Senior Engagement Officer

Faculty Of Science

Full time, permanent position.

Base salary will be in the range $93,491 - $100,296 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 6).

Use your event management and engagement skills to inspire interest in science.

Drive an annual cycle of impactful initiatives and events, playing a pivotal role in showcasing the faculty's strengths and building a pipeline of future students.

Based at our St Lucia location with occasional travel to our Gatton campus.

About This Opportunity

Join the Faculty of Science in marketing, communications and future students team as a Senior Engagement Officer to drive high school engagement events and initiatives for the Faculty. This pivotal role is responsible in collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders and colleagues for the end-to-end planning and delivery of an annual cycle of engagement initiatives for a variety of audiences, predominantly future students.

You will work behind the scenes to coordinate, plan, promote, evaluate and support delivery of high school engagement events and initiatives to increase participation and engagement. You’ll  build and maintain strong relationships with team members, academic staff, central UQ teams, and external stakeholders.

This role is ideal for someone who loves event coordination and continuously improving outcomes.  If you’re motivated, organised, and enjoy working autonomously while supporting others, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Responsibilities Will Include:

Event Management

• Coordinate and deliver end-to-end planning, execution, promotion, and evaluation of strategic outreach and engagement events and initiatives, including ensuring appropriate data capture and use of customer relationship management and communication systems,  ensuring alignment with faculty and UQ priorities.
• You will also coordinate and support faculty involvement in central and school-led future student outreach, engagement and recruitment events and initiatives.
• Produce audience-centric, brand-compliant marketing content, materials, and presentations to support events and engagement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate data to support the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of effectiveness, and apply insights and current market research and trends for continuous improvement.

Stakeholder and partner relationship development

• Cultivate and maintain positive and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high quality service and expectations are met.
• You will proactively identify opportunities to develop and enhance future student engagement partnerships that support the achievement of the faculty’s student recruitment priorities.

Teamwork

• Contribute to a high-performing, client-focused, results-driven team culture that values continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of processes, guides, toolkits, and training to support colleagues and stakeholders to deliver high-quality engagement. You may from time to time also supervise casual student ambassadors.

Please note some evening, early morning or weekend work outside standard hours is required for key events (e.g. Open Day, careers markets, industry events), along with some intercampus travel.

About Uq

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
• 17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight.
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family.
• Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.15 a day)

About You

• Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent experience) in marketing, events management, business, or a related field, with at least four years of relevant professional experience. This must include strong experience in planning, delivering, coordinating, and evaluating successful engagement activities and events for diverse audiences.
• Strong experience in event planning, management and delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. You are skilled in building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and effectively collaborating to achieve strategic outcomes and deliverables.
• Experience in creating event communications, email marketing content and presentations to support events and engagement, including the ability to translate complex information into plain language for target audiences.
• You are also proficient in collecting, maintaining, and using accurate data to produce evaluation reports and implement insights for continuous improvement.
• Excellent organisational skills, initiative, attention to detail, and problem-solving ability, with ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a wide range of digital tools, including MS Office suite, event/email marketing software, CRM databases, and Adobe creative suite/Photoshop.

Experience in a university, government or other large, complex organisation is desirable.

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia. 

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kylie Roots via k.roots@uq.edu.au. 

For application queries, please contact talent@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 

Want To Apply?

We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section (maximum 2 pages)

• Resume

Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.

Other Information

UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role

Applications close Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 11.00pm AEST (R-54781). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for late October.