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The University of Newcastle is seeking an experienced and solutions-focused Admissions Specialist to lead the delivery of domestic postgraduate admissions activities, ensuring an efficient, consistent and positive experience for prospective students.

Working closely with the Senior Manager, Domestic Admissions and Conversion, you will provide specialist expertise and operational leadership across domestic postgraduate admissions, including application assessments, Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), credit and other postgraduate admission pathways. You will lead and support a team, oversee quality and compliance, resolve complex enquiries and ensure admissions processes are delivered accurately and within established timeframes.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the University's student recruitment and growth objectives, balancing operational excellence with a strong focus on student experience. You will also play an important role in identifying opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen stakeholder relationships and use admissions data to inform decision-making and improve outcomes.

What you’ll do

- Lead and coordinate domestic postgraduate admissions activities, including application assessments, RPL, credit and end-on honours admissions, ensuring consistent, accurate and timely outcomes.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to the team, overseeing complex cases, escalations, complaints and applicant enquiries.
- Support staff development and foster a collaborative, positive team culture that encourages accountability,



knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
- Monitor admissions performance, analyse data and prepare reports and insights to inform operational planning, workload management and postgraduate recruitment strategies.
- Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, working collaboratively to resolve issues and improve admissions outcomes.
- Review and enhance admissions policies, procedures, resources and systems to strengthen quality, compliance and operational efficiency.
- Oversee applicant communications and admissions resources, ensuring information is accurate, accessible and supports a positive applicant experience.

About You

You are an experienced admissions or student administration professional with strong knowledge of complex admissions processes and the ability to lead a team in a busy, service-focused environment. You combine sound judgement and attention to detail with a genuine commitment to improving the student experience.

You will also bring:

- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex admissions or student administration activities, ideally within a higher education workplace.
- Experience providing operational leadership, guidance and support to staff,



with the ability to foster a positive and high-performing team culture.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret data, identify trends and translate insights into practical improvements.
- A sound understanding of governance, policy and compliance requirements, with the ability to manage complex cases and competing priorities.
- Highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to negotiate, influence and build productive working relationships.
- A continuous improvement mindset and the ability to identify opportunities to enhance processes, service delivery and operational effectiveness.

This continuing role is full time at a HEW 7 Higher Education Worker Level and is located at Callaghan Campus

About our University

The University of Newcastle stands as a global leader distinguished by a commitment to equity and excellence. Our vision is to be a world-leading University for our regions and creating a better future for our regions and the globe. Underpinned by this vision and our values of excellence, equity, engagement and sustainability, the University of Newcastle’s Looking Ahead Strategic Plan 20 30 outlines the University’s commitment to delivering an exceptional student experience and serving our communities.

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What we offer

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