Senior Career Education Advisor

• Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 pa
• Full-time continuing appointment
• Ipswich or Springfield campus
• $100,677 to $111,325 pa + 17% Super + Leave Loading
• Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)
• Ipswich or Springfield campus

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Are you an experienced career education professional who is passionate about empowering students to navigate their futures with confidence? Do you thrive on designing impactful learning experiences that support students career readiness and future employment outcomes?

If so, an exciting opportunity is now available for a Senior Career Education Advisor to lead career learning initiatives at our Ipswich and Springfield campuses, a strategic priority location supporting a rapidly growing cohort of students - particularly those enrolled in allied health programs.

Who you are

You’re a natural educator who is motivated by supporting student growth and development. You will be skilled in designing engaging, evidence-based learning activities and building authentic relationships with academics, students and industry professionals.

What you'll do

Reporting to the Senior Manager (Career Education), you will:

• Provide high-quality career guidance and personalised career advice to current students, recent graduates, and prospective students across multiple delivery modes.
• Lead the design, delivery and evaluation of career education and employability learning, embedded across programs and delivered through innovative curricular and co-curricular initiatives.
• Partner with academic staff to co-design learning resources and activities that embed career development and connect students with real-world and industry contexts.
• Champion career outreach initiatives, supporting schools, study hubs, and community organisations to inspire early engagement in tertiary education, with a focus on underrepresented student cohorts.

What will help you succeed

Together with your relevant qualification, you will have:

• Registration (or eligibility for registration) as a Career Professional with the Career Industry Council of Australia.
• A Blue Card (or be eligible to hold and maintain a Blue Card).
• Demonstrated experience in delivering career guidance and education services, including triage, assessments, and targeted interventions for diverse student populations.
• Expertise in learning, teaching and curriculum development to support effective career development initiatives.
• Strong capability in planning, project management, and using contemporary career development tools and technologies.
• Experience engaging diverse learners, including adult learners and underrepresented student cohorts.

What we offer

• A supportive culture grounded in our values of Respect, Integrity, and Excellence.
• Opportunities to lead meaningful, high-impact initiatives that shape student futures.
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work options to help you balance life and career.
• Generous superannuation contributions.

If you’re ready to lead career education at a campus experiencing exciting growth and play a key role in preparing UniSQ students for their future careers, we’d love to hear from you!

For further information about this role, please contact William Wragg, Senior Manager (Career Education), via +61 7 3471 4186 or William.Wragg@unisq.edu.au.

Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional university, UniSQ partners closely with its communities to drive innovation and create opportunity through education and research. Guided by our values of respect, integrity, and excellence, UniSQ’s Strategic Plan 2026–2030 sets a clear ambition: to be Australia’s most transformative university by embracing our regional identity, fostering inclusive learning and research environments, and delivering globally relevant outcomes with strong local impact.

The University offers a range of different ways of working and connecting across our physical and virtual spaces to meet the needs of our students, partners and community. We value diversity and strive to foster an inclusive environment that is underpinned by our values and champions, embraces and respects differences.

We support and encourage applications from all diversity groups. With an increasingly diverse workforce, we understand that careers may be placed on hold or limited throughout many life circumstances.

Find out more about UniSQ at www.unisq.edu.au.

To be considered for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Australia.

Reference Number: 0187_12/25

Location: Ipswich or Springfield campus

Term: Full-time continuing appointment (36 hours/week)

Salary: Total remuneration range $119,378 to $132,004 pa (includes salary range of $100,677 to $111,325 pa, employer super contributions of 17% and annual leave loading)

Closes: Sunday, 8 March 2026 at 11:30 pm (AEST)

At UniSQ we are united by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Excellence, which guide our daily actions and decision-making. UniSQ is a child safe organisation.

As part of the University of Southern Queensland's commitment to fostering a safe, respectful and rewarding work environment and in compliance with our legal obligations, we require candidates to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender Based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender Based Violence, during the course of their previous employment or in any legal process.

This information helps us meet our legal obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence, and will be considered when determining a candidate's suitability for employment, so that we can keep our University community safe.

If you know that this role is right for you, please submit your current resume together with a two-page (maximum) statement, outlining your skills and experience relative to ‘Who we’re looking for’ in the position description.

For more information on our selection process please refer to your recruitment journey available on our website.

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