Success for Learning

The University of Southern Queensland is committed to strengthening quality and excellence in our students’ experience and enhancing student success by providing a coordinated whole-of-University approach to ensuring student success.

Our Student Welfare Advisors consider student wellbeing as a core priority to enhance the student experience and facilitate student progress in tertiary studies. The Student Welfare Advisors provide a suite of services to support students’ financial literary and financial position, accommodation circumstances, personal safety, diversity and inclusion, and other programs and information services that support an inclusive tertiary experience.

We now have an opportunity for two Student Welfare Advisors to play an integral role in UniSQ’s whole-of-University approach and assist in transforming the lives of our students and communities through innovative, flexible and student-focused education:

• Opportunity exists for a First Nations person who will be able to bring their understanding of Australian First Nations perspectives, preferably with a knowledge of connections to emerging issues and development. This appointment is based at our Springfield campus and is a fractional (28.8 hours/week) continuing appointment (Identified position); and
• Opportunity exists for a full-time (36 hours/week) continuing appointment at Toowoomba campus.

What you’ll do:

Reporting to the Manager (Wellbeing), you will build and maintain partnerships with external organisations to increase services to student and to aid in referral pathways. Additionally, you will:

• Contribute to the development and provision of services and programs relating to key priority areas for students in relation to their welfare, including guidance, information and advice as required on matters pertaining to finance, accommodation, legal services, childcare, and student safety.
• Provide strategic advice in relation to relevant trends and issues, and
• Contribute to formal report writing and evaluation of service delivery.

What will help you succeed:

• A degree in human/social services, community services, psychology or education with relevant experience,
• Proven ability to provide guidance and information on a range of welfare needs such as accommodation, finance or personal crises to a diverse student population,
• Applied knowledge of current equity and diversity issues as they affect Australian higher education students,
• Demonstrated experience in organising and prioritising projects and tasks to achieve high-quality work outcomes, and
• Accurate record-keeping and preparation of reports and evaluation data.

For the Identified position, as an Australian First Nations person you will also be able to bring your understanding of First Nations perspectives to develop cultural safety within the wellbeing responses and services available for First Nations students. Your demonstrated knowledge and understanding of First Nations societies and cultures, including an understanding of the issues affecting people in contemporary Australian society and the diversity of circumstances of Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, will be an important contribution to our Wellbeing team.

For initial enquiries regarding this position, please contact Mrs Kathy Prentice, Manager (Wellbeing) on telephone +61 7 3812 6398 or email [email protected].

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
• USQ 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.

Find out more at www.usq.edu.au

Reference Number: 0362_10/22

Term: Fractional continuing appointment (28.8 hrs/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $85,572 to $94,623 pa (includes salary range of $72,304 to $79,952 pa, employer superannuation contributions of 17% of salary and annual leave loading)

Location: Springfield campus

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

Salary: Total remuneration range $106,966 to $118,279 pa (includes salary range of $90,381 to $99,940 pa, employer superannuation contributions of 17% of salary and annual leave loading)

Location: Toowoomba campus

Closes: Wednesday, 16 November 2022

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

If you think you can bring this role to life, we invite you to submit your current resume/CV. Please also include a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your relevant skills, experience and/or motivation 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.