Overview
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Dominic McAuliffe

Dominic McAuliffe

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Special Consideration Administration Officer

The University Of Melbourne
10.2023 - Current

Processing Special consideration applications (up-to 40 per day in peak) - following University policies of record keeping, information management, privacy, and compliance - managing Student Equity and Disability Services (SEDS) inbox - engaging empathically and professionally with students' situations - exercising sound judgment and assessing applications based on policy, precedent, and guidelines.

Have built good working relationships with the Special consideration and broader SEDS teams - have contributed to the Special consideration team's self-review of training, processes, and student facing information (including website and Apex forms).

Experience with university systems and platforms including: Apex; StudentOne (TechnologyOne); OneCRM (Salesforce); and LMS (Canvas)

Student Success Advisor

RMIT Online
07.2021 - 10.2023

Provide support to 30-60 students daily - personalised support and coaching via phone and email - support students to manage enrolments, payment of fees, and navigate policies and processes in higher education (including HELP-Loans and HESA) - managing IT issues (troubleshooting) - strong understanding of student Life Cycle.

Managing internal RMIT Online and RMIT University stakeholders - teambuilding - member of RMIT's Diversity and Inclusion working group - organising events for Student Success Team and entire RMIT Online office including a 3-day conference, office trivia, and a monthly movie club.

Experience with many IT and administrative systems: including Salesforce; ServiceNow; Atlassian's Jira; Monday.com; Microsoft 365 Suite; Canvas; Miro; and confluence.

Tutor/Demonstrator

University of Queensland
01.2019 - Current

Subjects: Global South Cities: Development Planning (PLAN7612)

Topics: Poverty, informality, slums, water access, gender inequality, governance, urban growth, transport, infrastructure, social justice, rights to the city, and policy responses

Subjects: Community Participation in Planning (PLAN7121)

Topics: Collaborative planning, collective governance, community participation, activism, social movements, social impact assessment, aboriginal planning, and urban policy

Teach groups of 8-25 postgraduate students (online) - Teaching one hour tutorials, paid preparation for research, building content, assessment and feedback - maintain a deep academic understanding of content and up-to-date academic literature - proficient use of Blackboard. I have consistently receive positive feedback from my supervisor and students.

Student Feedback includes: "Amazing tutor. Very informative and willing to go the extra mile to explain ideas or topics. Guided the online classes well with a good pace. 10/10 one of the best tutors I've had in my entire uni experience"; "Dom is incredibly friendly whilst maintaining the highest level of professionalism... I would take courses to specifically have Dom as a tutor. His knowledge was second to none and made the course enjoyable when it otherwise wouldn't have been"

Education

Master of Development Practice - Development Planning

University of Queensland
07.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Urban Geography

University of Queensland
07.2017

Skills

  • Communication - high level verbal and written skills
  • Detail - navigating and advising through complex policy and processes
  • Team-building - building good working and social relationships
  • Strategic - thinking through situations critically for desired outcomes
  • Leadership - supporting and guiding others to enable their success
  • Decision making - using available information to decide outcomes

Interests

Running and walking

Listening to podcasts and audio books

International and domestic travel

Socialising and seeing friends

Drawing and Painting

Learning Portuguese

References

References available on request

Timeline

Special Consideration Administration Officer

The University Of Melbourne
10.2023 - Current

Student Success Advisor

RMIT Online
07.2021 - 10.2023

Tutor/Demonstrator

University of Queensland
01.2019 - Current

Master of Development Practice - Development Planning

University of Queensland

Bachelor of Arts - Urban Geography

University of Queensland
Dominic McAuliffe