Navitas and Charles Sturt University joined forces to establish the Charles Sturt University Melbourne campus, located in the heart of Melbourne CBD, offering students an engaging and exceptional student experience. This dynamic partnership brings together two leading education providers to create a vibrant tertiary experience like no other.
Navitas Careers & Industry Division, which specialises in niche colleges offering higher education, VET, professional development, and employability skills, is proud to be a part of this exciting new venture. With a global network of over 25,000 students and 1,800 staff, Navitas brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the partnership.
The Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and Career Coordinator plays a key role in supporting student success by overseeing the delivery of WIL programs, employability workshops, and career development services across the campus.
The position serves as the central point of coordination between students, academic staff, and industry partners, ensuring that work-integrated learning experiences are well organised, compliant, and aligned with course requirements and learning outcomes.
The Coordinator is responsible for managing the end-to-end student placement process, from pre-placement preparation and documentation through to monitoring participation and reporting on outcomes. The role also includes designing and facilitating workshops that build students’ professional readiness and career capability.
A significant component of the role involves maintaining effective relationships with placement providers and internal teams, coordinating employer engagement activities, and ensuring students receive consistent and equitable support throughout their WIL and career development journey.
As a member of the Student Experience team, the Coordinator contributes to broader campus initiatives and adapts to evolving student, academic, and operational needs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinate and oversee the end-to-end delivery of Work Integrated Learning programs, ensuring students are appropriately placed, supported, and monitored throughout their WIL experience. This includes managing placement requirements, timelines, pre-placement documentation, and compliance checks in alignment with course requirements, learning outcomes, and institutional policy.
- Design, coordinate, and facilitate employability and career development workshops, programs, and events each semester. Activities may include career expos, employer engagement events, boot camps, and other initiatives that build students’ professional skills, job readiness, and career planning capability.
- Provide timely and consistent support to students across their WIL and career development journey, including guidance on university policies, procedures, placement queries, and individual circumstances.
- Monitor student participation and progression, responding to issues and escalating where appropriate to ensure equitable and positive outcomes.
- Act as a key liaison between the Student Experience team, academic staff, and external placement providers and industry partners.
- Work collaboratively and autonomously to maintain effective relationships, coordinate information flow, and ensure all parties are informed and supported in meeting their responsibilities.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records across relevant systems and platforms, ensuring compliance with WIL policies and regulatory requirements.
- Compile, analyse, and report on placement data, student outcomes, and service effectiveness to support continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
- Contribute to the review and improvement of WIL, employability, and career services to ensure alignment with student needs, industry expectations, and institutional goals.
- Support broader Student Experience and campus initiatives, and undertake other duties as reasonably required.
- A minimum of a bachelor’s or a related business field is required.
- Demonstrated experience in employability, career development, or workplace learning within a university or higher education environment.
Why you should join us:
- Joining the Charles Sturt University Melbourne team means that not only will you shape the student campus experience, you will also help foster a dynamic and supportive culture for our staff right from the beginning.
- At the core of everything we do is a commitment to fostering a student-centred learning and teaching environment. You'll find your place in our dynamic and supportive team if you are motivated by collaboration and innovation.
- Sustainability is important to us. We believe in making a difference with our actions. We're proud to be Australia's first carbon-neutral university.
Employee perks and benefits include:
- Unlimited global career opportunities across the Navitas portfolio
- Flexible working arrangements
- Salary packaging and novated leasing
- 2 paid volunteer days per year for your passionate causes
- Health & well-being packages including free counselling and well-being specialist support for employees and family members
- Discounted gym memberships, private health insurance, movie tickets, travel, hotels, insurance and selected retailers
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and professional development opportunities.
Join us and make a lasting impact on the global higher education landscape.
If this opportunity could be your next ideal career move, we would love to hear from you!
How to apply:
- Submit your CV (if including a cover letter please note you can upload this on the 2nd page of the application process)
- Please note applicants are assessed upon receipt so you are encouraged to apply now.
- For a confidential discussion regarding the role, please contact Joanna Vytingco via mobile at 0411 452 866.
About Navitas
Navitas is a leading global education provider that has helped generations of learners transform their lives through education. The Navitas portfolio employs over 5000 staff and supports over 60,000 students and encompasses a broad selection of partners, locations, and opportunities, including university pathway programs, English language qualifications, employment training, creative media training, and more.
Disclaimer:
Charles Sturt University Melbourne is operated by Navitas Pty Ltd under a service agreement with Charles Sturt University. All Charles Sturt University Sydney and Melbourne campus staff are employees of Navitas