Academic Course Coordinator

3 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Ikon Full time

**About Ikon**

Ikon is a private Institute of Higher Education focused on Art Therapy, Early Childhood Education, Counselling, and Psychotherapy. Our purpose is to propel individuals towards life-altering futures. We do this by fostering curiosity and self-development through meaningful learning experiences.

Ikon operates nationally with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide, as well as Distance Education. It currently has around 600 domestic and international students across its 3 Bachelor programs.

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**About the role**

This is a newly created role and an exciting opportunity to join our growing academic team.

The Academic Course Co-ordinator of Early Childhood Education will:

- support the academic leadership and the delivery of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and its nested courses.
- act as the primary point of academic contact for the academic team within a course.
- manage teaching and learning design and quality, scholarly activities, professional development, assessment moderation, teaching and marking allocation, academic integrity and misconduct, student engagement, RPL, and academic progression.
- provide administrative and coordination support to the Head of School
- develop and maintain positive relationships with all stakeholders to ensure a smooth and cohesive operation.

The Academic Course Coordinator is a member of the Teaching and Learning Committee, Grade Review Committee and Course Advisory Committee for the course.

**About you**

You are passionate about teaching and making a difference in each student's learning journey. You have demonstrated experience in people management, change management, team leadership, decision making, problem solving, collaboration with others and managing your time well to meet deadlines.

You are an effective communicator with good interpersonal skills. You are a team player but can also work autonomously on priorities. You are comfortable working in a diverse and collaborative environment.

**Education, experience, and skills**
- A PhD or Postgraduate qualification in a directly related discipline or field OR Master’s degree in early childhood education with extensive experience in course coordination, academic management and teaching and learning development.
- Experience in academic management within a higher education environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing a team, including driving people and culture processes preferred.
- Demonstrable organisational and planning skills.
- Knowledge of contemporary developments in the discipline or field, informed by continuing scholarship and/or practice.
- Current or recent practising experience within the discipline or field preferred.
- Skills in contemporary teaching, learning and assessment principles specific to the discipline or field.
- Experience in developing, leading, and managing a high-performing team.
- Experience in course review leading to improved course design and student outcomes.
- Demonstrated an understanding of requirements associated with regulatory frameworks, especially the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021.
- IT literacy, particularly Microsoft Office and any learning management systems.

**Why work with Ikon?**
- Work-life balance
- Training and development opportunities
- A positive culture and fun team
- Paid birthday leave
- Annual employee celebrations, rewards and much more

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**Diversity & Inclusion**

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**Next steps**:

- We are only able to consider applicants with the right to live and work in Australia

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