Workday Student Advisor & Curriculum Design Consultant

Cognizant; Perth; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial environment

Learning opportunities

Global opportunities

Job summary

Cognizant's Workday Student Practice in Australia and New Zealand is seeking a specialist to lead design and configuration across curriculum management, academic planning and advising, guiding universities on how to meet their goals. This role centers on translating policy into practical Workday configurations for the student lifecycle.

You will collaborate with academic leaders, registrars and advisors, configuring course catalogs, prerequisites, advising models and reporting to support

Qualifications

• Experience in higher education functions related to curriculum management or student administration.
• Ability to translate academic policy into system design and configuration.
• Experience guiding stakeholders through operational and policy decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design sessions for academic advising, academic planning, curriculum management and related student processes.
• Configure the course catalogue, offerings and prerequisite rules, and support integration with the institution's curriculum management system.
• Design advising models including advisor assignments, caseloads, student cohorts, notes, appointments and communications.
• Configure academic requirements, student planning and progress monitoring in alignment with institutional policy and regulatory requirements.
• Work with Student Records and academic stakeholders to align curriculum, enrolment, progression and completion outcomes.
• Document requirements, design decisions and configuration.
• Apply higher education experience to shape practical future-state processes for curriculum and advising teams.
• Design discussions with local academic structures, terminology and policy settings.

Skills

Curriculum management

Academic advising

Workday Student

Tools

Workday Student

Job description

Cognizant's Workday Student Practice in Australia and New Zealand is seeking a specialist to lead design and configuration across curriculum management, academic planning and advising, guiding universities on how to meet their goals. This role centers on translating policy into practical Workday configurations for the student lifecycle.

You will collaborate with academic leaders, registrars and advisors, configuring course catalogs, prerequisites, advising models and reporting to support