Team Leader, Fees and Scholarships

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• Inspire a team to achieve their best
• Located at Camperdown/Darlington Campus
• Full-time, continuing opportunity $92K pa plus 17% super

Team Leader, Fees and Scholarships
Student Administration Services
Reference no. 1319/0718C 

• Inspire a team to achieve their best
• Located at Camperdown/Darlington Campus
• Full-time, continuing opportunity $92K pa plus 17% super

 About the opportunity 
Working for the Scholarships Office, within the Fees and Scholarships team, we are looking for a confident and authentic Team Leader to drive the end-to-end scholarship process, direct the provision of general administrative support, enquiry and processing related functions, ensuring that the team is appropriately resourced and supported. This includes the development of individual and team work plans, establishing, monitoring and reporting on performance measure to ensure quality, timeliness and accuracy of services delivered.

The role also has responsibility for advising on and resolving more complex issues where standard rules and guidelines might not be in place, and interpretation of policy and contracts are required. The role will ensure the review of procedures, work instructions, training and orientation approaches to ensure best practice. 

About you 
The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Team Leader who:  

• can tactfully address, escalated contractual and scholarship related issues
• demonstrates diplomacy and influencing skills in complex organisational settings
• can ensure databases, extracts and regular reports issued are aligned with business needs and established procedures to include comprehensive records of new and/or amended agreements
• proactively promotes a team culture that is consistent with the University’s values and the development of professional, productive and positive relationships within the team and with faculty administrative staff, academics and other internal stakeholders
• is adept at compiling reports, carrying out relevant analyses, drawing data from a variety of sources within and outside of the department to produce reports, analyses and recommendations within prescribed guidelines and standards.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their experience in leading a team, working with teams to get the best from each member, improving team dynamics and encouraging growth for their team members.  Also key, will be your knowledge of scholarships in a higher education environment


About us
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Registrar) Portfolio is responsible for the development, organisation and management of personnel, processes, policies and technologies to support and document each student's relationship with the University from first awareness and enquiries , through recruitment , admission, enrolment , academic advising, assessment, record keeping and graduation.  It oversees student recruitment and induction, orientation, leadership training and mentoring; the management of student support services including student counselling , careers, disability services , accommodation advice and welfare; facilitates  co­ curricular activities that are planned, organised and managed by students; and liaison with student organisations and the residential colleges. 

The Fees and Scholarships team works with the other Student Administration Services Teams, the Portfolio’s Heads and Area Managers to develop, implement and continuously improve the portfolio’s approach to student administration strategy, operations and processes, ensuring they are effective and efficient and aligned to the University’s strategic goals. 

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students. 

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.


How to apply 
For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website. 

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply. 

Please note: visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Closing date: 11.30pm 24 July 2018

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. 

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