Quality Officer

About The Team

The Office of Quality and Standards at Murdoch University provides central services to ensure quality and compliance, develop educational policy, and manage curriculum and student integrity. Our team also maintains academic quality, compliance with policies and regulations, and enhances quality and compliance processes and data quality. Additionally, we lead strategic programs aligned with the University's vision, driving continuous improvement.

Your New Role  

You will work with the Quality Assurance and Improvement teams to support activities related to continuous improvement of academic practice. Under routine supervision you will gather, collate, and maintain information and records; conduct research and data-gathering activities; and provide operational and logistical support to quality enhancement and assurance activities.

Your Key responsibilities will include –

• Support quality and accreditation processes by gathering, reviewing, and analysing requirements under routine supervision

• Provide operational support for reviews, benchmarking, and improvement activities – handling data, documentations, meetings and stakeholder engagement

• Maintain projects plans and records for quality assurance initiatives, ensuring compliance and effective communications across teams

Please refer to the Position Description for further details.

What We Offer You

This is a full-time, fixed-term role (37.5 hours per week) through to January 2027, offering a salary of $71K – $88K (pro rata), plus 17% employer superannuation.

You'll join a dynamic and talented team where diversity and innovation thrive. Our Silver-tier status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), awarded in 2025, reflects our commitment to LGBTIQA+ inclusion, equity, and creating a safe, welcoming environment for all. We strive to be the university of choice for First Nations peoples, honouring Indigenous knowledge. Sustainability is central to our community and guided by clear, confident leadership, we are working toward an ambitious future with goals of net zero emissions and zero waste by 2030.

As well as the flexibility to maintain a work life balance, our staff enjoy a vibrant, natural campus with world-class facilities, along with a variety of benefits, including:

• Periodic salary increases between 1 December 2025 to 1 July 2026 totalling a 4% increase

• Flexible work arrangements

• Cultural Load and allowance - providing up to $8,944 per year to First Nations employees who are contributing cultural knowledge and perspectives beyond the scope of their role

• Indigenous Language Allowance

• Salary packaging options – such as purchasing leave, gym membership, car parking permit

• Employee Assistance Program

• On-campus services and facilities, such as a Childcare Centre, Gym, Vet Hospital, and Chiropractic Clinic

For further information, check out our benefits and services page

Join us

Please apply online via the Apply Now button, along with submitting the following documents to support your application -

• A cover letter including a statement addressing the selection criteria (with reference to the Position Description). Please note that applications not addressing the selection criteria may not be considered.

• Your most recent resume (CV)

What you'll bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience supporting process stakeholders to prepare scope documentation for internal or external reviews and/or accreditation processes.

• Demonstrated experience supporting quality assurance and enhancement driven activities and initiatives.

• Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact and negotiate constructively and collaboratively with staff across a complex organisation.

• Excellent time management, task prioritisation skills and attention to detail.

• Demonstrated ability to use initiative, assume responsibility for tasks and resolve routine problems.

• Flexibility to work in a complex environment, with emerging and conflicting demands.

Please note, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a criminal record check in accordance with the University's Criminal Record Screening Procedure and Employee Background Checks Procedure.

Applicants should refer to the Position Description for further details on the work requirements, duties, skills and experience required for this role. Applications sent by post or email will not be accepted.

Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Please see the Applicant Guide for more information. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.

Contact Us

For enquiries about the opportunity on offer please reach out to Michelle Calligaro, Manager Quality Assurance, and quote JR104315 as the reference.

Applications Close on 17 September :59pm AWST)

The University reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time.

Murdoch University acknowledges the different perspectives, skills and experience that people from different backgrounds bring to strengthen its workforce. Murdoch University is committed to enhancing diversity in all its forms and strongly encourages suitably qualified candidates from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, people with disability, people of CaLD background and people of diverse genders to apply for this important position.

Murdoch University values workplace diversity, promotes inclusion, and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, women, and individuals with disability. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their application, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.