This is a continuing full-time position (36.75 hours per week) at the HEP Level 7 classification and the salary range is $90,891 per annum - $98,385 per annum, plus 17% employer superannuation contribution.

• Exciting Opportunity within our Student Equity, Safety and Wellbeing Team
• Continuing Full-Time Role
• Located at our Footscray Park Campus

About Us:

At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028. Join us on the journey and help us achieve our strategic drives embedded in our Strategic Plan 2022-2028: Start well, finish brilliantly. One of the drivers “Thriving place to Study and Work” will enable us to continue to create places that our students and staff love to belong and feel immense pride.

In 2022 VU was awarded the WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation that recognised VU’s dedication to making the workplace equal by embedding strategic actions that set us apart from other companies.

If the above has grabbed your interest and you would love to be part of VU’s talented workforce, then we encourage you to apply for this vacant role we have to offer.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Director Student Equity, Safety and Wellbeing Services, this role is pivotal in ensuring that Victoria University (VU) delivers an exceptional student experience by planning, developing, implementing and maintaining support services for students with disability. The team embrace the social model of disability- acknowledging that the removal of barriers are key to success and to ensure students participate in university life equitably.

This role works both individually with students for access as well as enhancing competency in accessible education through capacity building projects.

The Portfolio and Team:

The Student Equity, Safety and Wellbeing Team work together to ensure students at VU are supported to bring their whole self to study through the provision of programs and services that advance equity, wellbeing, advocacy and accessibility supports and practical welfare solutions. This collaborative and integrated team work together with the academic colleges and other student areas to provide excellent experiences in all areas of student life.

About You:

VU’s collaborative working environment will help you thrive and achieve the best outcomes for yourself, the solutions you provide and inspiring the team you work with. You will have:

Significant training with relevant experience and specialist expertise in the delivery of support services to people with a range of disabilities, preferably with experience within an educational setting.

• Ability to undertake assessment processes with individual students for the planning, support and monitoring of accessibility services, including examination accommodations, course adjustments, assistive technology recommendations and related facilities services.
• Some experience in supporting program design and delivery for disability awareness.
• Well-developed knowledge of anti-discrimination and privacy legislation, in particular the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), the Education Standards 2005 and The Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) and how they apply to supporting students with disabilities in the tertiary education sector
• Ability to write clear and concise reports, case notes, communications to academic and professional staff and other written and online materials.

What VU Offers:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Salary sacrifice options
• A culture of professional growth and development
• Family friendly, diverse and inclusive workplace
• On-site gym and fitness centre; and more!

How to APPLY:

Please click on Apply Now.

In a SINGLE document, your application must include:

• A cover letter outlining your motivation to apply for this opportunity.
• Your resume
• A statement addressing the Key Selection Criteria listed in the position description.

A position description is attached.

NOTE: Applications which do not address the key selection criteria will NOT be considered.

For specific queries related to the role, please contact Michelle Gillespie, Chief Student Officer by email at [email protected] using the subject line: Accessibility Liaison Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Our Commitment to Protecting Country:

Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share.

Victoria University is committed to inclusion, equity and diversity. VU encourages applications from women, gender diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from under-represented backgrounds in this field and at this level.