Education Systems Support Officer

Professional; Canberra; On-site; AUD 101,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Relocation assistance

Employer superannuation 17%

Flexible working

Job summary

Australian National University (ANU) is offering a fixed-term, full-time Education Systems Officer position within the School of Engineering. You will work with academic staff to support delivery of large undergraduate engineering courses by coordinating and maintaining the systems, processes and tools that underpin effective course administration.

You will manage timetabling, assessment, examinations and results processing, while contributing to consistent education operations and

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of large undergraduate engineering courses by coordinating systems, processes and tools underpinning course administration.
• Coordinate timetabling, assessment, examinations, results processing and learning management systems.
• Contribute to consistent, high-quality student-centred education operations across the School.

Job description

6d ago , from Australian National University

Classification: ANU Officer 6/7 (Administration)
Salary package: $100,847 - $116,083 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Terms: Full time, Fixed Term (up to 2 years)

• Work closely with academic staff to support the delivery of high‑quality educational experiences across large undergraduate engineering courses.
• Apply your educational and systems expertise to coordinate, maintain and improve the tools, processes and platforms that underpin effective course administration.
• Support School‑wide education operations by contributing to consistent, reliable and student‑centred administrative processes.

In 1946, ANU was founded to help rebuild a changing world. We’re still at it, 80 years later. For generations, our people have turned curiosity into ideas that have shaped Australia and our region. Learn more about ANU, our history and the community that has shaped us:ANU at 80

About the opportunity

Working within the School’s Education Portfolio, this role supports the delivery of large undergraduate engineering courses by coordinating and maintaining the systems, processes and tools that underpin effective course administration. Working closely with academic staff and course convenors, you will help manage key education functions including timetabling, assessment, examinations, results processing and learning management systems, while contributing to consistent, high-quality and student-centred education operations across the School.

About the School

The School of Engineering brings together a diverse and welcoming community that is motivated to seek “wicked problems”. We connect divergent thinkers, to explore and pose solutions, that cross the traditional interdisciplinary and global boundaries. We have evolved from our foundational strength in systems thinking, reaching beyond traditional engineering fields. This systems approach embraces our core strengths and is shaped around five focus areas: Aerospace, Energy, Environmental, Information & Signal Processing, and Mechatronics. Join us in our fundamental quest of discovery and passionate pursuit of knowledge that goes beyond our lived world.

About the College

As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future.

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation.

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group.

Enquiries

To enquire about this role, please contactJenny Simmons, Educational Systems Officer, email*************@anu.edu.au ,or Xiaolin (Shannon) Wang, Associate Director Education, email***************@anu.edu.au.

Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visithttps://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application.

For more information about staff equity at ANU, clickhere. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details.

What we offer

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit:https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position.

Please note: The preferred candidate must have rights to live and work in Australia andwill be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role they have applied for, in accordance with the Background Checking Procedure and the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence.