Future Students Officer (Undergraduate)

• Future Students Division

• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact

• Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50

• 17% superannuation contributions and 17.5% annual leave loading

• Based at the picturesque St Lucia Campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Discounted parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity  

We are seeking a motivated, reliable and customer focussed Future Students Coordinator to join the Future Students Australia team. This position will contribute to strategy development and the implementation of an integrated student recruitment and conversion plan to achieve domestic commencement targets.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work co-operatively in a team to contribute to the development and implementation of a recruitment plan for the domestic undergraduate market to achieve recruitment targets.

• Assist the Senior Manager by providing timely intelligence and researching trends and competitor activities to inform strategy.

• Lead the development and execution of student recruitment initiatives, overseeing all facets of planning and project management under the guidance of the Senior Manager.

• Work effectively to build and enhance relationships with channel partners (e.g. schools, institutions, industry, and government), segment influencers (e.g. parents and peers) and internal stakeholders to deliver recruitment initiatives to meet domestic recruitment targets.

• Work with stakeholders to deliver future student recruitment activities including, but are not limited to, in school presentations, information sessions, career markets and expos, campus experiences and other recruitment events.

• Arrange logistics to ensure effective lead capture at recruitment events, further ensuring leads are effectively entered into an appropriate nurturing stream (CRM) to support conversion.

• Assist with monitoring and assessing recruitment outcomes from initiatives including with channel partners.

Other

• This role requires regular travel locally, regionally and interstate.

• This role requires occasional weekend and overnight working commitments.

• You must hold or be eligible for a Queensland Government Blue Card (working with children & young people).

• You must hold a current and open driver’s license (unrestricted).

This is a Full-time, Continuing position. At HEW Level 6, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range of $88,099.39 to $94,512.08 plus a generous super allowance of up to 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $103,076.28 – $110,579.13 per annum.  

About You

• Possession of a relevant degree or an equivalent combination of experience and training.

• Proven track record in contributing to recruitment plans and successfully executing initiatives, showcasing effective customer service and relationship management skills.

• Extensive experience in providing market intelligence, conducting research, and collecting data to assess recruitment initiatives and shape future strategies.

• Capability to adeptly develop and manage relationships with channel partners to achieve business goals.

• Demonstrated proficiency in managing workloads and implementing recruitment initiatives, encompassing logistics coordination, budget preparation, and problem-solving to ensure timely and budget-compliant project delivery.

• Highly developed organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, along with a demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of workload.

• Effective in both independent work and collaborative teamwork for achieving shared outcomes and results.

• In-depth knowledge of the Australian secondary and higher education sector.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

Questions?  

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ms Emma O’Mahony (Senior Manager, Future Students (Australia) on [email protected]

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject line.  

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section

• Resume 

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.
 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability, or age. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected].  

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board. 

Applications close Tuesday 9 July 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (R-39969).