First-Year Academic Skills Coach

Western Sydney University; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 109,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite childcare

Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Annual flu vaccination

Fitness Passport membership

Discounted private health cover

Onsite parking salary sacrifice

Job summary

Western Sydney University Library is seeking a Student Skills and Engagement professional to support student success through inclusive learning services and curriculum-embedded academic skills development. You will partner with academic staff to identify learning needs, design engaging workshops, and deliver inclusive learning experiences across in-person, online, and curriculum-aligned settings.

The role emphasizes first-year transition, collaboration across disciplines, and evaluating impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Education, Linguistics, English, Learning Development, Academic Skills, Communication or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing, delivering and evaluating academic skills workshops and developing effective learning resources for in-person and/or online delivery.
• Specialist knowledge of academic literacies and learning development, including first-year transition and student learning success.
• Experience collaborating with academic staff across disciplines to design curriculum-embedded learning support and improve student outcomes.
• Familiarity with effective teaching strategies for students from diverse socio-cultural and language backgrounds, and the ability and willingness to travel between campuses as required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and evaluate inclusive learning support across individual, group, online and curriculum-aligned settings.
• Cover academic writing, critical thinking, communication, study strategies and AI-enabled learning.
• Use student engagement, retention and service data to evaluate impact and continuously improve learning support.
• Build partnerships with academic staff to embed learning development in subjects, courses and programs.

Skills

Academic skills workshop design

Collaboration with academic staff

Diversity & inclusion awareness

Travel between campuses

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Education, Linguistics, English, Learning Development, Academic Skills, Communication or a related discipline

Job description

Western Sydney University Library is seeking a Student Skills and Engagement professional to support student success through inclusive learning services and curriculum-embedded academic skills development. You will partner with academic staff to identify learning needs, design engaging workshops, and deliver inclusive learning experiences across in-person, online, and curriculum-aligned settings.

The role emphasizes first-year transition, collaboration across disciplines, and evaluating impact