Curriculum Lead, Design and Digital Technologies

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**About the Division**

The Curriculum and Teaching Practice Division (CTPD) is responsible for developing and supporting schools to implement the department's teaching and learning policies and providing curriculum implementation guidance to Victorian government schools.

CTPD draws on contemporary research and practice evidence to develop evidence-based teaching and learning policy reforms, co-design and implement initiatives to support schools to deliver high-quality teaching programs. CTPD has primary responsibility for providing advice and implementation support to government schools to deliver the Victorian Curriculum.

CTPD has three branches:

- Teaching and Learning
- Literacy, Languages, the Arts and Humanities
- Numeracy, STEM and Digital Learning.

Across these branches, the key functions include:

- developing and communicating policies and guidance in areas such as curriculum planning, pedagogy, assessment and reporting, curriculum implementation (including languages education, Holocaust education, literacy instruction, mathematics and numeracy education), and artificial intelligence
- developing lesson plans and other classroom teaching and learning resources to support the implementation of departmental pedagogical settings and F-10 curriculum
- designing and delivering high-quality professional learning to build teachers' professional expertise in key pedagogical and curriculum areas
- developing and managing the Arc Platform and implementing high-quality teaching and learning software
- fostering student, family and community engagement through programs like the Premiers' Reading Challenge, Books in Prep Bags, and community language schools.

**About the Role**

CTPD is leading the development of sequenced lesson plans to support the implementation of the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 and the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0, with a focus on the priority areas of English, Mathematics, Science, and Design and Digital Technologies.

We are seeking a Curriculum Lead to contribute to the development and implementation of high-quality lesson plans in Design and Digital Technologies. This position plays a key role in ensuring that teaching and learning resources reflect contemporary curriculum and evidence-based pedagogical approaches.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position available until 30 June 2026.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead the development of lesson plans, ensuring alignment with curriculum requirements and pedagogical best practices.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including content suppliers, to ensure timely delivery and quality assurance of resources.
- Oversee project planning and contract management to support effective delivery of curriculum materials.
- Engage across the department to clarify and promote the use of evidence-based teaching and learning approaches.
- Coordinate teacher input and independent quality assurance processes to uphold high standards in lesson plan design.

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

- Expertise in curriculum design, with a strong focus on Design and Digital Technologies.
- Sound knowledge of explicit teaching and evidence-based instructional practices.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects, prioritise competing tasks, and meet tight deadlines.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with a collaborative and solutions-focused approach.
- A commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in educational practice.

**Attributes**

**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Education
- Teaching experience in Design and Digital Technologies.

**Further Information**

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close** 11:59pm on 16-JUL-2025.