"Rural Student Support Officer"

Rural Student Support Officer

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locations

Flinders Rural Health SA, Renmark / On the Traditional Lands of the First Peoples of the River Murray & Mallee Region

time type

Full time

posted on

Posted 4 Days Ago

job requisition id

JR0000015951

Position Details

• Fixed Term until late December 2026 | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $82,657 - $91,222 p.a.
• Location: Renmark | On the Traditional Lands of the First Peoples of the River Murray & Mallee Region
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Flinders Rural and Remote Health SA

Flinders University Rural and Remote Health SA (FRRHSA) facilitates high quality multidisciplinary health education and research in our State's regional areas.

We have a strong national and international reputation for providing community-engaged inter-professional training for medical, nursing, and allied health students. This includes the SA Rural Medical (SARM) program and multidisciplinary rural clinical placements.

Through this practice, we bring new and exciting opportunities to actively engage and work with rural communities. 

About the Role

The Rural Student Services Officer plays a key role in supporting medical, nursing, and allied health students undertaking rural placements as part of the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program. Working as part of the Rural Education Team, this position ensures high‑quality administrative coordination, positive student experiences, and strong relationships with regional health partners. Based at the Renmark campus, the role contributes to enhancing rural training pathways and strengthening the future rural health workforce.

• Providing consistent, high‑quality administrative support for rural teaching and learning activities, ensuring compliance with RHMT program requirements.
• Delivering excellent customer service across the student lifecycle by responding to queries and supporting academic and operational processes.
• Collaborating with the Rural Education Team and stakeholders to strengthen partnerships and enhance student and community engagement.
• Assisting with planning, delivery, and reporting of events, functions, and activities that promote rural training pathways and the RHMT program.

This position makes a significant contribution to the University’s strategic plan to changing 10 million lives, Every One Matters, by 2035 through being student‑centred and delivering high‑quality support that strengthens rural training experiences for future health professionals.

About You

You are an organised and proactive professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys supporting students, staff, and community partners. With strong communication skills and a commitment to high‑quality service, you bring the ability to manage competing priorities, build relationships across diverse rural health settings, and contribute to a positive, student‑centred culture. Your ability to adapt to new systems, work effectively within a team, and engage confidently with stakeholders ensures you deliver consistent, high‑level administrative coordination in a dynamic regional environment.

• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities and exercise sound judgement across student‑related matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to prepare quality correspondence, reports, and engage confidently with students, staff, and health professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively within a team, share information, and build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the capacity to learn new systems quickly, along with sound financial administration skills to support monitoring and reporting requirements.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan 
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy 

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
• Please note that you may be required to provide evidence that you are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations, in line with the Flinders University COVID-19 Vaccination Policy 
• It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working with Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit a CV, along with a Suitability Statement as a separate document. This should be no more than 3 pages, and address the Key Position Capabilities of the position description
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Tori Edmonds

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

29 Mar 2026

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.