Assessment Officer - RPL/Credit
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Job no: 536962
Work type: Full Time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Student Services
As an Assessment Officer, you’ll play a key role in providing an efficient and positive experience for prospective and current students. You’ll be responsible for the accurate and timely assessment of credit transfer, advanced standing, and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) applications, ensuring alignment with university policy and articulation agreements.
The role reports to the Credit & RPL Team Leader and has no direct reports.
This is a parental leave cover - until December 2026.
You can access the full extent of the tasks on the job description.
You’re an organised and customer-focused professional with strong administrative skills and a genuine commitment to delivering an excellent student experience. You thrive in a busy environment, can manage competing priorities, and bring sound judgement to complex situations. You will have:
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with students, staff, and external stakeholders.
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Strong attention to detail, with the ability to work efficiently, manage multiple tasks, and adapt to changing priorities.
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A proactive and positive attitude, with a focus on collaboration, service quality, and continuous improvement.
The role will work on a hybrid basis, Monday to Friday, business hours. Work during the end of the year UNSW shutdown period, and some key weekends during peak periods, will be required.
Candidates will need to have full ongoing working rights – no sponsorship sorry.
Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:
Recruitment process: Please submit your resume and a cover letter highlighting your interest for the role and your experience and/or transferable skills in the role.
Applications close: 28 January 7PM
Applications cannot be accepted if sent directly to the contact listed
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.
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.
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