Reference no: 498941
Work type: Continuing - Full Time
Location: Wagga Wagga
Categories: Professional
The role
As a Farm Support Assistant, you will help with the day-to-day running of the University Farm at Wagga Wagga. You’ll work alongside experienced staff to support the cropping operations.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll operate machinery, help maintain equipment, and assist with farm work programs. You’ll also work with students, researchers, and the wider community in a positive and welcoming environment.
About you
You are reliable, willing to learn, and enjoy working outdoors as part of a team.
About us
We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.
The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.
Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.
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Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.
To apply
As part of this recruitment, a pre-employment functional screening is required.
Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a cover letter that tells us more about you and upload your CV.
This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.
Further information
Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:
Recruitment specific enquiries: Rebecca Dwyer | Talent Acquisition Consultant | redwyer@csu.edu.au
Job specific enquiries: Olivia McKenna | Cropping Systems Manager | omckenna@csu.edu.au
Closing Date: Please note we will be reviewing applications on submission. The position may be filled on or before the closing date, so we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience. Applications will close once the role is filled, or by: 11pm, 23 June 2026
Advertised: 02 Jun 2026 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 23 Jun 2026 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
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