Leadership & Volunteering Officer

About the job
Are you passionate about helping students grow and develop?
A rare opportunity exists for a passionate and growth-minded individual to join Swinburne Student Life as a Leadership & Volunteering Officer.

In this role, you will play an integral part in connecting students to meaningful volunteering and leadership opportunities that develop their employability skills. You will work within a dedicated team, who are focused on meeting the needs of our growing and diverse student community.

In particular, you will:

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure a range of volunteer and leadership development opportunities are available to students.
• Identify and implement initiatives that actively engage students in our programmes.
• Develop and implement new leadership development programmes.

About you
To be successful in the role, you will have:

• A degree with subsequent relevant experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Demonstrate relevant experience in one of the following coaching/teaching/mentoring, leadership development, activity planning, social enterprise, fundraising and/or sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver outstanding customer service to a diverse customer base, by:
  • Implementing new initiatives
  • Taking an innovative approach to customer service
  • Leveraging cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent interpersonal skills and well-developed communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to negotiate and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders. 

A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

About Swinburne Student Life
Swinburne Student Life runs services and activities to support and engage students at Swinburne during their studies. To find out more about us please visit the Swinburne Student Life website and the Swinburne Student Life portal.

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Further information, contact & Support
To view the position description or to start an application click on ‘apply' at the bottom of this page and submit the following:

• Resume
• Cover letter addressing the following three key selection criteria:
  1. Demonstrate relevant experience in coaching/teaching/mentoring, leadership development, activity planning, social enterprise, fundraising and/or sponsorship.
  
  2. Demonstrated ability to deliver outstanding customer service to a diverse customer base, by:
  • Implementing new initiatives
  • Taking an innovative approach to customer service
  • Leveraging cross-functional collaboration
  
  3. Excellent interpersonal skills and well-developed communication skills, both written and oral, with the ability to negotiate and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders.

Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.

For further information about the position, please contact Sara Luckman, Team leader - Leadership & Volunteering 9214 5445 or studentlife@swin.edu.au.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au

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. For support or queries related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment, please contact DeadlyCareers@swin.edu.au.

Applications close at: 5pm, Wednesday 29 May 2019