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Senior Placement Officer

University of South Australia
Magill, SA
A$78,975 p/a + 17% Super
Education & Training → Student Services
Full-time
On-site

Posted 11 days ago


  • Based in UniSA Creative at the Magill campus
  • Full-time, fixed term contract until December 2025
  • Commencement Salary: $78,975 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About You

You are highly organised with strong administrative skills, effectively managing relationships and collaborating with stakeholders. With excellent verbal and written communication, you convey information clearly and professionally. Proactive and solution-focused, you take initiative to drive outcomes and improve processes.

About the Role

Reporting to the Team Leader: Industry Experience and Engagement, you will support professional experience placements for approximately 400 students annually across a range of programs. You will engage with internal and external stakeholders, including host organisations, academic staff and students, to facilitate placement activities.

The path to Adelaide University

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

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.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience
  • Senior administrative experience in a complex organisation
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
  • Advanced writing, research, and policy interpretation skills
  • Excellent organisation and project management abilities

Benefits

We offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Culture

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 Laura Gomes, Consultant: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at recruitment@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 7063.

Applications close: 11:30pm Tuesday 18 March 2025

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.


About University of South Australia

Adelaide, SA, Australia
Education & Training

As Australia's leading university for interdisciplinary research*, the University of South Australia is inspired by these challenges and committed to developing forward thinking, user-led solutions that have real impacts. The researchers are globally connected and engaged, working closely with Governments, industries and communities to deliver responsive, clever and enterprising outcomes. With the high quality research, the ground breaking contributions are transforming lives every day. The university's flagship institutes are delivering fundamental advances in knowledge to address the needs of our changing world.

Source: this is an extract from the company's own website

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