Coordinates various office support services, including purchasing and facilities management. Requires strong communication skills and some accounting knowledge. May include supervision of office administrative staff.
Online campaign manager
in charge of planning online campaign strategy, implementing online marketing plan and measuring against key performance indicators (KPI's). Will need to liaise with and manage internal and external teams including design agencies and media planning agencies.
Online marketing manager
in charge of planning and implementing all external communications, implementing online marketing plan and measuring against key performance indicators (KPI's). Will need to liaise with internal and external teams including design agencies and media planning agencies.
Personal Mission Statement
Helps job-seekers identify their core values and beliefs. Writing a personal mission statement offers the opportunity to establish what's important and perhaps make a decision to stick to it before we even start a career. Or it enables us to chart a new course when we're at a career crossroads
Phenotype
The observable characteristics of an organism as opposed to the set of genes it possesses (its genotype).The phenotype that an organism manifests is a result of both genetic and environmental factors. Therefore, organisms with the same genotype may display different phenotypes due to environmental factors. Conversely, organisms with the same phenotypes may have different genotypes.
Planner
digital planning broadly covers 3 disciplines: 1. Consumer planning; 2. Information architecture or information design; 3. Usability. Good planners have all these skills in some form or capacity, but it is not uncommon to resource a dedicated skill set depending on the project. Bigger agencies have a body of planners to cover off these areas full time. There is more information on planners in the Process section of this document.
Planner (Media)
responsible for identifying media insights and developing a media strategy that is presented to advertisers. More often planners are digital specialists but increasingly agencies are repositioning to offer up integrate planning skills.
Portfolio Career
A situation where instead of working a traditional full-time job, job-seekers work multiple part-time jobs (including part-time employment, temporary jobs, freelancing, and self-employment) with different employers that when combined are the equivalent of a full-time position. Portfolio careers offer more flexibility, variety, and freedom, but also require organizational skills as well as risk tolerance
Presentation/Graphics Specialist
Duties include using presentation software programs (such as Microsoft PowerPoint) to create presentations for meetings and events. Also may edit material and provide basic instruction to presenters on how to use a particular program.
Programmes manager
manages a series of projects that are linked with one another to form a programme. A programmes manager will usually manage one or more project managers.
Project Coordinator
Works with internal and external parties to organize the various components needed to initiate, run and conclude major projects. Duties include coordinating schedules and activities, placing orders for supplies and services, and tracking progress and results. Requires excellent communication skills and extensive knowledge of database and project management software. Often reports to product development, project management or marketing executives. The position is especially prevalent in construction, transportation and technology industries. A premium is paid for the industry experience.
Project manager
responsible for managing web projects from start to finish. Due to the nature of online the projects can vary wildly but are likely to include overseeing the construction and launch of a website, microsite and online campaign materials.
Protein engineering
A technique used in the production of proteins with new or artificial amino acid sequences.
Protoplast
A plant or bacterial cell that has had its cell wall removed.
QAELLN
Queensland Adult English Language, Literacy and Numeracy Council.
Greets visitors, handles incoming calls and performs general administrative duties. Also may assist other administrative staff with overflow work, including word processing, data entry and internet research tasks.
Recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology
The laboratory manipulation of DNA in which DNA, or fragments of DNA from different sources, are cut and recombined using enzymes. This recombinant DNA is then inserted into a living organism. rDNA technology is usually used synonymously with genetic engineering.
Recruiters/Headhunters/Executive Search Firms
Professionals who are paid by employers to find candidates for specific positions. They often recruit candidates, but job-seekers can also approach them. Often specialize by industry or geographic region. Avoid any firms that require you to pay for their services.
Regeneration
The process of growing an entire plant from a single cell or group of cells.1
RNA (Ribonucleic acid)
Like DNA, a type of nucleic acid. There are three major types: messenger RNA, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA. All are involved in the synthesis of proteins from the information contained in the DNA molecule.
Salary
Financial compensation an employee receives for performing the job, and part of your compensation package. Can be determined by hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Also can include overtime pay, bonuses, and commissions.
Salary History
Some employers will request that you submit a salary history. A salary history tells them the level and frequency of your promotions. It should be separate page from your resume or cover letter. Be sure to include the full compensation you received in each job, not just salary information. By providing a salary history, you sometimes place yourself in a precarious position of either pricing yourself out of the position or appearing to be at a lower level than the company seeks.
