College Space and Project Coordinator

• Continuing Position | Full-Time

• Higher Education Officer Level 6 | 92,287 - $98,398- p.a..

• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

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About the Role

College Space and Project Coordinators are part of Flinders central Properties, Facilities and Development Division but are allocated to a specific College, to provide space management support and minor works improvements.

This position reports to the Manager, College Space Project Coordinators and works under general direction to deliver space management services and coordinates delivery of minor works to meet space requirements. The position also provides the primary link between the Colleges and the central Properties, Facilities and Development Division.

Acting as the key partner between the Colleges and the central Properties, Facilities and Development Division, your key areas of responsibility include:

• Supporting and providing transparent, responsive and consistent high quality customer service to College management, staff, representatives and external stakeholders, in accordance with the Division's policies and procedures.

• Understanding the strategic and operational needs of the colleges and aligning them to outcomes within the physical environment.

• Conducting local area contractor inductions and ensuring contractor management is undertaken in accordance with organisational requirements.

• Administering and managing the allocation of space within the College, ensuring accommodation usage is maximised and appropriately used in accordance with space standards.

For a more detailed list of Key Position Responsibilities, please see the Position Description

About You

We are seeking someone with significant hands-on experience in a multidisciplinary office environment, and/or specialist expertise or broad knowledge in technical or administrative fields, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training.

With a general understanding of the built environment with the ability to determine complex faults and maintenance requirements, exercising significant initiative and judgement, and interpreting and applying a range of accommodation and facility management standards and procedures, some of your key position capabilities will be:

• General experience in, and knowledge of, processes related to contractor management, including contractor inductions.

• Well-developed interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including ability to negotiate and liaise with a broad range of stakeholders and prepare correspondence and reports that convey specific concepts.

• Good organisational skills including demonstrated ability to determine and prioritise tasks, attend to detail and meet deadlines.

• Current Class C driver's licence..

About Property, Facilities and Development

This role is part of the Property, Facilities and Development (PFD) team at Flinders.  Our team works across all of Flinders' places, spaces, and physical infrastructure. We work across five key areas: Strategic Planning and Customer Experience; Capital Development; Customer and Site Services; Sustainability and Strategic Projects.  The team are responsible for the planning, development, capital delivery, management, and maintenance of all University spaces to ensure they are fit for purpose and support Flinders to deliver its strategic objectives.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options

• Flexible working arrangements

• Wide range of professional development activities and services

• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan

• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit your CV and a Suitability Statement as a separate document, addressing Key Position Capabilities 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 of the position description.

• For more information regarding this position, or a confidential chat, we strongly encourage you to contact Steve Slape.

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At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

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