Project Coordinator

Flinders University; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 94,000 - 101,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

17% Superannuation

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development

On-campus facilities

Job summary

Flinders University in Adelaide is seeking a Part-Time Higher Education Officer Level 6 to support international recruitment projects and events, including Open Days and campus tours. The role emphasizes stakeholder liaison, project management, and timely reporting, with flexible hours and pro-rata salary.

Based at Bedford Park campus (Kaurna Country), occasional work from home may be negotiated after probation, and a strong service orientation is required to deliver high-quality outcomes for

Job description

Position Details

• Part-Time (0.6) | Continuing
• Higher Education Officer Level 6 | $94,456 - $100,710p.a. (pro-rata)
• Location: Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role

This position plays an important role in ensuring continuity of service standards and outcomes during a period of sustained policy and process renewal and will provide pivotal support to the delivery of key international recruitment focused projects and events including University Open Days, International Roadshows, agent familiarization trips stakeholder visits and campus tours.

Requiring strong collaborative stakeholder skills, a service orientation and a high level of initiative and professionalism to liaise with key internal and external stakeholders, the position provides pivotal support to the delivery of key projects with a strong emphasis on project management, timelines, action tracking, risk management and reporting.

Read more about the key position responsibilities here

This part time opportunity allows you to structure your working hours to suit your work/life balance needs from the outset, however, will be based at our Bedford Park campus. Occasional work from home may be negotiated after successful completion of a 6-month probationary period

About You

Your exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, will be the keys to your success in this role, and with a proven events or project management background, working with a variety of stakeholders and culturally diverse backgrounds comes naturally to you.

You have the expertise to apply a variety of strategies to analyse operational matters including gathering, reviewing and prioritising requirements to support change within a Higher Education environment and are familiar with international students and education agents.

About the Marketing and Student Recruitment team

The Marketing and Student Recruitment team is pivotal in advancing Flinders’ reputation as an innovative, world-leading university. We’re looking for skilled and motivated team members to help drive our marketing strategies and initiatives.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people. If you are a hardworking, dedicated professional, with a passion for students and global education and can see yourself contributing to the ambitious agenda of Flinders University in a friendly, collegial, fun and vibrant workplace – we’d love to hear from you!

Life at Flinders

They say know your place.We sayyou’vefound it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrateindividualityand give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years,we’venavigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic,environmentaland technological developments. Through it all,we’vecontinued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. Wedon’tjust accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.

So,why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence due to ourcommitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing program
• Wide range of professional development activities andservices, including exclusive staff study offers
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services,gymandchildcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre-employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University.This includes:

• AcurrentcompletedNationally Coordinated Criminal History Checkand Gender Based ViolenceDeclarationwhich is satisfactory to the University. The contract of Employment is conditional uponthe receipt of thesecompleted compliance checks.Adisclosable outcomewill not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

06 Sept 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.