- Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent (35 hours per/week)
- Salary: $123,044 - $138,636 + 17% Super + Leave Loading (commensurate with experience)
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
Why Your Role Matters:
The Educational Solutions Developer plays a critical role in innovating the Education Excellence Portfolio’s operations by designing, developing, and deploying digital automation solutions. The role collaborates with educational developers, professional and technical teams, as well as academic colleagues, to deliver technologically- enabled operational efficiencies that positively impact ADA staff and students’ higher education experience.
The position reports to the Educational Development Manager and supports multiple strategically aligned projects across the Education Excellence Portfolio, and has no direct reports.
Responsibilities Summary:
- Lead the automation of key workflows, including but not limited to student management, feedback processing, and data reporting purposes, to improve efficiency and productivity across the Faculty's education excellence initiatives.
- Manage projects and liaise with stakeholders to define system requirements, features, and functionality, ensuring alignment with the Faculty's strategic priorities and standards.
- Work within agile methodologies and UNSW guidelines throughout the solution lifecycle: design, feasibility, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Make it matter.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the central IT team to ensure compliance with data policies, cyber security and university-wide digital guardrails, and provide feedback and suggestions for improvement.
- Develop frameworks or assist in transitioning projects into business-as-usual operations, ensuring sustainability and compliance of digital solutions.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation by researching and implementing new technologies to keep the portfolio’s digital services agile and forward-thinking.
- Provide consultation and mentorship to peers exploring digital solutions, as well as to student partners contributing to the design and development of those solutions.
- Train and support users on new tools and systems implemented, and develop and maintain documentation, guidelines, and resources related to the development and use of the low code development tool suite and other educational technologies in the Faculty.
For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at JOBS@UNSW.
Skills and Experience Summary:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in IT, Computer Science, or a related field, with proven experience in developing and deploying custom digital solutions for non-technical stakeholders, ideally within higher education or similarly complex operational environments.
- Experience with developer tools such as Microsoft Power Platform to create scalable, user-friendly automation solutions focused on productivity and user experience, with the ability to acquire and adapt new skills as required by the project.
- Strong understanding of software development, lifecycle and project management methodologies.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly in helping stakeholders understand the potential and limitations of digital tools while guiding them through solution architecture.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify gaps and opportunities to enhance business performance and customer experience.
- Strong time management skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and adjust to shifting priorities.
- Ability to provide both hands-on support and strategic consultation, balancing guidance with empowering others to experiment.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing systems or programs requiring integration of theoretical or technical knowledge in a complex, specialised environment.
Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- 17% Superannuation contributions
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)
How to Apply: Make each day matter with a meaningful career at UNSW. Submit your CV & cover letter online outlining your interest and suitability for the role via the application portal before the 14th of May at 11:30pm.
A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.
Get in Touch: For queries regarding the recruitment process, contact Lucy Gerondis, Talent Acquisition Consultant, UNSW: l.gerondis@unsw.edu.au
(Applications sent via email will not be accepted, please apply online via the application portal).
UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
