Disability Administration Assistant

**Disability Administration Assistant**:
**Position Number**: 0061309
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Continuing
**Department**:Student and Scholarly Services
**Salary**:UOM 5 - $83,159 - $95,518 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Provide high-quality administrative support to the Disability Services team, ensuring efficient coordination of student support services.**:

- **Plays a crucial role in facilitating accessible education supports by managing services to students living with a disability**:

- **Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment**

**About the Role**
The Disability Administrative Assistant provides high-quality administrative support to the Disability Services team, ensuring the efficient coordination of services for students. This role involves managing scheduling, monitoring the Disability Services inbox, liaising with Academic Support Workers, maintaining databases, and assisting with formatting study materials during peak periods. The position requires strong organisational skills, professionalism, and the ability to work flexibly in a dynamic environment while maintaining confidentiality and excellent customer service.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Manages and triages Disability Services shared mailbox and the enquiry management database
- Independently manages day-to-day support in directing the casual workforce (Academic Support Worker program) with all key activities including shift allocation, recruitment planning/ delivering training/ and onboarding activities
- Coordinates and manages Academic Support Worker scheduling and securing support as per standard operating procedure within short timeframes and with a high level of professionalism and attention to detail
- Acts as primary liaison between registered students, casual workforce and third-party agencies in relation to tangible supports. Ensuring consideration of a variety of factors including student needs and workforce planning

**Who we are looking for**

You will also have:

- Strong experience working as an administration assistant in an educational organisation or disability service or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft programs including Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel and Microsoft Outlook and use of databases
- Ability to use digital platforms to collate and analyse data for reporting purposes

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position**. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

**Your new team - Student and Scholarly Services**
Student and Scholarly Services provides student administration and services from recruitment and point of enquiry to graduation. This team also delivers wellbeing and scholarly services to students and staff.

**What we offer you**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page

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**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
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**Join Us**
- **Resume**:

- **Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience**

**Please note that you are**not required** to respond to the selection criteria in the.**

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**Advertised**: 11 Feb 2025 12:05 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**Applications close**: 18 Feb 2025 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time