Assessment Support Officer

3 days ago

Melbourne, Australia TEQSA Full time

Higher Education Integrity Unit | Administration/Executive Support/Secretariat Support

Closing date: 16/11/2025

**Why work at TEQSA?**

**About you**
- Are you an enthusiastic and capable administrator looking to work in a challenging, dynamic, and rewarding environment that is mission-focused?
- Are you passionate about contributing to the excellence of Australian higher education?

**About the position**

The Higher Education Integrity Unit (HEIU) works with teams across TEQSA to analyse emerging threats to the integrity of Australia’s higher education system. The HEIU proactively assists the sector to address identified risks, in areas such as artificial intelligence, academic integrity (including contract cheating and assessment integrity), admissions standards, and fraud and corruption.

The HEIU also works with other government agencies to promote integrity in research, detect and prevent foreign interference in provider operations, and enhance cyber security.

The **Assessment Support Officer** is responsible for supporting the HEIU to achieve these goals and support the Unit to conduct its enforcement activities in accordance with 114A and 114B of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (TEQSA Act).

**Duties**

As the **Assessment Support Officer**,** you will be responsible and accountable for:

- Liaising with TEQSA’s Compliance and Investigations Team to monitor and document monthly complaints reports.
- Supporting the agency’s work to analyse and respond to emerging and evolving sector risks.
- Updating the database of commercial academic cheating services - both for assessment purposes and to share annually with providers.
- Leading work to disrupt commercial academic cheating services by regularly assessing and recording sites identified to be in breach of the TEQSA Act (114A).
- Engaging with social media companies to facilitate the ongoing removal of advertisements offering commercial cheating services (114B of the TEQSA Act).
- Other duties as directed.

- Highly developed administrative and organisational skills including the ability to manage competing deadlines and maintain high levels of accuracy and attention to detail whilst managing repetitive tasks for extended periods.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and collegially as part of a small team and work to support team goals.
- Demonstrated ability to be proactive and work independently, making decisions and exercising judgement within defined parameters.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft products, including Teams, Word, SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint, and able to quickly learn new IT systems and databases.

**Qualifications and experience**

The following qualifications or experience will be highly regarded:

- A relevant tertiary qualification(s) and/or experience working in the Australian Higher Education Sector or in a related role within government will be highly regarded.

**Eligibility**

The successful applicant must:

- be an Australian citizen.
- complete a National Police Check satisfactorily.
- be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency (AGSVA) clearance to Baseline status, supported by TEQSA.

Failure to satisfy any of the above conditions may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or termination of employment.

**How to apply**
- A current resume (maximum two pages)

** **Applications close 11.45pm on Sunday, 16 November 2025.**

**Attachments**:

- APSC Cracking The Code.pdf

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