WIL Placement Advisor

Centre for Deliberative Democracy; Bruce (SD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On site gym

On site medical services

Flexible policies

Job summary

The University of Canberra is seeking a WIL Placement Advisor to coordinate meaningful placement experiences for students across diverse academic disciplines.

You’ll manage placement activities and work closely with faculty, students and industry partners to ensure placements run smoothly, even under tight deadlines or shifting priorities. This full-time role emphasizes clear communication, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service skills and ability to handle complex or ambiguous situations.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Clear communication with stakeholders including faculty, students and industry partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide placement administrative support to faculty staff, industry partners and students, particularly regarding placement requirements, expectations and scheduling.
• Maintain accurate records of placement activities on InPlace and other systems.
• Liaise diplomatically with stakeholders ensuring accurate and consistent communication of WIL policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Navigate challenges with diverse stakeholders and resolve misunderstandings with empathy and professionalism.
• Support continuous improvement of WIL processes through active planning and review.

Skills

Customer service

Proactive mindset

Relationship building

Tools

InPlace

Job description

Deliver meaningful placements that empower students, strengthen industry partnerships, and enhance real-world learning.

• UC Level 5, Salary Range $81,918 pa - $93,070 pa pro rata + 17% Super
• Full Time, Continuing Opportunity

• Deliver meaningful placements that empower students, strengthen industry partnerships, and enhance real-world learning.
• UC Level 5, Salary Range $81,918 pa - $93,070 pa pro rata + 17% Super
• Full Time, Continuing Opportunity

About Us

At the University of Canberra, we’re a welcoming and connected academic community shaped by the people, cultures and environments of Australia’s capital. Our research focuses on real-world challenges, working alongside partners to create outcomes that matter, while our teaching builds confidence and capability for the future. Ranked number one in Canberra for graduate employment, skills development and student support, UC is a place where you can grow ideas, contribute knowledge, and make a difference.

About The Role

Join the vibrant Work Integrated Learning (WIL) team at the University of Canberra, where your skills will directly shape meaningful placement experiences for students across diverse academic disciplines.

As a WIL Placement Advisor, you’ll be a key player in coordinating and supporting placement activities. This role demands someone who can navigate tight deadlines, shifting priorities, and occasionally incomplete information while maintaining composure, professionalism, and clear communication. You’ll work closely with faculty, students, and industry partners to ensure placements run smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide placement administrative support to faculty staff, industry partners and students, particularly regarding placement requirements, expectations and scheduling.
• Maintain accurate records of placement activities on InPlace and other systems.
• Liaise diplomatically with stakeholders ensuring accurate and consistent communication of WIL policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Navigate challenges with diverse stakeholders and resolve misunderstandings with empathy and professionalism.
• Support continuous improvement of WIL processes through active planning and review.

About You

You bring strong customer service skills, a proactive mindset, and a knack for building relationships, even in complex or ambiguous situations. Your attention to detail, ability to manage competing priorities and collegial approach make you a trusted team member and a reliable point of contact for internal and external stakeholders. Candidates with education or health placement experience will be preferred.

Offerings/ Benefits/ Culture

The University offers excellent conditions and benefits which can be further explored on our “Work at UC” site such as flexible, family-friendly policies, on site gym, on site medical services, a grocery store, and Early Childhood Education and Care facilities.

We believe people deserve to feel welcome, supported, and empowered to realise their potential. Being a values based organisation, UC sets a goal to be the national sector leader in equity, diversity, inclusion and access via our Reconnected Strategy. UC encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, neurodiversity and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

• Applicants who wish to apply for this position should have valid working rights at the time of submission.
• The University of Canberra is committed to the safety of vulnerable and young people. The successful candidate will be required to have or obtain a current ACT WWVP.

How To Apply

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Closing date: 11.55pm, 30 August 2026