Position Number: 0053085
Location: Southbank
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: The Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Department: Academic Support Office
Salary: UOM 5 – $83,159 – $95,518 p.a. plus 17% super
This position is a professional development opportunity for University of Melbourne staff. Only current Continuing, Fixed-Term, and Casual staff are eligible to apply.
- Manage administrative tasks for teaching and learning, including assessments, academic data, and cohort support
- Support academic staff and ensure smooth academic operations, contributing to efficient teaching services
- 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 Teaching Support Officer plays a vital role in the Academic Support Office (ASO), providing administrative support for the Faculty’s coursework programs. Key responsibilities include managing assessments, results processing, special consideration applications, and extension requests, as well as maintaining accurate academic records and supporting staff with teaching resources. This position ensures the efficient delivery of academic services and fosters strong relationships with stakeholders to support high-quality teaching and learning outcomes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Contribute to cyclic coursework and non-award program delivery administration, including results processing, teaching support materials (including via the LMS), program delivery governance support, data and records administration and cohort management.
- Contribute to the administration of student support via the University’s special consideration and extension applications process, this included liaising with subject coordinators, our students, and central services.
- Contribute to the scheduling of the faculty’s examinations both written and practical-based assessment.
- Provide administrative support for Board of Examiners Meetings.
Who We Are Looking For
You will have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritise, and manage time effectively. You will also possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to collaborate within a creative arts environment and develop productive working relationships with academic and professional colleagues, while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
You will also have:
- A degree or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Technical proficiency in general computing and the use of databases and the ability to learn and implement software systems and solutions. High proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, and excel).
- Knowledge of academic policy, administrative frameworks, and systems.
- Experience within a creative arts environment.
- Experience within a tertiary education environment.
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.
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 Fine Arts and Music
With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Studying with us, working with us, or simply coming for a visit, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.
The Faculty is a place for creative people to come together to expand their minds and experiences, through which they become part of a world-wide community that motivates cultural growth. In short, we believe in the power of the artistic mind to effect change and we welcome you to share in that adventure.
Be Yourself
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, 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 outlining your interest and experience
- The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)
^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Ana Gencic 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.
Applications close: 31 JANUARY 2025 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
Position Description: 0053085 Teaching Support Officer PD.pdf
Position Description
