Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Teaching and Learning Services – Secondary
Years
Job title Project Officer Designation Administrative Officer 5
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 14/03/2026
Salary $88,297 - $92,687 Location Darwin
Position number 19297 RTF Closing 21/09/2025
Contact officer Kylie Murphy, Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 7-12 Assistant Director on or
About the agency
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide expert support, advice and training to facilitate all certification processes and procedures for the Northern Territory
Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). Provide sound operational advice and information relating to Curriculum, Pedagogy
and Assessment (CPA), including the use of a range of web-based corporate systems, collection of relevant data and development
of high-level unit reporting.
Context statement
Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) provides a holistic range of culturally responsive services and support to early childhood
settings and schools to maximise outcomes for Territory children and young people. This includes services and support for quality
teaching and learning, transition support, early childhood quality and integration, and policy coordination. TLS also strategically
implements government priorities, provides advice to the Minister and the department's senior executive, and engages with a broad
range of stakeholders to benefit our clients.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide expert advice, training and support to schools across the Northern Territory (NT) in the processes of entering, use and
validation of student data to enable the certification of senior secondary students.
2. Coordinate the validation of data through Schools Online exports for schools across the NT to ensure system wide compliance
with the South Australian Certification of Education (SACE) Board certification requirements.
3. Implement and monitor processes and reporting to manage the administration of system data and corporate impact data.
4. Coordinate and manage the publication and distribution of certificates and other documentation related to senior secondary
certification.
5. Assess requests for recognition of interstate and international qualifications and Vocational Education and Training (VET) studies
for equivalency, historical certificates and credit standing within the NTCET.
6. Work collaboratively with staff and officers within TLS to assist with access and analysis of system data.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Organisational skills of a very high order including proven ability to deliver successful outcomes while working with competing
priorities and demands and critical deadlines and the ability to manage large volumes of data consistently maintaining very high
standards of accuracy and attention to detail in pressure situations.
1. Demonstrated high level oral, written communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to work in teams and the
ability to gain the cooperation of others across the wider education system, including the ability to interact effectively with
people from diverse cultures.
1. Demonstrated strategic, conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to translate complex matters into succinct and
meaningful forms for use by others with a high-level ability to work independently and flexibly using initiative and judgement in
problem solving.
1. High standards of confidentiality and accountability
Desirable
2. Experience in the use of Schools Online and Microsoft Office suite as well as data importing, exporting and data manipulation.
3. Experience in the use of SACE Board databases and other databases.
4. Certificate IV or higher in business administration or systems.
Further information
The selected applicant must hold a current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card) and driver's licence or the ability to
obtain prior to commencement.