The Coordinator, Global Engagement and Governance works collaboratively with Colleges, Portfolios and external stakeholders across diverse cultural and regulatory environments to support partnership initiatives, stakeholder engagement, international visits, delegations and other strategic engagement activities.
The position facilitates communication and collaboration across multiple stakeholders, provides advice and analysis, and translates strategic priorities into coordinated projects, effective processes, and timely outcomes in accordance with University policy, regulatory requirements, and institutional delegations.
Contributing to governance, risk management, compliance monitoring and impact reporting across the University's global engagement portfolio, the role supports the collection, analysis and application of global engagement data and insights to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
The responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to:
This position is open to those with existing Australian working rights. Visa sponsorship and Relocation support is not available for the successful candidate.
You have a good understanding of international education and global engagement, including partnerships, student pathways and mobility, transnational education, research collaboration and government engagement. Your superpower is reading and deciphering complex information and then distilling it into understandable bites.
A strategic thinker, your highly developed communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, include the ability to influence outcomes and work effectively across organisational and cultural boundaries with tight deadlines. Experience in the logistics of coordinating events and desktop research are also required for this role.
The successful candidate will also demonstrate:
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Flinders University will require a current completed Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and Gender Based Violence Declaration which is satisfactory to the University. The contract of Employment is conditional upon the receipt of these completed compliance checks.
A disclosable outcome will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
22 Nov 2026
At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
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