Safety and Wellbeing Coordinator (Residential Life)
Full-time fixed-term position until 23 November ****.
Located on the Darlington Campus.
Opportunity to utilise your experience supporting Residential Life programs.
Base salary $112,628 – $122,702 (HEO7) + 17% superannuation.
Responsibilities
Coordinate the daily operations of pastoral care, screening, assessment, and escalation of responses to 'at risk' students in university-operated accommodation.
In collaboration with the Manager, Wellbeing Services, coordinate the development, promotion and delivery of events and Residential Life programmes (academic, social, financial, health, mental health, cultural, educational) in student accommodation settings.
In partnership with other Student Life teams, support the implementation of co-designed student safety, academic progression and wellbeing literacy programmes and responses for at-risk groups, including student accommodation settings.
Coordinate the delivery of service improvements in response to student/resident feedback, surveys, current research and external reviews.
Identify, escalat e and report on potential risks.
Ensure the Wellbeing Officers (Residential Life) follow agreed protocols for risk escalation, including the maintenance of records.
Use data, trends and themes to identify priorities and additional focus areas for Residential Life safety and wellbeing programmes.
Partner with relevant PVC (Student Life) staff or other key stakeholders to achieve programme development goals and implement the collaborative delivery of individual or group wellbeing-related campaigns, workshops or other initiatives.
May be required to be available 'on-call' for after-hours support.
Qualifications
Relevant degree in welfare, safety, social work, counselling, education or other social/health science discipline with relevant work experience; or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
Accreditation/registration with a relevant health, safety or wellbeing professional association/organisation, or legislative body.
Working with Children Check required.
Demonstrated experience in leading and coordinating a team in the provision of support and/or care services.
Ability to facilitate engagement with internal and external stakeholders and collaborate on the development and delivery of programmes.
Willingness and ability to travel to the university's satellite campuses in NSW (Full unrestricted NSW Driver licence).
Demonstrated understanding of the range of issues impacting on student wellbeing, academic participation and safety within the higher education sector.
Proficiency in a second language other than English desirable.
Experience in coordinating the development, promotion and delivery of health and wellbeing literacy programmes, harm minimisation and safety initiatives at scale.
Work Rights
You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Pre-employment checks
This position is designated as involving child-related work.
To undertake or remain in this position, you are required to apply for and obtain a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act ****.
EEO Statement
At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive.
We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve.
We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion, evidenced by our people and culture programmes, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTIQ+.
We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Gold employer.
How to Apply
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