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  Moreton Bay Research Station
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  Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact
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  Plan for your future with a generous 17% superannuation allowance
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  Work on a world-class marine station at North Stradbroke Island

About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you\xe2\x80\x99ll 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\xe2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting, real-world impact.

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:

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  26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
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  17% superannuation contributions
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  17.5% annual leave loading
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  Access to flexible working arrangements including flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
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  Health and wellness discounts \xe2\x80\x93 fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
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  Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity
We are seeking a highly professional and safety conscious individual with a passion for Boating and Diving to manage all aspects of boating and diving operations at UQ\xe2\x80\x99s Moreton Bay Research Station.

As the Boating and Diving Officer, you will be responsible for coordinating, scheduling and supervising boating, diving and ensuring that all aspects of these operations are carried out with the highest standards of safety, risk mitigation, preventative maintenance, and record keeping.

Some key responsibilities include:

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  Co-ordinate, schedule and supervise boating, diving and snorkelling activities.
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  Operate and supervise use of boats, including launching and retrieving.
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  Maintain accurate records of diving qualifications, dive medicals, first aid qualifications, oxygen provision qualifications, boating licences, marine radio operator\xe2\x80\x99s qualifications, dive records and risk assessments. Where appropriate, this will be done in conjunction with the University Boating and Diving Officer.
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  Provide vessel, diving and snorkelling inductions to cliental.
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  Meet with the clients (academics, researchers and education coordinators) to ensure that customer objectives are being met.
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  Responsible for the development and implementation of preventative maintenance and repairs of boating and diving equipment, with emphasis on life support equipment and safety equipment.

You may also be required to be rostered \'on call\' for a number of hours each week.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 12 months.

At HEW level 5, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $74,378.89 to $82,842.92, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $87,023.30 to $96,926.22 annually.

About You

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  Completion of a degree without subsequent relevant work-related experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
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  ADAS Part 1 or Scientific SCUBA Diver Certificate or equivalent.
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  Coxswain\xe2\x80\x99s Class 1 NC qualification.
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  Driver\xe2\x80\x99s license with the ability to drive a manual 4WD.
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  Knowledge of laboratory procedures and of common-use scientific equipment.
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  Competency in the use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word. A basic knowledge in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server would also be desirable.
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  Excellent organisational and communication skills, and ability to deal professionally with competing interests from multiple clients in a customer service environment.
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  Ability to work in a small team environment in a remote location.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

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  Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
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  Blue Card: You must have or be able to quickly gain a Blue Card (Queensland Children\xe2\x80\x99s Commission clearance to work with Children).

Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kevin Townsend at
k.townsend@uq.edu.au . For application queries, please contact
recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

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  Cover letter addressing the \xe2\x80\x98About You\xe2\x80\x99 section
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  Resume

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled \xe2\x80\x98resume\xe2\x80\x99, which is step one of the application form.

Other Information
At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on
equity, diversity and inclusion . We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be
gender identity ,
LGBTQIA+ ,
cultural and/or linguistic ,
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or
people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to
recruitment@uq.edu.au

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff
Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 20 April 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-24460).