Continuing Full-Time Appointment
Professional Employee Level 8 - $104,888 – $118,578 pa
Plus 17% superannuation and 6 weeks annual leave
Casuarina Campus

The Assessment Specialist - VET plays an important role in supporting the ongoing development and implementation of the institutional VET Assessment System encompassing policy and procedures, resources and professional learning to ensure VET assessments are valid, reliable, flexible and fair.

About the Position
As the Assessment Specialist - VET, you will be responsible for bringing the CDU's Transformative Teaching and Learning Core Plan 2022-2026 vision to life by working within the "third space" - a dynamic area where trainers, assessors and professional staff collaborate to implement transformative strategies that deliver a VET quality assessment system encompassing design, practice and validation to assure the quality of graduate outcomes.

About You
To be successful, you will require:

• Completion of or progress towards a relevant postgraduate qualification and equivalent experience, knowledge, and training in VET assessment and possession of a current Certificate IV in Training, Assessment, and Education OR an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Demonstrated ability for collaborative leadership to implement transformative strategies that focus on best practice assessment design, practice and validation.
• Demonstrated experience advising, supporting and training professional and academic staff to develop VET assessment methods and tools catering to face-to-face, blended, flexible, online and work-based learning experiences.
• Demonstrated experience as a lead assessment validator.
• Demonstrated specialist knowledge and practice in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
• Proven capacity to motivate people and work collaboratively on assessment projects and teams to achieve strategic and operational educational outcomes.
• Proven ability to demonstrate initiative, creativity and accountability.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of effective assessment strategies and technologies for diverse cohorts of students.
• Demonstrated experience in the digital design of VET assessments and using learning analytics and other student and industry feedback forms.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of educational compliance, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and application of cultural diversity, especially Indigenous cultures.

To view the full position description, please click the apply link to be directed to the vacancy on our CDU job site and then click on job attachments.

Remuneration
Appointment to this role will be at Professional Level 8. The base salary will be in the range of $104,888 - $118,578 per annum. The total remuneration package will be in the range of $122,718 - $138,736 per annum, including 17% superannuation.

What’s in it for you?
• An employer who values your contribution to building a more prominent, better and stronger University
• Work with a University committed to changing people’s lives for the better through training, education and research
• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression
• An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory
• 17% superannuation
• Up to six weeks of paid annual leave
• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary caregiver), in addition to government payments (eligibility criteria apply)
• Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service Leave (recognition applied to the qualifying period only)
• Ability to negotiate the transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989
• Free on-campus parking in designated areas
• Employee Assistance Program
• Salary Packaging opportunities

How to Apply
All applications must be received online via the ‘apply’ button and should include your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest in the role and relevant skills and experience.

For a confidential discussion about the position, please contact Louise King at [email protected] to make a time.

Adjustments can be made throughout the application and selection process and during employment to support applicants and employees with disability. CDU’s Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure can be found at https://policies.cdu.edu.au/view-current.php?id=191&version=1. If you would like to discuss adjustments, please contact the People Services Team on 08 8946 6284 or email [email protected].

Diversity and Inclusion
At CDU, we actively celebrate our diversity. We innovate, embrace new ideas, and act with courage and kindness. We’re about what we can give to the world rather than what we take, and we believe in the transformative power of education. We work hard to ensure every member of our University community feels they truly belong. Understanding that it is through our focus on our people and leveraging our differences that CDU will be the most connected University in Australia, we strive to ensure that our culture and community are inclusive of all our staff, students, and visitors. We are committed to maintaining a culture where everyone feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their professional goals. Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and racially marginalised people, people with disability, neurotypical and neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with family and caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed.

You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are.

Applications Close: Monday, 28th April 2025