Senior Officers

The Opportunities

• Expert-led, prevention-focused program working alongside other specialists in a highly collaborative and supportive team
• Full-time, continuing roles based at Kensington Campus
• $127,351-$143, % superannuation
• Hybrid/Flexible working arrangements

The Senior Officers play a key role providing leadership and subject matter expertise to support the University's compliance with the Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence) Act 2025.  

Working collaboratively with the Program Manager, SME Lead, and a range of internal stakeholders, you'll lead the design and implementation of initiatives that strengthen UNSW's prevention of and response to gender-based violence. Each Workstream Lead has 1–2 direct reports and is responsible for coordinating delivery within your workstream, ensuring alignment with program goals, reporting requirements, and organisational values.

You will also support impact evaluation of education and service delivery, with scope to report findings to sector audiences and in publication.

Senior Officer (Education and Capability Job 536502

Focus on designing, developing, and implementing education and capability initiatives that prevent gender-based violence and build staff and student capacity to respond effectively to disclosures. You'll lead the creation of training programs and educational content for staff, student leaders, and specific student cohorts (e.g., international students and residents). You'll also coordinate bystander programs, external provider training, ensuring a consistent, trauma-informed, and person-centred approach to capability building across UNSW.

Senior Officer (Process Development Job 536481

Focused on leading the planning, analysis, and optimisation of service processes related to UNSW's gender-based violence response, you'll be responsible for documenting, analysing, and improving current service workflows, with particular attention to risk management, safety planning, and compliance. The position plays a critical role in developing consistent frameworks for risk assessment and trauma-informed practice, as well as improving data capture, documentation systems, and process effectiveness across the university's GBV response services.

The Organisation

UNSW isn't like other places you've worked. Yes, we're a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It's the reason we're one of the top 20 universities in the world (QS top 20) and a member of Australia's prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you're in the right place.

Benefits and Culture: 

UNSW offer a competitive salary and access to UNSW benefits including:

• Hybrid/Flexible working arrangements
• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices
• Discounts and entitlements 
• Affordable on-site parking 

Who You Are

You have a strong track record designing, implementing and evaluating initiatives that deliver measurable outcomes. With a background in complex or multidisciplinary environments, you apply evidence-based approaches to support systemic improvement and cultural change, and can demonstrate the following skills and experience:

Senior Officer -  Education and Capability Job 536502

• A relevant qualification in social change, education, organisational behaviour change, or public health, with demonstrated experience in designing and delivering impactful learning and capability-building programs
• Leadership in the design, delivery and evaluation of training programs that embed evidence-based and trauma-informed practice.
• Experience facilitating co-design processes and collaborating with students, staff and external partners to deliver shared outcomes.
• Ability to translate research and theory into practice, achieving measurable improvements in learning outcomes.
• Proficiency in learning technologies and platforms, including LMS, virtual learning tools and content creation software.

Senior Officer – Process Development Job 536481

• Relevant qualification and/or extensive experience in service design and delivery—such as clinical governance or service quality improvement—ideally within psychosocial health, domestic and family violence service or other relevant social support context
• Expertise in designing and embedding trauma-informed, person-centred service processes.
• Strong capability in workflow mapping, gap analysis, documentation, data capture and process improvement.
• Proven experience managing change, assessing risk and engaging stakeholders to deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Demonstrated success implementing process improvements that enhance service quality, consistency and impact.

To apply:  If joining a university leading the way in creating a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for every student and staff member is of interest to you, please submit your CV and Cover Letter, addressing the Skills and Experience required, via the APPLY button.  

Contact:  Shiree Thomas - Talent Acquisition Consultant e:

Applications close: 11.55pm, Wednesday 28th January 2026

Pre-Employment Checks

Aligned with UNSW's focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.