Executive Officer - Griffith Sciences

Location: Gold Coast or Brisbane South (Nathan) campus, Australia; work across other university locations may be required. On-campus and work-from-home options are available.

Salary: HEW 8 base range AUD 117,579.27–132,273.33 plus 17% superannuation; full package range AUD 137,567.74–154,759.79.

Company

hirify.global is a values-led university focused on research, academic excellence, education, inclusion, and professional excellence.

What you will do

• Provide strategic advice and high-level executive and professional support to senior staff and the Sciences Executive.
• Coordinate senior leadership forums, including agendas, minutes, workflows, decisions, and outstanding actions.
• Research complex strategic and operational matters and prepare correspondence, recommendations, reports, briefings, presentations, and policy papers.
• Lead high-level projects and initiatives, coordinating expertise, events, deadlines, resources, and agreed outcomes.
• Lead continuous improvement across business processes, systems, governance, policies, procedures, and technology-enabled opportunities.
• Coordinate professional and support staff, build stakeholder networks, and promote compliance with legislation and university policies.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualifications plus at least four years of relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant skills, knowledge, experience, and training.
• Capability to provide executive support, strategic and operational advice, policy advice, and high-level written materials for senior and executive audiences.
• Capability to lead projects, manage deadlines and resources, coordinate staff workloads, and deliver agreed outcomes.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships across the university and with external stakeholders, professional and community organisations, and clients.
• Commitment to relevant legislation, university policies and procedures, equity, health and safety, fairness, ethics, and professionalism.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, continuing appointment with on-campus and work-from-home options.
• Learning and development opportunities, educational staff assistance, and internal mobility opportunities.
• Salary packaging, corporate health discounts, generous leave entitlements, paid parental leave, and leave loading.
• Health, safety, and wellbeing initiatives, including on-campus gym facilities.
• Inclusive and respectful working environment with recruitment accommodations available.

Hiring process

• Submit an online application by Friday 20 November at 11:59pm.
• Include a covering letter outlining suitability with reference to the qualifications and position description, plus a current CV/resume with full contact details.