Senior Coordinator (Commonwealth Prac Payments)

• $119,378 to $132,004 pa
• Full-time fixed-term appointment
• Toowoomba campus

Help Students Succeed by Reducing Placement Barriers

Who you are

You encompass values of fairness, equity and empathy towards the unique challenges faced by students from diverse backgrounds. Your strong problem-solving skills, paired with your ability to communicate with clarity and professionalism will ensure that you thrive in leading the CPP team towards work that directly supports students in pursuing their studies with fewer financial barriers - making a meaningful difference in their educational journey.

What you'll do

As the Senior Coordinator (Commonwealth Prac Payments), you will be responsible for the delivery of the Department's Commonwealth Prac Payments (CPP) program and administer the entire CPP lifecycle—from receiving and assessing applications, to determining eligibility, issuing outcomes and facilitating payments. The CPP program distributes financial support to eligible Education, Nursing, Social Work and Midwifery students unable to work due to attendance of mandatory placements.

In the first 6-12 months in the role, you will coordinate and support CPP staff, collate data to meet Departmental reporting requirements and facilitate the distribution of funding to eligible students. You will also work closely with the Scholarships team to enable progression through higher education, making a difference to the lives of a large number of students.

What will help you succeed

To thrive in this role, you will require a degree with at least four years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education/training and:

• Strong knowledge of equity and diversity issues in Australian higher education and equal opportunity principles
• Extensive experience with large enterprise systems and generating complex reports
• Highlevel customer service and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines

Supervisory experience in high-volume environments is highly regarded.

For further information about this role, please contact Mr James Quinn, Manager (Admission and Scholarships) via +61 7 4631 5446 or James.Quinn@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: 0034_01/26

Location: Toowoomba campus

Term: Full-time fixed-term appointment until 31/07/2027 (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: Tuesday, 31 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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