Senior Residential Life Officer

• Remuneration range $97,272 to $105,349 pa
• Full-time continuing appointment (36 hrs/week)
• Toowoomba campus

The Residential Colleges provide a positive, safe, and healthy environment that promotes the academic and social development of its residents. A trained collegiate team provides pastoral and well-being support, and residents also have the opportunity to get involved in various sporting, cultural and social activities organised by elected student leaders. In addition to this, the academic and learning community programs have significantly contributed to the resident students being top academic performers at UniSQ.

What you’ll do:

Reporting to the Manager (Residential Life), you will actively contribute to the student enrichment and wellbeing of our students through:

• Leading the coordination, planning and management of a range of Residential College events and activities including annual dinners and seminars,
• Providing support and advice to the Manager (Residential Life) in relation to student support and well-being matters,
• Responding to incidents that occur at the Residential Colleges, including after-hours when rostered on-call, and
• Supervising and supporting the Resident Student Club with undertaking a schedule of student enrichment events (including sporting, cultural and social events).

What will help you succeed

Key to your success in the role will be your demonstrated experience and ability to work within a dedicated team and your strong interpersonal and communication skills.  Additionally, you will have

• Tertiary qualification with relevant work experience, and eligibility for and ability to maintain a Blue Card (Working with Children),
• A demonstrated ability to build relationships and respond to the needs of a diverse range of students, with a strong desire to enhance the overall student experience,
• An ability to supervise and motivate others to deliver positive outcomes, and
• A demonstrated understanding of a broad range of rules, policies, procedures and processes associated with student management in a tertiary institution.

What we offer:

We offer a range of rewarding career, financial and lifestyle benefits including:

• generous superannuation
• flexible working arrangements
• salary sacrifice
• professional development programs
• UniSQ sponsored Fit and Well Corporate Program which includes gym membership
• discounted personal travel and health services

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances. We recognise the importance of considering achievement relative to opportunity and encourage you to outline factors such as career breaks, gender, family, or other factors which may have resulted in a limited career progression.

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Ms Katharine Bigby, Manager (Residential Life) on telephone +61 7 4631 2651 or email [email protected] .

Reference No: 0328_09/22

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hrs/week)

Location: Toowoomba campus

Salary: Total remuneration range $97,272 to $105,349 pa (includes salary range of $82,190 to $89,015 pa, employer superannuation contributions of 17% of salary and annual leave loading)

Closes: Sunday, 23 October 2022

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision making.

If you know that this role is right for you, we invite you to submit your current resume/CV together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your relevant skills and experience relative to the ‘essential criteria’ in the position description. For more information on “How to apply for a job” please refer to  Uni SQ The application process.

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