Continuing Position | Full-Time
Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $84,599 - $93,366 p.a. + 17% Super.
Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
About the Role
The Student Progress and Assessment Advisor is responsible for providing students and staff with high quality and accurate support relating to assessment and examinations, results entry, managing student progress, and prizes and awards processes. The position also provides administrative support for Examination Boards and/or relevant assessment committees as required, as well as answering complex enquiries and providing specialised assistance and guidance for student progress and assessment related matters.
You will be working as part of a highly skilled team to provide support services which are compliant with the priorities, principles and objectives underlying the University strategic goals, and assists with the ongoing review of business processes and systems for enhanced innovative business practices and an improved student experience across a range of student administration activities
About You
With a degree (or equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training), you possess knowledge of higher education administrative business processes and an understanding of relevant policies and procedures. Your high-level communication, customer eservice and interpersonal skills ensure your ability to develop, maintain and enhance relationships with students, staff and other stakeholders through constructive and collaborative interaction and negotiation, always with successful outcomes in mind.
You are able to work independently, accurately and with close attention to detail as well as work collaboratively as part of a team to deliver operational services in a high-volume work environment, and will use your high level of organisational, time and workload management skills, and the ability to use initiative and judgement to prioritise workload to meet strict deadlines.
A more comprehensive list of position responsibilities and capabilities is available from the position description.
About Student Administration Services (SAS)
Student Administration Services operates under a university wide matrix services model. SAS teams are integrated within each of the six colleges, along with the front-end student service hub (Flinders Connect) and university-wide administration services to provide support across the student lifecycle, from admissions through to graduations.
The suite of services that the SAS unit delivers are crucial to the student experience. These services act as the scaffold around the learning experience. In a world of increasing choices and options for students, service excellence is non-negotiable. In SAS, we understand that improving the student experience requires a holistic, one team approach.
The SAS team also likes to have fun and we celebrate our successes. Although spread across colleges and campuses, we take time to come together and build relationships across teams. Social activities, training and development sessions, communities of practice and staff led projects support engagement and provide opportunities to extend our understanding of the University and its environment. We make administration fun!
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.
17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
Flexible working arrangements
Our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders initiative
Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our four SAGE Cygnet Awards.
Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
How to Apply and Information
You are required to submit a CV along with a Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing all Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
For more information regarding this position, we strongly encourage you to contact Iliya Marovich-Old
Certification
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
05 May 2026At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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