About the role

Are you the person who makes a plan actually work? Do you want work that makes a real difference to students’ lives?

At UQU, our engagement and welfare programs are student-led. The Student Executives decide what runs and own the budgets, and you’ll be the person who brings those decisions to life.

Reporting to the Head of Student Engagement & Activities, you’ll turn the Student Executives’ priorities into detailed delivery plans covering timelines, resourcing, volunteers and spend, then take responsibility for running them day to day. You’ll coordinate welfare initiatives and campaigns on student wellbeing and cost-of-living pressures, deliver welfare events such as Student Exam Support (SES), and oversee our Kampus Kitchen spaces so they’re clean, safe, well-stocked and meeting food safety requirements.

You’ll supervise our casual Student Engagement Admin Officers, coordinate the volunteers who help make our programs happen, and use data to show what’s working and where students need more support. As the coordination point between elected student representatives and our operational teams, you’ll guide and advise student leaders so their decisions become well-structured, deliverable programs, and bring forward new ideas when you spot emerging student needs.

You’ll be successful in this role if you’re organised and practical, comfortable working alongside elected student leaders and genuinely care about student wellbeing.

About you

• 2+ years’ experience planning and running programs, events or campaigns in a student, community, not-for-profit or similar setting, including responsibility for day-to-day operations
• Experience supervising or coordinating staff, casuals or volunteers, including work allocation and rostering
• Experience managing program budgets and using data to report on outcomes and make recommendations
• Strong relationship skills, with the ability to work across teams and with a wide range of stakeholders, including elected student leaders
• A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. community services, social sciences, events, communications or education) and/or equivalent experience
• Experience in a university or student union setting, student welfare or cost-of-living initiatives (highly regarded)
• Trauma-informed or Mental Health First Aid training (highly regarded)
• Current Queensland driver’s licence (mandatory), and a satisfactory Blue Card and/or Police Check may be required
• Flexibility for out-of-hours work and travel to other campuses to meet the needs of student programs and events - this will include some late nights from time to time.

What’s in it for you

• A hands-on role where you’ll see the direct impact of your work on students’ wellbeing and campus life
• The chance to help build a positive, values-driven culture as UQU invests in its foundations
• A close-knit community across our St Lucia, Gatton and Dutton Park campuses
• A generous 15% superannuation
• Campus-wide F&B discounts at UQU-owned outlets

Inclusion, diversity & culture

We believe great teams are built on genuine belonging, where people bring their full selves to work and feel respected, protected and valued for who they are, whatever their background. If you need adjustments to do your best work, just talk to your manager. Inclusion here is practical, not performative. Our values (Integrity, Respect, Inclusivity, Creativity, Openness, and Accountability to students) are the foundation of how we operate, treat each other and make our decisions.

Even if you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you. Tell us about the skills and experience you’d bring.

How to apply

Does this sound like you? Apply today!

Please submit your CV (maximum five pages) and a cover letter (maximum two pages). A copy of the position description is available on request.