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Placement Officer

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (ACU)
Sydney Full-day Part-time

Description:

Job No: APTAV103059#008

  • Do you have strong organisational skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment?
  • A multi-faceted role with the opportunity to engage internal and external stakeholders
  • Support the placement of our students as they gain professional experience
  • Part-time (17.5 hours per week), continuing position located on the North Sydney campus

    About Placement Services:

    Placement Services is a specialist unit within the Faculty of Health Sciences. The unit is dedicated to ensuring that every student in the faculty has access to appropriate, sustainable and high-quality professional practice placements. Placement Services works collaboratively to support internal and external stakeholders with high-level customer service to enable seamless placement administration and student placement experiences.

    About the role:

    Operating within Placement Services, as a Placement Officer, you will provide high level customer service to internal and external stakeholders that enable seamless placement administration support to the Faculty of Health Sciences.

    More specifically the role entails:

  • Ensuring professional practice placements are organised and allocated to Faculty of Health Sciences students in a timely and efficient manner, in accordance with university and relevant Government regulations.
Assisting Placement Services office staff to ensure that all students meet compliance requirements for professional practice completion. This includes all pre-placement documentation queries and submissions, such as Police Checks, Working with Children checks/ Blue Cards, Immunisations etc. Allocating, monitoring student lists and liaising with placement facilities regarding rosters and liaise with students regarding placements. Utilisizing software packages, including InPlace, to publish information regarding professional practice placements in a timely manner. Allocating placement educators/ supervisors to professional practice placements in consultation with Placement Coordinators and/or academics. Creating and managing contracts for placement educators/supervisors, liaising with People & Capability to resolve any issues that may arise.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

Contact:

General enquiries can be sent to Lara Demetrios, Manager Placement Services at: lara.demetrios@acu.edu.au

What we offer:

The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement. Total remuneration valued to $98,701 - $106,847 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $83,404 - $90,287 (pro rata) pa (HEW 5), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading. A 2.8% increase will be effective from the beginning of the last full pay period before 30 June 2025. 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff. Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date. As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

resume (maximum 5 pages). responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page. brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Applications close: 16-MAR-2025 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact recruitment@acu.edu.au to discuss your requirements in confidence.

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.

3 Mar 2025;   from: timeshighereducation.com

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