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Pathways Strategy Engagement Officer

2 months ago


Wollongong, Australia NSW Government -Department of Education Full time

**Exciting opportunity to join a new team creating meaningful change. This is a unique role that focuses on supporting government schools and students to succeed in post-school transitions.**
- **Temporary full-time position until 30 June 2026**:

- **Work flexibly across the Illawarra region**:

- **Make your mark to shape this new role in a new team**

**About the Department of Education***

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

For more information about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education.

The Skills and Pathways Directorate supports students to access secondary and post-school education and training options, building strong careers and a flourishing economy and society. We collaborate to develop policy, pilot innovative ideas, engage with industry and deliver programs, to enhance skills and knowledge. We focus on unifying vocational and higher-education pathways.

**About the role**

The Pathways Strategy Engagement Officer provides support to a network of government schools to engage local businesses, industry, employers and training organisations to facilitate work exploration, work experience, mentorships, employment and careers development. The role supports the implementation of the Pathways for Secondary Student Strategy and the School Success Model Pathway targets aiming to ensure school leavers successfully transition to further education, training or employment.

We are building a new team to deliver this new initiative for the Department, to ensure that every secondary student is supported through pathways to succeed in post-school destinations. The Illawarra engagement service network supports a group of government schools in the Illawarra region, spanning Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama and Bomaderry areas. Local knowledge of the unique Illawarra environmental and business complexities is advantageous to the role.

The** **role will work flexibly across locations, including hybrid and mobile working. As the role involves travel between a group of government schools and within the local community, a current drivers licence and use of your own vehicle is required (with work-related kilometres reimbursed in line with Departmental travel guidelines and policy).

This is an outstanding long-term opportunity to play an important and foundational role in implementing this important Education reform initiative across NSW. Come and join us as we build pathways for lifelong learning, and support the delivery of a skilled and employable workforce for NSW through vocational education and training and higher education.

For further information please view the **role description**.

**About you**

You will be collaborative, solution focused and passionate about supporting young people reach their career and vocational goals, introducing them to different post-school study, training and employment options.

In addition to the above, and to be successful in this role, we are looking for you to have:

- Well-developed time management and organisation skills
- Capability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities, and maintain project documentation for reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes.

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Working with Children Check for paid employment
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as education, business, youth work or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Current and valid driver licence
- Own vehicle (Work-related kilometres reimbursed in line with Departmental travel guidelines and policy)

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

**Benefits**
- Opportunity to make a difference at Department of Education
- Flexible work-life balance
- Competitive salary
- 35 hour week

**How to apply**
- Submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.
- Attach an up-to-date resume (maximum of 5 pages)

**This is a child-related role. **As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number and complete a National Criminal Record Check. Visit the website for more information.

**Closing date**:Thursday 13 April 2023 at 11:59pm.**
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months._


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