Careers & Pathways Practitioner

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 3

**Occupation**:Education and training

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1489460

**Location Profile**:

- The curriculum is innovative and designed to ensure literacy, numeracy and curiosity are at the centre of Years 7-10 learning in order to maximize success in VCE and VCAL. The college begins four days of the week with 35 minutes of Effective Reading to ensure literacy improvement. The Years 7-9 Inquiry program is designed to teach the research, problem-solving and collaborative skills required for Years 10-12 VCE and VCAL success. Teachers work with an action research approach and utilize multiple data sets to inform differentiation of and for learning in each student. Teachers are coached, mentored, observed by peers and reflect on practice. Every Tuesday during curriculum focused meetings and every Wednesday in Professional Learning and Engagement focused meetings, staff deepen their knowledge of our learning framework and the William Ruthven Secondary College Explicit Instructional Model to best support the individual learning needs of our diverse student population.
- The college enjoys very close partnerships with La Trobe University, RMIT and Sutton Tools which ensures our young people aspire to University degrees after Year 12 due to their confidence in the University model and pathway to ensure their future success.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Possess formal qualification in careers counselling and pathways coordination or be undertaking a formal qualification relevant to the position.
- Demonstrated highly developed organisational, communication (verbal, written and IT skills) and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and demonstrated experience in working with young people.
- Demonstrated work in a team environment with the capacity to build productive relationships with key stakeholders within the College, across the education sector and wider community to provide organisational benefit.
- High level ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.

**Role**:

- Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.
- Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.
- The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3. Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility. Staff management issues will be resolved with mínimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases. Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations.
- This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years. Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered. Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.
- An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work with the College Principal to ensure that the initiatives outlined in the DET 'Transforming Career Education" are implemented
- Work as a member of the senior school, middle school and curriculum teams to ensure careers and pathways planning are an integral part the curriculum for every student
- Conduct routine presentations to parents and students to assist teachers in communicating the objectives of the careers program at the College.
- Assist students on an indivi