Academic (Financial Advice)

**Play a pivotal role in shaping the financial advice profession**
- **26 days' of Annual Leave - including 1 for your birthday, and 2 days' of Wellbeing Leave**
- **We value a positive and supportive work environment**
- **Permanent full-time position based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane**

**Role**

**Are you a skilled and dynamic academic with a background in financial advice?**

We’re looking for an **Academic (Financial Advice)** to help develop engaging, multimedia learning content and assessments across Higher Education (HE), Vocational Education (VE), and Continuing Education (CE) programs.

**Responsibilities**

- Write and update all course content including: content outlines and briefs which includes learning outcomes, topics and digital modules, assessments and reading lists.
- Ensure all feedback from students, assessors/tutors, benchmarking activities and other sources is incorporated into content where appropriate.
- Write and develop multimedia content in collaboration with Multimedia Producers to rigorous technical, intellectual and academic standards.
- Ensure content is developed at appropriate AQF level or competencies as appropriate.
- Collaborate with Instructional Designers and Multimedia Producers and provide final content sign-off.
- Identify appropriate industry and academic experts with appropriate qualifications and experience to use in video interviews.
- Write scripts, present to camera and record voice-overs for videos and motion graphics.
- Collaborate with Multimedia Producers and/or external production company in the production of video content.
- Maintain thorough knowledge of the financial advice sector, current issues, legislation and regulations.
- Regularly consult with technical experts and industry practitioners relevant to financial advice.
- Participate in internal governance committees in accordance with the Academic Quality and Governance Framework.
- Comply with the relevant expectations of external stakeholders including government regulatory bodies such as ASQA and TEQSA, as well as with external and professional bodies and associations.

**Requirements**:

- Postgraduate qualification in Financial Advice (essential)
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the financial advice industry (essential)
- Minimum of 3 years experience in learning design and delivery within higher education and/or vocational education environments (essential)
- Excellent research and writing skills
- Demonstrated experience in end-to-end multimedia educational content development including scoping outlines, learning outcomes, writing assessments and creating learning artefacts.
- Demonstrated knowledge of industry/professional association codes
- Understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements impacting the industry
- Proven ability to convey complex ideas in a user-friendly manner, utilising multimedia formats
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to meet tight production deadlines
- Ability to collaborate with Instructional Designers and Multimedia Producers in the production of multimedia content
- Experience with video, piece to camera (PTC), voice-overs (desirable)

**_Applications close 13th November 2025_**

**Kaplan Professional**

Kaplan Professional is Australia’s major provider of financial planning, applied finance, real estate, mortgage broking, insurance & leadership online higher education, vocational education and corporate courses and programs. Our Sydney office, by Wynyard station, comprises around 150 people who work in a range of professional and academic roles. We also have staff in other locations around Australia, both in office environments and working remotely.

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