AddressService Delivery - Statewide Services
Primary Early Childhood and Education Support
Principal Project Consultant - CaLDEYLink
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Level 7, $128,077 - $136,891 per annum (PSCA 2022)
Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE881613
This is a fixed term, part-time (0.4 FTE) position commencing ASAP up until December 2025
Professional Benefits
Working for the Department of Education attracts a range of attractive professional and personal benefits including:
- 11 percent employer contributions to superannuation
- More than 20 days of other leave, including sick leave and carers' leave
The Role and our Branch
Statewide Services provides the services and supports required by schools to enable student achievement, with a focus on those students and schools that need it most. It encompasses both school and system-facing service delivery. While it primarily exists to support schools, it also has an important system-facing role supporting strategy and policy development.
Service Delivery is the key interface with schools. Its purpose is to plan, coordinate and deliver targeted services that support schools and regions to improve student achievement.
The Primary, Early Childhood and Education Support Directorate provides coordinated services and expertise with a focus on schools identified as requiring support to improve the achievement of their K-6 students. It also performs a similar function for education support schools and centres.
The branch coordinates and brokers access to responsive support for early childhood initiatives and contributes to relevant strategic initiatives in primary education. It provides advice and subject matter expertise to schools, regions, and the system in relation to primary, early childhood and education support, and manages programs and initiatives that provide specialist and/or targeted servicers to schools with primary-aged students.
The Primary, Early Childhood and Education Support Branch is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and dedicated individual to the role of Principal Project Consultant - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Years Link (CaLDEYLink) to join their team.
We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.
As the Principal Project Consultant - CaLDEYLink, the successful applicant will coordinate and facilitate initiatives, including developing, implementing and reviewing 'play and learn' practices, resources and content for the implementation, ongoing delivery and support of the trial; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Early Years Link initiative (the Initiative) in participating government schools.
You will support the ongoing review and development of the program to ensure the most significant impact for CaLD students accessing the program.
Cultural Diversity
The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrated highly developed skills, knowledge and experience in the application of policies, procedures and initiatives associated with English as an additional language or dialect, and early childhood education.
- Demonstrated highly developed oral and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to consult, liaise, negotiate effectively and maintain collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated highly developed written communication and presentation skills, including experience in preparing reports, briefings and general correspondence and in conducting professional learning.
- Demonstrated substantial skills and experience in initiating, developing, coordinating and managing programs, projects or strategies in an educational setting.
- Demonstrated highly developed research, conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to analyse data, and provide solutions to strategic and/or operational problems and issues.
For a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.
It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.
All inquiries are welcomed
Please contact Steven Andree, Manager - Primary Early Childhood and Education Support by telephoning (08) 6206 2064 or emailing steven.andree@education.wa.edu.au
Application Instructions
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