WIL Coordinator: Lead Student Placements & Partnerships

Murdoch University; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 93,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Indigenous Language Allowance

Salary packaging options

Employee Assistance Program

On-campus services and facilities

Job summary

Murdoch University is seeking a WIL Coordinator to connect students with meaningful, real-world placement experiences across disciplines such as nursing, allied health and psychology. You will lead the WIL team, support delivery of WIL activities, and build strong partnerships with academic teams and industry partners to ensure consistent placement experiences.

You will work closely with the WIL Manager to drive efficient processes, improving workflows and ensuring quality, compliance and risk

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification and experience in higher education, student services, stakeholder-focused engagement, or related role.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to motivate, develop and support high-performing teams while fostering a positive workplace culture.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating placement programs or WIL activities, with excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships across internal and external networks.
• Experience interpreting policies, procedures or compliance requirements and applying them accurately in practice
• High-level digital literacy and problem-solving capability, with experience using Microsoft Office and business systems, and the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Leading operational delivery of WIL placement activities, coordinating placement sourcing, matching, eligibility, readiness and documentation to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality placement experiences.
• Coordinating team operations and priorities, supporting placement cycles, allocating workloads, monitoring progress and ensuring deadlines and service standards are met.
• Building effective stakeholder relationships by providing responsive, high-quality service and working collaboratively with students, academic staff, placement supervisors, host organisations and university stakeholders.
• Driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen workflows, implement operational changes and promote consistent practices across the WIL Team.
• Ensuring quality, compliance and risk management by aligning operational practices with University policies, procedures and legislative requirements, supporting quality assurance and reporting, and managing complex issues and risks, including escalation as required.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Policy interpretation

Digital literacy

Education

Relevant qualification in higher education or related role

Tools

Microsoft Office

Business systems

Job description

Murdoch University is seeking a WIL Coordinator to connect students with meaningful, real-world placement experiences across disciplines such as nursing, allied health and psychology. You will lead the WIL team, support delivery of WIL activities, and build strong partnerships with academic teams and industry partners to ensure consistent placement experiences.

You will work closely with the WIL Manager to drive efficient processes, improving workflows and ensuring quality, compliance and risk