidate must 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 – The Faculty of Business and Economics
The Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne has been preparing students for exciting and challenging careers in industry since 1924. We have developed an outstanding reputation, locally and internationally, for the quality of our teaching and research. The Faculty has an active board of business leaders, government representatives and community leaders who contribute to the implementation of our vision. Further information about joining the Faculty is available here: https://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/about/join-fbe
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!
About the University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, 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 (2 pages) outlining your interest, experience, and suitability for the role against the Key Selection Criteria (found in the position description).
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Petra Newton 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 details listed on the Position Description.
Please note that in the event of sourcing a suitable candidate, the closing date for applications may be brought forward, and the job vacancy may be closed. Therefore, we encourage interested individuals to submit their applications promptly.
Position Description
