TERN Ecosystem Surveillance Administrative Support Officer

Overview

Job no: 517406
Work type: Fixed term - Full-time
Campus: Adelaide
Categories: Administration, HEO4, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

(HEO4) $73,961 - $81,067 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Fixed term, full-time position for 12 months

Working under routine supervision, the position is responsible for supporting the Ecosystem Surveillance team performing administrative tasks. The Administrative Support Officer is based with the TERN Ecosystem Surveillance team, located at the Waite Campus, Adelaide.

TERN is an Australian Government NCRIS-funded environmental monitoring National Research Infrastructure. It collects ecosystem data and samples from around Australia using highly instrumented monitoring sites, field surveys and remote-sensing techniques such as drones and satellites. TERN shares this data to enable Australia’s world-leading research on climate change, biodiversity, water and soil. Over the past 10 years, TERN’s Ecosystem Surveillance platform has been collecting soil and vegetation data and samples from over 750 monitoring plots across the Australian continent using the AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols. Through its surveillance monitoring program, TERN aims to ensure every terrestrial ecosystem in Australia is represented in the sample and data libraries, so that environmental change across all systems can be monitored.

To be successful you will need

- Demonstrated experience in MS Office programs (including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Sound verbal and written communication skills.
- Good time management and organisational skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Proven ability to actively contribute to a collaborative, dynamic team and implement change in the workplace.
- Demonstrated outstanding customer service taking pride in the service provided.
- Ability to work autonomously, use initiative and multi-task.
- Demonstrated ability to promote the organisational values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery, and a commitment to positively comply with the associated behaviour expectations.

The path to Adelaide University

We are on an exciting path to Adelaide University as we prepare to open our doors in January 2026. Adelaide University will combine the strengths of the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, and we are dedicated to creating an accessible and future-focused educational powerhouse that fosters economic and social wellbeing through ground-breaking research and innovative teaching. You can learn more about Adelaide University HERE and more information will be provided throughout the recruitment process.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career. It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

The Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology is a multidisciplinary hub of cutting-edge teaching and research. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers. The Faculty actively partners with innovative industries to solve problems of global significance.

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a cover letter, resume, and upload a document that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description or selection criteria document.

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Caleb Coish
TERN Ecosystem Surveillance and Business Manager
P: +61 (8) 8313 1142
E: caleb.coish@adelaide.edu.au

You'll find a full position description and/or selection criteria below: (If no links appear, try viewing on another device)

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Advertised: 22 Sep 2025 12:00 AM
Applications close: 06 Oct 2025 11:55 PM

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