Saes1 Assistant Director, Curriculum and Assessment

**Department for Education**
**Job reference**: 641473
**Location**: 5007 - HINDMARSH
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Why work with us**:
Every child and young person deserves a great education.

We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child’s potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents, and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing.

Together we will make our education system the best it can be.

When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.

**About the role**:
The Curriculum Policy and Standards directorate, within the Curriculum and Learning Division, provides curriculum and assessment policy as well as literacy, numeracy, English as an Additional Language (EALD) or Dialect and Aboriginal Languages advice and resources for teachers and leaders that empower children and young people to learn and thrive.

The directorate works collaboratively with leaders, educators, and colleagues across the department and across agencies, to provide high-quality curriculum policy, programs, and standards so each child and young person can learn and thrive and are enabled to reach their full potential.

The Assistant Director, Curriculum and Assessment Policy provides leadership in developing evidence informed curriculum and assessment policy. The role leads the research into national and international policy and educational developments to advance curriculum and assessment policy. The Assistant Director leads a team of policy officers and seconded teachers.

The Assistant Director, Curriculum and Assessment Policy ensures that curriculum policies align with and activate the Department’s strategies and priorities, including “Our Strategy” and the Aboriginal Education Strategy.

**Essential qualifications and competencies**:

- An appropriate tertiary qualification including post-graduate qualifications in an appropriate discipline desirable or relevant experience.
- Experience leading in a large and complex organisation at an executive level, ensuring the translation of priorities into executed deliverables.

**What you will get in return**:

- A three year executive contract.
- Dynamic leadership role within a high-performance team
- Be a part of a forward-thinking and dynamic team and enjoy a supportive and collaborative work environment.

**Special Conditions**:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

**Enquiries**:
**Application Instructions**:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.

Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter, outlining their suitability against the position description.

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

**Additional Note**:
This is a full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), initial 3 year contract

**Applications close**: 03/01/2025 5:00 PM