Academic Support Officer X 2

**Academic Support Officer X 2**:
**Position Number**: 0037781
**Location**: Parkville
**Role type**: Full-time; Continuing
**Faculty**:Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**School**:Biomedical Sciences
**Salary**: UoM 5 - $83,159 - $95,518 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Provide seamless support to coursework programs within the School of Biomedical Sciences**:

- **Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.**

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**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Provide secretariat support to relevant Boards of Examiners and Teaching Committees and organise relevant meetings as required. Provide advice to these meetings on procedural matters.
- Provide advice to academic staff and students on academic policy and procedure and identify where there is a gap in such policy and procedure and refer the matter to supervisor.
- Liaise effectively with academic and relevant departmental, school, faculty and University staff to ensure that task deadlines are clearly identified, communicated and achieved.
- Provide back-up for other staff in times of absence or peak periods.

**You may be a great fit if**:
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented administrator with a passion for supporting staff and students within a University setting. In this role, you will use your strong organisational and communication skills to prepare reports, coordinate workflows, and provide seamless support to stakeholders.

**You also have**:

- Completion of an undergraduate tertiary qualification or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
- Highly developed administrative and organisational skills with the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team in a service-oriented environment, including possessing the ability to exercise judgement and initiative.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to prepare reports, committee papers, agendas and minutes, correspondence and student information guides.
- Demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with students and staff at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and implement policy and procedure.
- Excellent computer skills including a good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (in particular Microsoft Excel) as well as the capacity to learn and use in-house administrative database systems.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

**What we offer you**
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:

- Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
- Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
- Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive career development and training, plus a 25% discount on UniMelb graduate courses for your immediate family members

For more information check out our benefits page

**Your new team - School of Biomedical Sciences**
As part of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences since 2015, the School comprises three Departments, Departments of Anatomy and Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, and Microbiology and Immunology. It has 85 research groups across the three departments, awarding-winning teachers and more than 2500 equivalent full-time student enrolments each year.

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**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

**Working at the University - what you need to know**:
**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.** This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

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