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Education & Training
About Swinburne
Swinburne University of Technology has a long, proud history of educating and training students for over 100 years. Swinburne focuses on providing high-quality, career-oriented education with strong links to industry and the community. Swinburne currently has over 54,000 students.
Swinburne’s emphasis is on high quality, engaged teaching and research in science, technology, business, design and innovation – teaching and research that makes a difference in the lives of individuals and contributes to national economic and social objectives.
Swinburne is a progressive university that aims to increase Australia’s capacity in science, technology and innovation as the drivers of modern, internationalised economies and workplaces. Our university is focused on high-impact global research, high-quality teaching and active engagement with both industry and the community.
About the job
The purpose of the position of Exercise Science Technical Officer is to provide a high level of technical support within the dedicated laboratories to students both Undergraduate and Postgraduate as well as Academic and Research staff within the Faculty of Health Arts and Design.
The position works closely with the Manager Technical Services - Health, and academic staff within the discipline to ensure that training and support is provided in a timely manner for all laboratory requirements. This position provides accurate advice to the Manager Technical Services - Health and the Associate Director Technical Services concerning required purchases of new equipment and laboratory consumables. The incumbent will need to possess well-developed organizational, time management and problem solving skills, be extremely flexible, have the ability to use initiative and be responsive to the needs of those that the position directly supports.
The Exercise Science Technical officer will be required to utilize a large scope of skills including the use, maintenance and calibration of specialized exercise science laboratory equipment.
The Exercise Science Technical Officer is part of the Faculty technical services team, and will be required to work collaboratively with a range of staff and students across the Faculty.
Skills and experience
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following:
• A relevant degree in exercise science, physiology or significant equivalent industry experience.
• Significant knowledge and demonstrated experience calibrating and maintaining exercise science equipment including, but not limited to, metabolic carts, ECG, ergometers, treadmills, strength and conditioning equipment, force plates, cameras.
• A good understanding of exercise testing including heart rate, oxygen uptake, lactate and glucose analysis.
A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description
Benefits
To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit:
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/jobs/why-work-at-swinburne/
Further information, contacts and support
The diverse culture within Swinburne is a source of strength. We have an inclusive working environment with employees from a variety of backgrounds. We acknowledge that diversity in the university workforce increases the effectiveness of teams and our capacity for innovation. We welcome applications from Indigenous people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are proud to be recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2016 and of key initiatives such as our Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan which are integral components of our 2025 vision to be world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation. Swinburne has also received the Victorian “High Commendation” Multicultural Excellence Award (Business Category).
To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the Position Description.
Swinburne University of Technology is a Child Safe Organisation and as part of this commitment, we require all employees to have a current Working with Children’s Check.
All appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.
Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.
For further information about the position, please contact Katharine Adcroft on +61 3 9214 5242.
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).
Should you require further support for an interview due to special needs or consideration, please contact our Diversity Consultant, Dr. Walter Robles, on inclusion@swin.edu.au, or our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Officer, Sherrin Trautmann on strautmann@swin.edu.au.
Position number: TBC
Applications close at 5pm, Friday 4 May 2018.
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