About You

You are an analytical and organised professional with the ability to drive and deliver projects through to completion. You have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, a passion for bringing others on the journey, and can easily build rapport with stakeholders from any level of an organisation. You enjoy diving into the detail, whilst maintaining a focus on strategic goals, and using data and research to inform, evaluate and enhance project outcomes. You are collaborative, authentic and self-aware and you strive for continuous improvement and service excellence.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), you will drive projects to support EDI initiatives across the University, that support UniSA’s aspiration to be a culturally competent and inclusive organisation. You will work with a variety of stakeholders and manage a broad range of projects that support our efforts to attract, retain and develop a diverse and inclusive workforce.

The People & Organisational Development function develops and hosts a range of opportunities for ongoing learning and development and supports the University’s commitment to offering a culturally competent and inclusive organisation.

About UniSA

The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in leading and contributing to the development and delivery of projects in a complex environment
• Advanced analytical and evaluative skills and the ability to effectively summarise and present information
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to influence and work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders in a complex environment
• Strong time management skills with the ability to anticipate requirements and problems, juggling competing priorities to successfully deliver to tight deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to produce quality communications with high level attention to detail and presentation skills

Benefits

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as:

• Access to great personal development opportunities
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%
• Work Life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave and individual flexibility agreements
• Employee assistance and development programs
• A variety of leave arrangements

Culture

At the University of South Australia, we value workplace diversity and are committed to providing a supportive, inclusive, and respectful work environment for all people. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, women, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability.

Start Your Unstoppable Career!

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please click Apply Now. Applicants are required to upload a cover letter and resume only. Please address your cover letter to Jasmin Jensen, Senior Consultant: Recruitment Central.

For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at [email protected] using the subject line: Project Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs and using job reference number 6683.

We are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment process and encourage you to share any support, adjustments and/or access requirements you have by contacting our Recruitment Central team on [email protected]. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment.

A position description is attached.