Faculty Operations Coordinator at Torrens University providing operational support to academic management. Coordinating teaching operations, compliance, and financial oversight across faculties.
Responsibilities
Provides operational and governance support to the Academic Director – Health & Education.
Delivers coordination, analysis, and decision support that enables effective Faculty management and informed, timely decision-making.
Ensures the effective coordination and optimisation of teaching and learning operations including subject lifecycle updates, timetabling inputs, and workload planning.
Synthesises information from across the Faculty to inform planning, approvals, and operational decision-making.
Works closely with academic and professional teams, as well as central departments and campus leadership.
Acts as a key point of coordination to navigate complexity, align stakeholders, and ensure clear communication, efficient processes, and compliance with university and regulatory requirements.
Provides end-to-end visibility across Faculty operations, including specialist teaching environments (e.g. labs and clinics).
Supports the Academic Director in financial and resource oversight, including contributing to the development and maintenance of OPEX and CAPEX tracking mechanisms.
Requirements
Relevant undergraduate or postgraduate qualification, or equivalent professional experience.
Demonstrated experience working within a university (Higher Education) environment, with exposure to Faculty-level operations, academic governance, or teaching and learning administration.
Proven experience working within a Faculty context in Higher Education, with the ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships and influence outcomes across academic and professional teams.
Experience supporting budget tracking, resource planning, or financial reporting processes (e.g. OPEX/CAPEX) within a complex organisation, with the ability to build and maintain tracking tools (e.g. in Excel).
Demonstrated experience supporting Faculty planning cycles (e.g. teaching allocation, workload planning, or resource planning) is highly desirable.
Demonstrated experience supporting governance forums or committees (e.g. preparing papers, coordinating inputs, tracking actions) is highly desirable.
Strong data analysis and reporting skills, with the ability to interpret and translate data into clear insights and recommendations that inform operational and strategic decision-making.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (including formulas and ideally macros), with experience using Excel for data analysis, modelling, and operational reporting.
Highly developed organisational and coordination skills, with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, navigate ambiguity, and maintain momentum across multiple concurrent operational activities.
Demonstrated ability to work with incomplete or evolving information, exercising judgement to support decision-making in a complex academic environment.
Benefits
positive workplace environment that fosters a global, entrepreneurial mindset
belonging to a team of researchers making a difference to society
building on an academic culture connected to industry and community
opportunities to innovate across teaching and research
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