Campus Location: Canberra, Australia | North Sydney, Australia | Strathfield, Australia | Brisbane, Australia | Ballarat, Australia | Melbourne, Australia
Job No: APTAV129387#010
- Outstanding new opportunity to provide leadership and expertise in the prevention and response to gender based violence
- Manage a collaborative, motivated team providing high quality support and case management to ACU students
- ACU offers 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
- Full time, fixed term 12 month opportunity with hybrid flexibility working at North Sydney, Strathfield, Melbourne, Ballarat, Brisbane or Canberra campus
About the role:
Operating within Student Experience Directorate , the Senior Student Safety Coordinator provides specialist leadership, subject matter expertise and advanced case management in the prevention of and response to gender based violence (GBV). The position has responsibility for oversight, triaging and coordination of the Safety Support Coordinators ensuring consistent, timely and high quality responses to disclosures and reports from students across ACU's campuses. The Senior Student Safety Coordinator will lead trauma informed, survivor centred responses to disclosures and reporting ensuring safety, agency, procedural fairness and compliance in line with the National Code to Prevent & Respond to Gender Based Violence in Higher Education. The role will provide expert guidance, advanced clinical judgement, risk assessment and case management in complex and high risk matters, lead and influence institutional prevention activities, and contribute to design, implementation and evaluation of evidence informed initiatives that address the structural drivers of GBV. Other responsibilities include strengthening institutional capability, embedding respectful relationships and trauma informed practice, and fostering a safe and inclusive campus culture. Functioning within the Safeguarding & Student Safety portfolio the position operates with a high degree of autonomy and works collaboratively with senior leaders, university portfolios and service areas to embed prevention focused, trauma informed and culturally responsive practice to drive sustainable cultural change and continuous improvement in student and staff safety.
For full position details, refer to the position description
Contact:
General enquiries can be sent to Renae Strand, Manager - National Manager, Safeguarding & Student Safety at: [email protected]
What we offer:
- The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
- Total remuneration valued to $138,111 - $154,409 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $116,706 - $130,478 (pro rata) pa (HEW 8), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
- Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
- As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here .
How to Apply:
Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process
Step 2: populate your candidate application details, including your:
- Resume.
- Recommended responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
- Brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.
Applications close: 25-JUN-2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time
Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements.
This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and/or Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP) (ACT only).
Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)
Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers
ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact [email protected] to discuss your requirements in confidence.
About ACU:
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.
ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.
ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.
