Casual Placement Liaison Officer

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Work type:Casual
Location:Melbourne – Burwood
Categories:Education, Teaching Innovation Support

Salary Rate: Casual Academic 161/1 $50.06 per hour

Employment Type: Casual

Location: Burwood

The Role: 

The Placement Liaison Officer is primarily responsible for providing a link between schools, pre-service teachers (PSTs) and the Professional Experience Office.  The Placement Liaison Officer will provide accurate and timely feedback on PST performance while on placement and identify PSTs who need additional support.

Work is offered on an as-needed basis and will primarily be structured around the 2023 Professional Experience Placement Calendar.  Hours will vary week by week, depending on the number of PSTs on placement.

To be successful, you’ll have:

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD -#532959 – Placement Liaison Officer Nov 22.pdf

Capabilities

Special Requirements:

• Infrequent work outside business hours is required (e.g., work at evening or weekend events is required)
• Frequent travel will be required to visit PSTs on placement
• Drivers Licence  
• Working with Children Check (refer to Recruitment Procedure)

Your key responsibilities will be to:

About Us:

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are agile and innovative and committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education and research and contributions to the broader community. Our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff. We offer a dynamic, diverse and inclusive working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, stay at Deakin, and contribute to our ongoing success.

As one of Australia’s largest universities, Deakin has strong global linkages, world-class research and an education portfolio that blends the best of campus and digital delivery into a highly supportive and personalised student experience. We offer outstanding education founded on the experience we create for our learners and guided by graduate outcomes for successful lives and careers. In addition, we undertake globally significant discovery research that benefits our communities through the innovative translation of our ideas into new services, products, policies and capabilities.

At Deakin, we value diversity, embrace difference and nurture an inclusive, safe and respectful community. Deakin is an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, a SAGE Athena SWAN Bronze Award holder seeking gender equity for women in STEMM, and a Silver Award holder in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all cultures, abilities, sexualities and genders.

Please add your resume and 1 page cover letter to your application. If you have any questions please contact Caitlin Hardiman, Team Leader Professional Experience Office on 03 5227 2604 or email [email protected]

Advertised:05 Jan 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:22 Jan 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time