Salary Requirements
Some employers may ask you to state the salary you require for a specific job opening. You've got to be careful here. If your salary requirement is too high, you won't get an offer. If it's too low, you won't get what you're worth. The best strategy is to state that you're open to any fair offer and are willing to negotiate.
Sales Assistant
Duties include those described for administrative assistance, but this position supports a sales department exclusively. May assist regional sales staff based in remote locations (i.e., not in the central office). Additional responsibilities may include processing expense reports, coordinating the submission of proposals, planning meetings, tracking sales progress, troubleshooting minor technical problems, maintaining department database records, and serving as a liaison between traveling sales representatives and staff based in the home office. Strong computer and organization skills are required.
Search analyst
Likely to support the Search manager or search team. The Search Analyst will be responsible for reviewing search traffic and other statistics on a regular basis in order to advise other members of the online team.
Search marketing manager
Deals predominantly with paid (PPC) search campaigns and optimising keyword lists, monitor search activity and adject paid campaigns. Should at least be GAP qualified through Google. Also needs natural (SEO) search knowledge and be able to manage the PPC campaign alongside SEO.
Senior Administrative Assistant
Duties include those described for administrative assistant but require stronger work experience within each function. Supports senior level managers and may supervise other support staff. A premium is paid for specific industry or market experience. Advanced computer skills with the ability to train others in system usage is preferred.
Senior Customer Service Representative
Duties include those described for customer service representative but require stronger work experience for each function. Additional duties may include proactive communication with customers and client via telephone, e-mail, or regular mail; managing database records; drafting status reports on customer service issues; and supervising staff.
Senior Data Entry Specialist
Prioritizes and batches material for data entry. Completes information analysis for procedures and reports. Requires knowledge of technical material and the ability to train and supervise others. Capable of high volume data entry.
Senior Executive Assistant
Duties include those described for the executive assistant but require stronger work experience within each function. Supports the most senior executive, particularly in large corporations. May supervise other administrative staff. Possesses advanced computer skills along with the ability to train others on system usage. A premium paid for specific industry or market experience.
Senior Office/Facilities Manager
Responsibilities include those described for office manager, but this position requires more extensive experience and management skills. Duties may include selecting office vendors and supervising purchasing processes, directing mailroom and maintenance staff, and coordination of regular building maintenance staff. Solid communication and staff management skills are required, as well as some accounting knowledge.
SEP
Structural Efficiency Principle.
Switchboard Operator
Places, receives and routes a high volume of calls through an electric switchboard. Supplies information to callers, relays messages and announces visitors.
Telecommuting
Also referred to as Teleworking, is a employment arrangement where the employee works one or more days from a remote location, often an office in the employee's home. For job-seekers seeking increased job flexibility and reduced commuting times and costs and for employers seeking a better balance of morale and work efficiency.
TEQ
Training & Employment Queensland.
Tissue culture
A procedure for growing or cloning enough cells through in vitro techniques to make a tissue.
Transferable Skills
Skills you have acquired during any activity in your life -- jobs, classes, projects, parenting, hobbies, sports, virtually anything -- that are transferable and applicable to what you want to do in your next job.
Transformation
A change in the genetic structure of an organism as a result of the uptake and incorporation of foreign DNA.
Transposon
A mobile genetic element that can move from one location in the gene and reinsert at another site.
UIRCC
University Industry Research Collaboration Committee.
Usability specialist
importance in usability is increasing and while this expertise is usually part of web developer and wed editor roles, independent usability roles are now common place in large agencies. A usability specialist will have excellent knowledge of website information architecture and the way in which consumers use and access the internet. This role will at times be highly technical and a background in web development will be incredibly important.
VALBEC
Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council.
Validation
The soundness of the interpretation and use of the results of an assessment.
Vector
The agent used to carry new DNA into a cell. Viruses or plasmids are often used as vectors.
VEET
Vocational Education Employment and Training. See Vocational Education and Training.
Video
increasingly agencies are bolstering their internal skills by hiring people that have video skills ranging from filming, directing, editor, sound and special effects or after effects. This allows a majority of the creative assets to be created in house rather than outsourcing to productions companies.
WADT
(Western Australia) Western Australian Department of Training, the former name of the Western Australian Department of Training and Employment.
Workaholism
A condition where work becomes all-consuming, becoming more important than personal or family obligations. The person lives for his or her work, has only work friends, rarely takes time off, and is always in communication with the office. Does not function well outside work.
