**Role type**:Part-Time (0.2 FTE) ; Continuing
**Faculty**:Faculty of Science
**Department/School**:School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences
**Salary**:UOM 5 - $ 85 ,238 - $ 97,906 p.a. plus 17% super
- Key role in campus management
- Diverse administrative responsibilities
- Investing in you - benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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**Your next career opportunity**
As the School Operations Officer at SAFES (School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences), based at the Dookie Farm campus, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the operational needs of the campus. You'll manage a diverse range of administrative tasks, from financial processing to event coordination, whilst fostering strong relationships with staff, students, and visitors. This role offers you the opportunity to contribute significantly to the school's efficiency and create a welcoming campus environment.
**Your responsibilities will include**:
- Campus Operations: Oversee financial transactions, maintain records management systems, and support the employee lifecycle.
- Coordinate Events and Stakeholder Engagement: Plan and execute School events and build relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide Committee and Asset Support: Offer high-level secretariat support to School committees and manage physical assets and facilities.
- Ensure Safety and Compliance: Contribute to maintaining a safe workplace by supporting local safety-related administrative activities.
**You may be a great fit if**:
You will be a highly organised professional with excellent administrative skills, a collaborative approach, and the ability to manage diverse tasks whilst maintaining strong stakeholder relationships in a dynamic campus environment.
**You may also**:
- Possess strong financial acumen and experience in processing transactions and maintaining records.
- Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with diverse stakeholders.
- Have experience in event planning and coordination.
- Show proficiency in providing high-level administrative support, including committee work.
- Be adaptable and able to prioritise tasks effectively in a busy environment.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
**What we offer you**
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfillment, including:
- Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
- Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance
- Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance
- Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
**Your new team -**School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences**
School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences (SAFES) has a vision of flourishing environments and communities. The school brings together diverse discipline strengths to lead the development of new interdisciplinary thinking and high-impact solutions for global challenges relating to climate change, food security, healthy food systems, biodiversity conservation, sustainable forest management, invasive species, and environmentally and economically sustainable agricultural practices. Our expertise spans biophysical, social and technical sciences, and we support a large cohort of PhD students across these domains.
Science at Melbourne is a global leader across discovery and applied scientific research and education. Science begins with curiosity, and we are dedicated to understanding the universe from the level of sub-atomic particles to the solar system. The faculty is also custodian of the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, Melbourne Energy Institute, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, Oceania Institute, Office for Environmental Programs, Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) and the Indigenous Knowledge Institute and home to numerous Centres.
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