Remote Student Services Officer

Position Details

• 2 Year Contract | Full-Time

• Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $80,405 - $88,737 p.a. plus 17% Super

• Location: Gove District Hospital / Yolngu Country

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About the Role

In this dynamic role, you will deliver exceptional administration and student-focused support for medical, allied health, and nursing students on placement as part of the Department of Health, Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program. As the go-to contact for remote-based student teaching and learning activities, you’ll help ensure a seamless and enriching experience for students across the Northern Territory and South Australia.

Working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders, you'll contribute to various impactful projects aimed at improving student experiences and fostering a sustainable health workforce for our rural communities. This is an incredible opportunity to make a real difference in a role that combines administrative excellence with a passion for education and healthcare.

This position will be based at the Nhulunbuy Campus and the incumbent will be required to live within the region.

About You

To be successful in this role you will exhibit:

• Completion of a degree or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and/or training.

• Administrative and organizational skills including the ability to manage conflicting priorities and make independent and informed judgement on a range of student related matters

• Effective interpersonal skills and capacity to liaise with a wide range of community and health professionals

• Experience in planning and delivering a range of functions, activities, or events

• Financial management skills including the ability to monitor and report on program expenditure

• Computer literacy including demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office applications, in particular Word, Excel and Outlook, with the ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies and applications

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?

• 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

• 6 Weeks Annual Leave (NT Only)

About 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.

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.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

• 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.

• A current NT Driver’s License is a requirement of this position.

How to Apply and Information

• 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 email Gill Paynter

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Certification

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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.

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