Role Description
Position Title:
Student Coordinator Conversation and EXCElL Programmes
(Coordinator)
Position Location:
Student Learning Support Service
The Coordinator must work in the best interests of the University including its community of
students and staff.
The Coordinator must also assist the University to meet its mission, and strive to behave in a
manner that reinforces the University’s values.
OUR MISSION
We play a leading role in shaping New Zealand’s future by:
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Adding significantly to the knowledge and understanding of natural phenomena, society, culture and
technology through research, teaching, and interdisciplinary perspectives
Engaging with local, national and international communities in creating, disseminating and applying
knowledge that has scholarly or societal impact
Developing graduates with skills in leadership, communication, and critical and creative thinking.
OUR VALUES
Our values guide and inform our strategic goals, policy and practice. They are the principles behind our
actions, a means of creating and sustaining an environment of trust and mutual understanding.
Academic freedom:
 We protect academic freedom and defend the autonomy of Victoria University of Wellington.
Excellence in all of our activities:
 We are committed to developing and recognising excellence in research, creative activity, scholarship,
teaching and learning and administration.
Knowledge and expertise:
 We strive to advance pure and applied knowledge and expertise, and to disseminate both through teaching
and research.
The Treaty of Waitangi:
 We are committed to using the Treaty to guide our obligations to Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty
partners.
Internationalisation:
 We are committed to our participation in the international community of scholars and to the pursuit of a
global perspective in our learning, teaching, research and services.
Accountability:
 We effectively manage and account for our resources and apply them to the maximum benefit of Victoria.
Honesty and respect:
 We require ethical behaviour in all our activities and interactions.
Equity:
 We are committed to equity of opportunity for all our staff and students.
A strong university community:
 We encourage the active participation and contribution of academic and general staff, students, alumni,
benefactors and friends in the life of the university.
Community engagement:
 We seek active engagement with the communities we serve and value the benefits we bring to each other.
Sustainability:
 We strive for an environmentally sustainable university and society.
Purpose of the Organisational Unit
The role of the Student Learning Support Service is to provide academic skills development
programmes to support the learning needs of students at Victoria University of Wellington.
Role Purpose and Scope
The role of the Coordinator is to promote Conversation and EXCElL programmes recruit
student volunteers are recruited and to plan and deliver Conversation Programme. Both
programmes are designed to foster an understanding of New Zealand culture and language
in international students and to enable New Zealand and international students to work
together to this end.
Key Result Areas
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Effective promotion Conversation and EXCElL programmes
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Effective recruitment of local student volunteers for Conversation and EXCElL
programmes
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Effective management of local student volunteers
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Training local student volunteers for EXCElL
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Planning and facilitating Conversation sessions.
Challenges
The Coordinator will operate in an environment where there may be significant demands on
their time in busy periods.
The Coordinator will be required to work with students from many different cultural
backgrounds and will need to be alert to a wide range of linguistic and cultural responses.
Key Relationships
The Coordinator reports to the Conversation Coordinator and the EXCElL Coordinator,
Student Learning Support Service.
The Coordinator will develop and maintain excellent relationships with:
Local Student Volunteers
Relevant Student Learning Support Service staff
Students attending the Conversation and EXCElL Programmes
Other VUW staff working on the EXCElL Programme