Job Description
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* The role involves providing high-level professional and strategic support to develop, implement, and coordinate projects, programs, and initiatives that enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
* Your expertise will contribute to the design and delivery of system-wide strategies, ensuring the alignment of policy, resources, and services to improve student outcomes.
* You will conduct research and analysis to inform policy development, prepare briefing materials and reports, and coordinate cross-divisional projects to support the Department's strategic priorities.
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Responsibilities
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1. Engage with senior management, staff, and external stakeholders to build and maintain strong networks across schools, regions, and the wider community.
2. Provide specialised advice and collaborate across teams to facilitate integrated service delivery, ensuring initiatives are responsive to current and emerging needs.
3. Drive meaningful outcomes and support continuous improvement in student engagement and wellbeing through a culturally responsive and context-specific approach.
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Requirements
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* Demonstrated substantial knowledge and understanding of the strategic direction of Western Australia's public education system and operations at a central, regional, and school level.
* High-level planning and management skills with a proven ability to plan and coordinate initiatives in a complex environment.
* Highly developed conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills and experience in applying strategic thinking to achieve outcomes and implementing effective change management strategies to achieve educational outcomes.
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships and networks, including experience in undertaking high-level consultations, collaborations, and negotiations.
* Highly developed written communication skills, including extensive experience in the preparation of correspondence, reports, Ministerials, briefing notes, and policy.
* Highly developed organisational skills with a proven ability to deliver outcomes on schedule in a demanding environment and under tight timeframes.
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Benefits
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* Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work-life balance, including working from home or remote, flexible working hours, and part-time arrangements.
* Generous leave entitlements, including annual, personal, long-service, and parental leave.
* Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance.
* Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments).