Student Placements Coordinator
On-sitePennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Support the Director of Student Placements and Field Education Coordinators by building and nurturing industry relationships to develop potential placement partners for Social Work and Community Services students. Research, identify, and initiate new opportunities to attract long-term partnerships, then triage, review, and assess leads to refer to Coordinators for qualification. Collaborate to identify and formalize a suitable number of placement partners to cater to each cohort, while managing partner onboarding and stakeholder engagement. This full-time, permanent role is based in Pennant Hills with free onsite parking.
Required Qualifications
- Possession of a degree level qualification or relevant combination of experience and training, in a relevant field such as Sales, Marketing, or Business Administration, and/or Social Work or Community Services
- Committed Christian involved in a local congregation
- Experience in networking, stakeholder relationship management and engagement with industry representatives
- Proven organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Demonstrable experience in account, relationship management and/or business development (in required areas, or higher education, other relevant industry as examples)
- Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Outcomes focused and comfortable working in a target driven environment
- Able to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to achieve required outcomes
- Disciplined with record keeping and confident/experienced in managing data and using a variety of technology (InPlace, CRM, highly desirable)
- Persistent, solutions- focused and agile, with the ability to effectively manage conflicting priorities, timelines and demands
- Strong presentation skills and ability to adapt communication style to suit diverse networks
- Ability to collaborate and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders to positively influence and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a higher education setting (or equivalent) would be an advantage
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