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Play a pivotal role in supporting the academic community at Melbourne Law School.
Job no: 0061950
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: UOM 5 – $79,961 – $91,844 p.a. plus 17% super
Excel in academic support within the esteemed Melbourne Law School Provide essential assistance in timetabling and assessment administration for our Juris Doctor, Melbourne Law Masters and breadth courses. 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
Dive into a dynamic role within the Program Delivery Team where you'll contribute to assessment procedures, examination processes, class scheduling, and more, ensuring smooth operations and excellence in academic support. From coordinating examinations to managing assessment submissions and ensuring timely feedback, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting the academic community while assisting with a variety of administrative tasks.
Your responsibilities will include:
Offering guidance to both academic staff and students concerning results, assessment, timetables, and class registration. Supporting in the coordination and management of all examinations, including take-home exams, interim assessments, final exams, and special arrangements as necessary. Assisting in compiling and uploading results for all law subjects. Overseeing the submission of assessments by students, distributing them to academic staff, and ensuring the timely return of marked assessments to students.
Who We Are Looking For
You possess excellent communication skills, organisational prowess, and commitment to high-quality client service, alongside strong interpersonal skills to liaise effectively across diverse groups. You have prior experience in a similar position, and consistently ensure effective completion of tasks within deadlines, while demonstrating the ability to plan and prioritise effectively to see tasks through to completion.
You also have:
A relevant degree or equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education. Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, with a specific focus on clarity and diplomacy. The ability to work autonomously, to use initiative, and to anticipate work requirements, in addition to the ability to work as an effective member of a team. Excellent skills in a range of computer applications including the Microsoft Office suite and databases, and the ability to learn new applications quickly.
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. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – Melbourne Law School
Melbourne Law School is Australia's first all-graduate law faculty. Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law, and awarded this country's first law degrees. The Law School is now fully graduate with its Juris Doctor for admission to practice recognised as a high level qualification in Australia and beyond. Coupled with the unrivalled excellence of the Melbourne Law Masters and its excellent Research Higher Degree programs, the Law School offers a unique opportunity for the integration of scholarship and teaching.
Its faculty is a vibrant community of creative scholars, committed to a highly collegial, research-intensive institutional life. The Law School has particular strengths in comparative analysis. It aims to integrate teaching with research and engagement activities and to engage with local, national and global communities.
The Law School is a single department faculty located in a custom designed building in University Square. The Law School has approximately 2,200 graduate students (including JD, Melbourne Law Masters and Research High Degrees).
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
About the University of Melbourne
We're tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn .
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.
We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Kim Groizard at [email protected] , 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 -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
Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Petra Newton via email at [email protected] , 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.
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