Assistant Program Manager, English for Academic

The Assistant Programs Manager, English for
Academic Purposes (APM-EAP) is responsible
for the management and development of QUT
College’s English for Academic Purposes
(EAP) Program. The APM-EAP works in
conjunction with the Programs Manager,
English Language to manage staff and
students in the relevant programs.

This position reports to the Programs Manager,
English Language for supervision, workload
management and Performance Planning and
Review (PPR).

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Provide leadership in and management of

English for Academic Purposes programs
including implementation, operational
management and quality assurance.
- Assist the Programs Manager, English

Language with student placement,
progression and academic conduct and/or
attendance counselling.
- Supervision, training, development and

support of staff, including ELP
Coordinators and PPR reports.
- Assist the Programs Manager, English

Language with timetable development,
staff selection and new staff induction.
- Manage the development, updating,

functionality and maintenance of EAP
resources.
- Assist in developing new programs,

assessment materials, teaching curricula
and teaching resources for EAP in
consultation with the Programs Manager,
English Language.
- Liaise with English Language

Coordinators, ELP staff and clients,
suppliers, service providers and with other
stakeholders both internal and external to
the University.
- Manage course administration, student

consultation, orientation, and other
student activities.
- Teach ELP courses and supervision of

Guided Independent Learning (GIL) as
required.
- Compliance with health and safety

policies, procedures, hazard reporting and
safe work practices.

To ensure job flexibility the successful
- appointee may be required to:
- perform any other duties as nominated by

the University consistent with the relevant
classification descriptors detailed in the
Enterprise Agreement. Staff undertaking
any new duties will receive training;
- participate in job rotation or multiskilling in

consultation with their supervisor;
- work across campuses.

**Type of appointment**
This appointment will be offered on an
ongoing, full-time basis.

**Location**
Kelvin Grove campus.

Selection Criteria
1. Education, training and/or experience

equivalent to postgraduate qualifications in
TESOL or postgraduate qualifications with
a significant TESOL component, or
progress towards postgraduate
qualifications, and the equivalent of five
years full-time teaching experience.

2. Expert academic course administration and
organizational skills.

3. Proven effective leadership that contributes
to a high-performance culture.

4. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a
management team using high level
interpersonal communication skills to work
collaboratively with colleagues.

5. The flexibility and initiative required to work
effectively in a dynamic management and
teaching environment.

6. Demonstrated ability to develop new
courses and materials for the English as a
Second Language (ESL) area across a
range of proficiency levels and course
types.

7. Experience in English language proficiency
assessment, student progress evaluation,
testing and marking.

**Remuneration and Benefits**
- The classification for this position is Higher
- Education Worker Level 8 (HEW8) which has
- an annual remuneration range of $120,338 to
- $136,408 pa. Which is inclusive of an annual
- salary range of $101,687 to $115,266 pa, 17%
- superannuation, and leave loading.
- Beyond personal and professional fulfilment, a
- career at QUT brings a broad range of tangible
- benefits. With competitive remuneration
- including superannuation, the University offers
- real and generous benefits.
- QUT is a high quality and flexible organisation
- that is proud of its excellent employment
- conditions which include but are not limited to:
- Reduced working year scheme
- Parental leave provisions
- Study support encompassing leave and
- financial assistance- Comprehensive professional development
- Salary Packaging

Further benefits can be found at the Life at
QUT page.

**Information for applicants**

The position is open to applicants who have
ongoing full-time work rights in Australia. In
support of our strategic priority of Indigenous
Australian success, Aboriginal Australians and
Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged
to apply.

For further information about the position,
please contact Mark Bowron, Programs
Manager, English Language, on (07) 3138
5419; or for further information about working
at QUT contact the Human Resources

Department on (07) 3138 5000.

may feel they are not strong on individual
selection criteria.

In assessing merit, the panel will take into
consideration “performance or achievement
relative to opportunity”. We recognise that
many staff today have a range of personal
circumstances, and career histories that
challenge traditional ideas of a staff
member. This may mean, for example,
pr