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Full time, fixed term until 27th October 2026 – Secondment Backfill Exciting opportunity to drive University wide cultural change through preventative education Base Salary $126,065 + 17% superannuation About the opportunity As the Preventative Education Coordinator, you will lead and oversee the development, design, delivery, and assessment of preventive education and compliance training for university staff and students. In collaboration with the Manager, Safer Communities, you will strive to promote positive wellbeing outcomes among students and staff. As a subject matter expert, you will contribute to campus safety training programs targeting student and staff engagement, including in-person and online education on Sexual Harm, Gender-based Violence, Consent, Modern Slavery Awareness, Ethical Bystander training, and First responder training. You will also oversee campus wellbeing events, training programs, and activities, fostering a high-performing team culture through effective staff management practices, resource planning, and performance monitoring. Your key responsibilities will be to: work within a dynamic team, reporting to the Manager, Safer Communities plan and manage the delivery of services that form part of the University’s strategic action plan on preventative education, including compliance with the National Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based violence lead an effective and high performing team, ensuring service standards and performance measures are met planning and allocation of staff resources proactively manage the data gathering, reporting and compliance requirements for the Safer Communities Office actively monitor and report on the delivery of preventative education services and identify opportunities for continuous improvement ensure effective collaboration between staff in the work area and other groups within the University and key external stakeholders. About you postgraduate qualifications in psychology, social work, human rights or a related field coupled with relevant experience a strong understanding of university organisational structures and processes; and the ability to provide advice to senior staff and report to governance and management bodies experience developing strategies for the implementation and provision of proactive health promotion, gender equality, gender-based violence prevention, and related education and compliance training understanding/experience of the elements of student development, wellbeing issues for students and principles of student success demonstrated high level project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects, to prioritise and to meet timelines in a complex environment characterised by competing demands demonstrated experience designing and facilitating training, workshops and events knowledge of relevant legislation and statutory obligations affecting students with mental health and wellbeing issues Sponsorship / work rights for Australia You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. 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