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Information & collaboration specialist

  • Full Time
  • Temporary
  • Australia
  • Applications have closed.

Deakin University

Flexible location

Full-time, FTE until 10 Sep 2021

HEW 9 $116,584 + 17% Superannuation

  • Our Digital Workplace team is currently seeking to appoint an Information and Collaboration Specialist for a fixed-term contract (parental leave cover) to take a lead role in delivering an innovative digital workplace, providing specialist advice in the use of collaboration and digital workplace technologies, making recommendations and implementation of new and enhanced technologies.
  • The role will collaborate with the Digital Workplace Manager in refining and delivering the Digital Workplace Strategy and related capabilities to support and champion Deakin’s Digital Workplace.
  • Reporting to the Digital Workplace Manager, you will work closely with other members of the Digital Workplace team along with colleagues across the University to deliver both technical platform and business solutions. You will do this using your expertise in Office365 tools, particularly SharePoint Online, the Power Platform, and Microsoft Teams. A crucial element of your role is to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, particularly with internal communications staff, technical support staff, and faculties and portfolios across the University.

  •  Your key responsibilities will include, and not limited to:

    • Monitor leading-edge developments in relevant digital workplace technologies, assessing implications and providing and implementing recommendations.
    • Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to ensure items of interest to the Deakin Digital Workplace are captured, reported and acted on as needed.
    • Design and develop the configuration of sites, workflows, permissions, templates and other technical aspects of the digital workplace solution.
    • Undertake gap analysis to identify shortfalls and limitations of existing solutions against business needs and requirements to continually improve the Deakin Digital Workplace solution.
    • Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive the development of communication and collaboration frameworks and governance for the Deakin Digital Workplace.
    • Provide support and advice in the development of the Deakin Digital Workplace Strategy.

     To be successful, you’ll have:

    • Postgraduate qualification and relevant experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
    • Extensive experience in managing an enterprise, large-scale intranet or digital workplace in a complex environment.
    • Proven experience in providing strategic support and advice in relation to intranet strategies and digital workplace.
    • Experience in multi-channel content management environments.
    • Demonstrable skills in configuring metadata and enterprise search on large-scale content management systems.
    • Outstanding written, verbal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to influence others, particularly senior stakeholders and executives.
    • Demonstrable ability in deploying enterprise-level technologies such as: document management, content management or collaboration.
    • Experience delivering solutions using Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePoint Online, the Power Platform (especially PowerAutomate and PowerApps), and Microsoft Teams.

     For a copy of the position description, please see below:

    Download File PD- Information and Collaboration Specialist.pdf

  •  Applications for this position close on 16 February 2021.
  • This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working with Children Check (refer to Deakin’s Recruitment Procedure for further details).
  • Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.
  • Please note that whilst we still accept applications from any persons interested in our roles, due to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications from those with current working rights in Australia and who are not affected by travel restrictions. Please see the latest updates to Australia’s immigration and border arrangements during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/
  • Are You Ready?
  • Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
  • We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
  • We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.
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