Position Details

• Fixed Term until 31 October 2025 | Part-Time at 0.8FTE
• Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $80,405 - $88,737 (pro rata)
• Location: Tennant Creek / Warrumungu Country
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Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

About the Role
The Campus Administrator will provide administrative support to academic staff based at the Tennant Creek Campus including correspondence, data entry and analysis, and other activities as required, including providing secretariat support to relevant committees (agendas, minutes, and any related correspondence).

As the Campus Administrator, you will be the central contact and liaison person assisting in the marketing and community engagement for the programs and projects run from the Tennant Creek Campus.

About You
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• A Diploma or Certificate IV, plus relevant experience - or a combination of training and experience.
• Strong organisational and admin skills, with the ability to manage time, meet deadlines, and work independently in a busy environment.
• Confident using Microsoft Word, Excel, email, calendars, and databases, and quick to learn new systems.
• An understanding of health issues faced by people living in rural or remote areas (desirable).
• Identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (desirable).

Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT
At Flinders Rural and Remote Health NT, our aim is to be a hub for innovative health research, education, and workforce development across the Northern Territory. We engage with students, community, and stakeholders to provide critical programs, such as the Northern Territory Medical Program, Paramedicine, Rural Clinical School, and the University Department of Rural Health.

Our postgraduate education pathways (Remote Health Practice program), provides workforce development through Indigenous health and clinical skills training, and we have a community driven research program led by researchers committed to improving health outcomes. We work alongside Poche SA+NT focussing on Indigenous leadership capacity development and developing the Indigenous health workforce. All activities are driven by our values which focus on the long-term and short-term needs of the NT community.

Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 6 Weeks Annual Leave (pro rata)
• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• Please note that you may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
• Northern Territory Government legislation (the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007) now requires all individuals in child related employment or whose duties involve, or are likely to involve, contact with a child, to hold a valid 'Working with Children Clearance' (Ochre Card). This position involves child related work and is assessed as requiring a Working with Children Clearance/Ochre Card.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000013679 Campus Administrator.
• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Gill Paynter
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACST) on Sunday, 15 June 2025.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.