Programs Officer

**Ongoing full-time opportunity**:

- **Grade 7/8 with salary ranging from $101,947 to $112,849 + super**:

- **We are located in Parramatta with offices across the state and offer flexible working**:

- **We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people living with disability and people living in regional areas to apply**

**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

**About the Early Childhood Outcomes Division**

The Early Childhood Outcomes Division leads the delivery of the Early Years Commitment program, including comprehensive investments in the critical first 5 years of life for every child - in child development and in early education and care, making investments that support families and the community now, as well as investing in long term reforms for the future. Key initiatives will include supporting families with young children to access the services they need to support their own prosperity and wellbeing; valuing and growing the early childhood education and care sector and investing in early childhood teachers and educators.

**About the role**

The Universal Pre-Kindergarten Design and Delivery teams are focused on designing and delivering a new universal pre-Kindergarten year in the year before primary school, for every child by the end of the decade. These teams are made up of practitioners, service designers, project managers and policy makers who are putting the needs of families, children and the sector at the centre of the design and delivery of new universal pre-Kindergarten year. We want to ensure all children, families and communities in NSW experience the pre-Kindergarten year as a shared, life-changing start to their education journey.

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

**About you**
- Experience in project or program management
- Advanced interpersonal skills including a proven ability to motivate, influence, persuade and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare program plans, reports, briefings and presentations on projects to a variety of audiences.
- Experience in managing complex and sensitive issues
- Experience working in a large or complex organisation

**Essential requirements of the role**
- A valid Working with Children Check for paid employment.

**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**
- 35 hour week with flexible/hybrid working
- Leave entitlements and time in lieu
- Access to fitness passport
- Supportive and collaborative team culture

**How to apply**

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.

**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: 15th March** at 11:59pm.
- Please note: 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_