Research Education Support Officer

**(HE06) $89,383-$96,550 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.**

**16 months fixed-term | Full-time**

**We are seeking a talented individual to join our team as a Research Education Support Officer within the Adelaide Graduate Research School.**

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of research? As a Research Education Support Officer, you’ll be at the forefront of driving our Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Strategy within your nominated faculties. Your mission? To provide top-notch, seamless support that attracts, retains, and propels HDR students toward successful completion of their research journey.

**What You’ll Do**:

- **Empower Research Success**: You’ll ensure HDR students, Postgraduate Coordinators, and supervisors receive proactive, cohesive support that smooths every step of the research process—from attraction to completion.
- **Drive Engagement**: Facilitate the management of HDR prospects and actively encourage their participation in key events and opportunities that enrich their research experience.
- **Lead Impactful Projects**: Collaborate with various teams to spearhead HDR-related projects, benchmarking, and reporting, ensuring our research community thrives in a competitive landscape.

This role is your chance to make a significant impact in a world-class research environment, supporting the next generation of scholars and innovators. Join us and be part of something truly transformative

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Student Support**: Be the go-to person for HDR students and faculty, offering high-level advice and support across a range of matters including admission, scholarships, and academic progress.
- **Data Excellence**: Lead the collection, analysis, and reporting of HDR data, ensuring accuracy and integrity at every step.
- **Event Coordination**: Drive the success of HDR-focused events, from symposiums and conferences to our prestigious 3MT competition.
- **Relationship Building**: Develop and maintain strong, positive relationships with faculty, staff, and external stakeholders, fostering an environment of collaboration and excellence.
- **Marketing and Recruitment**: Help attract the brightest minds by contributing to the development of engaging marketing materials and coordinating impactful recruitment events.

**To be successful you will need**:

- Demonstrated experience delivering high quality administrative support and services to senior professional and academic staff, preferably in relation to higher degree by research matters.
- Highly developed research, analytical and writing skills to enable analysis of relevant information and data, and the provision of high-quality work product including:

- written reports
- data analysis
- marketing materials (handbooks, web content, brochures)
- agendas and minutes
- presentations
- Demonstrated experience in independently initiating, planning and organising work and evaluating, interpreting and delivering advice in relation to rules, policies and procedures.
- Proven communication and negotiation skills to work constructively as part of a team and build positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others in a positive, constructive and professional manner

You will be able to demonstrate resilience and initiative with the ability to manage and complete diverse tasks within a pressured environment.

**Enjoy an outstanding career environment**

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaborations - offers you a 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.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

**Your division's broader role**

The Division of Research and Innovation leads the University's