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* Be valued for your exceptional customer service skills
* Base Salary $99,455 + 17% superannuation
* Hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 days work from home)
About the opportunity
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Strategic Partnerships and Engagement team is looking for a highly motivated and self-driven External Engagement Officer to join their high performing team. In this role, you will actively participate in outreach programs, strengthening the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences connections with industry and broader community. You will contribute to the practical application of engagement strategies, ensuring the successful implementation of initiatives. You will also support coordination efforts to ensure the university is aptly represented and oversee the administrative aspects of engagement.
In this role, you will be required to attend evening events occasionally.
Please upload a copy of your resume and cover letter to your online application.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
* actively engage in outreach programs, enhancing the university's ties with industry and local communities
* participate in refining and optimising engagement strategies, acting on feedback and results
* actively participate in the execution of engagement strategies, ensuring initiatives are successfully implemented
* assist with the coordination of the university's participation in events, forums, and workshops, ensuring optimal representation
* coordinate the administrative aspects of engagement, ensuring processes are efficient and streamlined
* take the lead in handling stakeholder communications, ensuring that concerns are addressed effectively and timely while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration within the work area and beyond
* facilitate timely report submission, uphold data integrity according to university systems, and partner with managers to advance compliance initiatives
* champion a proactive approach to health and safety, review and provide feedback on work area protocols, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure consistent safety standards across tasks and projects.
About you
* strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use initiative and exercise sound judgement
* well-developed project management skills, effective critical thinking, strong attention to detail and proven capacity to ensure deliverables are met on time, within budget, standards and expectations
* well-developed negotiation, conflict resolution, relationship building and influencing skills.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
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
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.
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 2012.
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 programs, 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. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion.
How to apply
Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.
For employees of the University or contingent workers, please login into your Workday account and navigate to the Career icon on your Dashboard. Click on USYD Find Jobs and apply.
For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Tooba Fida, Recruitment Operations by email to
The University of Sydney
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
Click to view the Position Description for
this role.
* Full time, fixed term until August 2026
* Be valued for your exceptional customer service skills
* Base Salary $99,455 + 17% superannuation
* Hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 days work from home)
About the opportunity
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Strategic Partnerships and Engagement team is looking for a highly motivated and self-driven External Engagement Officer to join their high performing team. In this role, you will actively participate in outreach programs, strengthening the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences connections with industry and broader community. You will contribute to the practical application of engagement strategies, ensuring the successful implementation of initiatives. You will also support coordination efforts to ensure the university is aptly represented and oversee the administrative aspects of engagement.
In this role, you will be required to attend evening events occasionally.
Please upload a copy of your resume and cover letter to your online application.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
* actively engage in outreach programs, enhancing the university's ties with industry and local communities
* participate in refining and optimising engagement strategies, acting on feedback and results
* actively participate in the execution of engagement strategies, ensuring initiatives are successfully implemented
* assist with the coordination of the university's participation in events, forums, and workshops, ensuring optimal representation
* coordinate the administrative aspects of engagement, ensuring processes are efficient and streamlined
* take the lead in handling stakeholder communications, ensuring that concerns are addressed effectively and timely while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration within the work area and beyond
* facilitate timely report submission, uphold data integrity according to university systems, and partner with managers to advance compliance initiatives
* champion a proactive approach to health and safety, review and provide feedback on work area protocols, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure consistent safety standards across tasks and projects.
About you
* strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use initiative and exercise sound judgement
* well-developed project management skills, effective critical thinking, strong attention to detail and proven capacity to ensure deliverables are met on time, within budget, standards and expectations
* well-developed negotiation, conflict resolution, relationship building and influencing skills.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
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
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.
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 2012.
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 programs, 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. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion.
How to apply
Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.
For employees of the University or contingent workers, please login into your Workday account and navigate to the Career icon on your Dashboard. Click on USYD Find Jobs and apply.
For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Tooba Fida, Recruitment Operations by email to
The University of Sydney
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
Click to view the Position Description for
this role.
Desired Skills and Experience
Be valued for your exceptional customer service skills
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
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Full-time
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* Industries
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