Career Educator

$93,106 to $101,847
- Ongoing, full-time
- Kelvin Grove (hybrid option available)

**Who are we looking for?**

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a Career Educator to join Learning and Teaching Unit, Education Portfolio, Academic Division.

The primary purpose of the Career Educator is to provide timely and targeted services and strategies to support the career development and employability of all students and enable students’ connection with industry. The Career Educator will work in partnership with the SSG Strategic Leads and Managers, STEM Educators, Language and Learning Educators, and other Career Educators from across the faculties to contribute to the work of strategic priorities for the Student Success Group. These areas include: - Student partnership, and peer programs - Industry engagement, professional identity development, and work integrated learning (WIL) support - Curriculum planning and resource development - Student retention and learning analytics - University-wide initiatives such as Orientation.

We’re offering this role as a hybrid position as part of QUT’s commitment to embracing the opportunities created by a more virtual and connected world.

**Real world impact**

QUT is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a 'real world' focus. We are an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

**About the Education Portfolio**

At QUT we are transforming learning and teaching practices in line with our Real World Learning Vision, so that our graduates are highly skilled, enterprising, and well suited to 21st century employment and careers. We are committed to increasing the flexibility of our course offerings to enable our students and graduates to thrive in changing and complex working environments throughout their lives. Our focus is on student success, partnering with students to enhance the end-to-end learner journey, and designing and delivering high quality, flexible educational experiences that enable this.

The Education Portfolio encompasses:

- Curriculum Quality and Standards
- Learning and Teaching Unit
- Library
- QUT College
- QUT Entrepreneurship
- Student Ombudsman

QUT’s distinctive positioning as “the university for the real world” means a commitment to and investment in real-world work integrated learning, authentic assessment, a curriculum design studio approach for innovative curriculum and an increased focus on the optimisation of digital technologies to enhance on campus and online learning.

**About the Learning and Teaching Unit**

LTU is committed to a culture of collaboration, working in partnership with students, industry representatives, and staff across QUT to meet the evolving needs of our learners.

Guided by our Real World Learning Vision, LTU leads and coordinates learning and teaching across QUT, leveraging existing initiatives and enabling new ways of thinking and working that are learner-centric and future-focused.

The Student Success Group (SSG) works in partnership with faculties, HiQ, Equity and Student Counselling, and other learning and personal support providers across the University (International Student Services, Student Engagement, Widening Participation, Student Business Services). The SSG aims to provide access to the highest quality of support for learning and careers and engagement services and strategies to empower students with the tools, connections, and mindsets to achieve their full academic potential and to design their real world futures.

**What you need to succeed**

This role is dynamic and collaborative, and you will enjoy delivering service and operational excellence that ensures an exceptional experience for QUT students.

You will demonstrate:

- Education, training and/or experience equivalent to a degree in a field related to career development practice, with at least four years’ experience demonstrably consistent with the competencies set down in the Professional Standards for Australian Career Development Practitioners.
- Proven experience in promoting and teaching others to develop the strategies needed to engage effectively in career development and employability in physical (face-to-face) and virtual environments.
- Demonstrated understanding of the issues which affect adult career development, retention and success in higher education, as well as a commitment to working from a social justice framework.
- Demonstrated ability to work in close partnership with a diverse range of student, staff, and industry stakeholders at all levels of an organisation and from culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work in a team coordinating career development and industry facing programs/projects/initiatives, and to respond flexibly to rapidly changing educational situations.
- Highly effective written, verbal and d