Senior Technical Officer - Roseworthy Campus

Job no: 517521
Work type: Continuing - Full-time
Campus: Roseworthy
Categories: Technical, Laboratory and Research Support, HEO6

(HEO 6) $92,511 to $99,929 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation applies.

Join the team dedicated to supporting world class education and research in agriculture, animal health, and related sciences.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Officer to coordinate the Teaching Unit within the School of Animal and Veterinary Science at our Roseworthy Campus.

This position is ideal for someone who is technically skilled, highly organised, and passionate about contributing to an environment that supports world class education and research. You'll thrive in a collaborative team that values innovation, professionalism, and a strong commitment to supporting agricultural and veterinary science education.

Based at our Roseworthy Campus, you will play a key role as Senior Technical Officer, supporting the delivery of hands on teaching across a diverse range of disciplines including animal health, agriculture, and farming. Working under general direction, you will plan and coordinate the scheduling of practical classes, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently to support both students and academic staff.

In this role, you'll take ownership of the preparation and delivery of practical teaching activities, including ordering consumables, maintaining laboratory and teaching equipment, and managing the team's asset registers. You'll work closely with academic staff to ensure practical sessions are well organised and appropriately resourced, while maintaining accurate records of teaching infrastructure and ensuring all activities comply with Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) standards and legislative requirements.

To be successful you will need:

• Demonstrated experience in agriculture, farming and animal health practice
• Demonstrated experience in timetabling practical and coordinating teaching activities.
• Proven track record of providing guidance to less experienced staff in a complex laboratory environment.
• Knowledge of HSW and safety management with demonstrated experience in application of these in a teaching environment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate individual and team work activities to achieve goals and meet deadlines in a complex environment.

We offer a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - gives you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high quality professional development programs and activities; and an on campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Advertised: 24 Oct :00 AM
Applications close: 07 Nov :55 PM

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a resume and a cover letter that includes your responses to all of the selection criteria for the position as contained in the position description.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.