An exciting opportunity to join our team and play an important role in the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership (Academy).

At the Academy, we are passionate about meaningful and exciting work that has an impact on education and student outcomes. Our shared purpose is to create and offer evidence-informed professional learning programs, events and initiatives designed to take Victoria's highly skilled teachers and school leaders from great to exceptional and advance the quality and status of teaching and school leadership.

We care about the quality of our work, demonstrate collective responsibility for continuous improvement and support each other to do the very best we can every day to achieve our goals.

The Academy is a learning organisation that provides opportunities for employees to grow. We have a positive culture that we are building together, where people feel supported, valued and heard.

About the Division

The Leadership Excellence Division delivers high quality leadership professional learning to school leaders at all levels. The professional learning portfolio managed and delivered by the Division includes career stage programs, leadership development programs, capability and disposition development, training programs and coaching and mentoring services. The Division is also responsible for implementation of the Victorian Aspiring Principal Assessment (VAPA). The Division's leadership programs are aligned with the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework, which sets out the practices, capabilities and domains of excellence in educational leadership. All programs are designed in line with high quality professional learning principles.

The Leadership Excellence Division works closely with other Academy Divisions to enable seamless participant support and customer service, efficient learning space and technology management and coordinated statewide program delivery.

About the Role

The Senior Project Officer will be responsible for the ongoing management of professional learning programs and leads, manages, and supports the inception, scoping, development, high-quality planning, delivery and governance of leadership excellence professional learning programs through all stages of the Academy's Operating Model, including, but not limited to procurement, budgets, stakeholder and contract management. This is achieved through leading a multi-functional team from across the Academy.

The Senior Project Officer plays a strategically important role by working collaboratively with Academy stakeholders and external suppliers to coordinate the activities required to successfully deliver the programs, including quality control and monitoring program targets and risks.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Lead and manage a professional learning program/s through its life cycle, working with teams across the Academy to, for instance, procure and onboard appropriate program facilitators, enable high-quality learning design, and ensure the right participants are enrolled in the program.
• Project manage the program/s by developing program timelines, ensuring the programs are delivered on time and within budget, contract managing providers/suppliers and monitoring and reporting program performance, logistics and risks.
• Communicate with various stakeholders to support the various elements of the program's needs, for instance with providers on content and delivery support.
• Support program policy and compliance oversight, for instance staying up to date on Department of Education or broader sector research and evidence informed practice to ensure the programs content remains up to date.
• Build team cohesion with stakeholders within the Division, across the Academy and with partners/providers to support effective program management and/or for managing complex escalations.

Capabilities

You will need to be an effective communicator and collaborator, able to work and lead a cross-functional team to effectively deliver your programs. You must have a strong ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships to successfully reach agreed deliverables. You will also be able to manage and lead complex projects, to navigate program risks and make recommendations or decisions that support successful delivery, as well as be flexible in adapting to changes and competing priorities. Your written skills and contract management expertise will support efficiency and timeliness.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Experience or qualifications in project and program management or learning design and delivery would be valuable but not mandatory.

Further Information

This position is fixed term to 31/12/2025

Please respond by submitting a cover letter, supported by a maximum 2-page response to the key selection criteria and a recent CV/Resume.

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Melanie Boyd - Manager Leadership Excellence via phone 03 7022 2787 or email [email protected].

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11.59pm on Friday 27 June 2025.