Quality Specialist

Continuing, Full-time appointment
Professional Level 9.1 Salary - $122,002 pa
Plus 17% superannuation and 6 weeks annual leave
Casuarina Campus

Implement and support Charles Darwin University's self-assurance model to maintain compliance and inform quality enhancements.

About the Position
As the Quality Specialist - Self-Assurance and Academic Policy, you will provide leadership for various stakeholders to ensure that the University follows a cyclical self-assurance model to maintain compliance in VET and HE and to inform quality enhancements to maintain registration as a provider of vocational, higher and international education.

This role also provides high-level administrative support to the Self Assurance Steering Group and collaborative leadership for the development of policy to ensure the quality and integrity of academic services, provision, policy and procedure.

About You
To be successful, you will require:

• Completion of or progress towards a postgraduate qualification and extensive experience in a similar role or an equivalent combination of relevant skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Demonstrated ability for collaborative leadership to lead institutional quality assurance programs.
• Demonstrated ability for collaborative leadership to develop academic policy and manage academic risk.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with senior staff and internal and external stakeholders and constructively manage issues to ensure positive outcomes.
• Demonstrated understanding of the higher and vocational education sectors, legislative requirements, and quality assurance processes and practices.
• Demonstrated high-level administrative and organisational capability, including the ability to analyse and improve business and/or system processes and prepare a variety of documentation, e.g., reports, instructional guides, and agendas.
• Demonstrated high level computer literacy, including the ability to support colleagues in their use of web applications, database management, and knowledge of Microsoft office products.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative, judgment and discretion and maintain confidentiality.

To view the full position description please click the apply link to be directed to the vacancy on our CDU job site and then click on job attachments.

Remuneration
Appointment to this role will be at Professional Level 9.1 Salary. The base salary will be in $122,002 per annum. The total remuneration package will be $142,742 per annum, including 17% superannuation.

What's in it for you?

• An employer who values your contribution to building a bigger, better and stronger University

• Work with a University committed to changing people's lives for the better through training, education and research

• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression

• An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory

• 17% superannuation

• Up to six weeks of paid annual leave

• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply)

• Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)

• Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989

• Free on-campus parking in designated areas

• Employee Assistance Program

• Salary Packaging opportunities

How to Apply
All applications must be received online via the 'apply' button and should include your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience and response addressing the selection criteria of the role.

For a confidential discussion about the position please contact Amanda Martin on or email [email protected].

Adjustments can be made throughout the application and selection process, as well as during employment to support applicants and employees with disability. CDU's Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure can be found at If you would like to discuss adjustments, please contact the People Services Team on or email [email protected].

Diversity and Inclusion
At CDU we actively celebrate our diversity. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We're about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to make sure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understanding that it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that will make CDU the most connected University in Australia, we are striving to ensure that our culture and our community are inclusive of all our staff, students, and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals. Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and racially marginalised people, people with disability, neurotypical and neuro-diverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with family and caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed.

You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are.

Applications Close: 11th July 2025