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Tertiary Program Coordinator - Learning for Life - Flexible Location

The Smith Family
  • Become part of our family and make a difference to young Australians through supporting their education
  • Take your next career step
  • Permanent full-time opportunity
  • Location: Melbourne or another main VIC centre preferred

The Smith Family is an independent children's charity helping Australian children living in disadvantage to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. As we lead up to our Centenary, it’s an exciting time to be joining our family. We are currently seeking a Tertiary Program Coordinator to help us achieve The Smith Family’s vision.

Reporting to the Tertiary Team Leader and working with a dedicated, energised, and passionate team in a fast-paced environment. The work of Tertiary Coordinators is underpinned by The Smith Family’s Practice Framework to ensure students are being empowered to contribute to their own success.

A day in the life of a Tertiary Coordinator might look like this, but everyday can look different:

Primarily your responsibilities will include:

  • Direct support of up to approximately 160 participants involved in the Tertiary Scholarship Scheme. This support is related to the students’ transition to higher education and their ongoing attendance leading to course completion
  • Support internal media and marketing teams to source students for speaking opportunities and career development events
  • Develop and maintain strong external relationships with staff at Higher Education Intuitions; particularly, within student equity teams
  • Proactively build knowledge of the Higher Education sector and the challenges facing students – particularly at key transition points

Our successful candidate will bring the following:

  • Tertiary qualification – preferably in the areas of education or social services
  • Experienced in effectively managing multi-priority environments
  • Effective communication skills (including the ability to lead discussions and work with a range of local and national colleagues)
  • An agile approach to change and growth mindset
  • Strong relationship building skills
  • Effective organisational and administrative skills (including computer literacy, data entry and time management)

Here’s why we think you’ll love The Smith Family:

Living up to our employment promise, our team members tell us that working for The Smith Family they have great job flexibility and the ability to work alongside committed, passionate and professional team members whilst engaging in challenging, interesting, and purposeful work. In turn, our team members believe that they offer commitment to our vision, mission and values and effective collaboration with fellow team members to deliver strong performance outcomes and make a difference to the lives of Australian children every day.

If you are passionate about what you do, committed to make a difference and this sounds like your next role, please click apply, we’d love to hear from you. You may view the position description attached.

For any other information, please contact Nathan Rennie, Team Leader, Tertiary Team at [email protected] using the subject line: Tertiary Program Coordinator - Learning for Life - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs or 0418 474 430.

Your application should include a resume and one-page cover letter that answers the following questions:

  1. What are the key skills and experience that you would bring to this Tertiary Coordinator position?
  2. Discuss three to four potential challenges that you might face in this role and the strategies you would use to address them?
  3. What strategies would you use to enable young people to succeed, considering their potential challenging circumstances?

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

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