Director, Teacher Education

7 months ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Education Standards Authority Full time

**Guiding the future of NSW education**

**Position details**
- **Ongoing role, Public Service Senior Executive (PSSE) Band 1**:

- **Close to Wynyard station with hybrid work available (2-3 office days per week as standard)**:

- **Drive crucial strategic and service delivery enhancements**

**About us**

At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), we’re dedicated to carrying out meaningful work that drives improvements and elevates student achievement across NSW, now and into the future.

We accomplish this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards).

NESA is a unique organisation in NSW (of around 700 FTE staff) with significant state-wide impact, visit our website to learn more about the important work we do.

**About the role**

It’s an exciting time to join the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) in the position of Director, Teacher Education and Accreditation. As an organisation we are undergoing a period of transformation and capability uplift, with a focus on our people and stakeholder experience and technology reform.

This position reports to our Executive Director, School and Teaching Standards, Lyn Kirkby and is a critical senior leadership role with overall responsibility for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programs, the accreditation of teachers (seeking to teach in NSW for the first time) and professional development programs for teachers across NSW.

It’s a fantastic opportunity for a highly skilled education leader to drive the strategy and service delivery of the Directorate to ensure team members and stakeholders have access to high-quality and reliable advice and services, supported by excellent data, streamlined processes and technology.

The role has an exciting suite of key deliverables to manage focused on the government’s statement of expectations including:

- Streamlining the teacher accreditation process and professional development processes and functions with a focus on user experience
- NSW implementation of national changes in ITE
- Partnering with members of ATRA (Australasian Teacher Regulatory Authorities) AITSL (Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership) and higher education providers on initial teacher education programs and policies, and teacher supply strategies

Within NESA there is an existing divisional-level work plan which guides an ambitious range of projects for the Directorate. These projects are at various stages of implementation and focus on continually improving and refining ways of working, to enhance the experience for teachers when engaging with NESA, and enable teams to support service delivery, while providing them with high levels career of satisfaction and wellbeing.

Another focus for the Director is enabling people managers to enhance collaboration amongst teams, identify capabilities within teams and provide tailored professional development opportunities.

**About you**

Further, this is a role for a highly organised executive who can manage delivery of a broad range of advice and services within budget.

We invite you to download the role description for additional important information on the role and welcome queries to Michelle Carlon on the contact details above.

**Ready to join us?**
- Please provide an example where you have led changes to work practice and culture of an area. Please briefly explain why the change was necessary and how you led the changes.
- Please provide an example where you managed a major incident or issue to ensure delivery of a large-scale operational program. What did you do to manage the incident?

If you need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process and workplace, please reach out to the contact person above.

**Important information**
**Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.** For ongoing roles, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Australian Temporary Residents may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.
- A Talent Pool (valid for 18 months) may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles._

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