Program Manager, Career Education Strategy

**Temporary full-time **Clerk Grade 11/12 **role, until 30 June 2026**
- **Parramatta location with hybrid working and flexible working arrangements**
- **Exciting opportunity to support delivery of a key strategic priority for the Department, providing high-quality career education and development**

**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

The Skills and Pathways directorate supports students to access secondary and post-school education and training options, building strong careers and a flourishing economy and society. We collaborate to develop policy, pilot innovative ideas, engage with industry and deliver programs, to enhance skills and knowledge. We focus on unifying vocational and higher-education pathways.

**About the role**

The Program Manager, Career Education Strategy supports the coordination and delivery of support for the implementation of the Department's newly-announced Pathways for Secondary Students strategy, developed to support students across NSW through pathways to succeed in post-school destinations.

The role provides strategic program, project and change management oversight and support for the delivery of Priority B of the strategy**:Provide high-quality career education and development** across NSW government secondary schools. This includes governance and policy development, and liaison with internal stakeholders including human resources and communications. The role is also responsible for liaison with school stakeholders to ensure the best outcomes will be achieved for students and to encourage school engagement with the Strategy.

This is a rare opportunity to join a strong and engaged team and contribute to the implementation of these important reform initiatives that will fundamentally change the way schools support student aspiration and success in their senior years and beyond. Come and join us as we build pathways for lifelong learning, and support the delivery of a skilled and employable workforce for NSW through vocational education and training and higher education.

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

**About you**
- High-level strategic project management experience in a large, diverse and complex organisation.
- Experience delivering complex and innovative programs and program initiatives that drive evaluation, reporting and accountability requirements, including establishing governance frameworks/structures and policy development.
- Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills to promote and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholder groups, including the ability to foster strategic relationships with industry partners to broker, develop and deliver programs.
- Experience and knowledge in developing and implementing appropriate governance and risk frameworks that inform planning, performance measures, assessment tools and systems, reporting standards, program direction and business objectives.
- Ability to manage and mitigate risk, managing issues and project milestones to ensure programs are developed and progressed within required timeframes and to agreed outcomes.
- Experience managing the administration and appropriate allocation of program budgets, including reporting on program outcomes and funding requirements.
- People management experience with demonstrated leadership skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to contribute to preparation of internal and ministerial briefing papers, reports, submissions and correspondence to a state and national audience, as well as provide expert advice to the senior executive and Minister's Offices on program deliverables and design.

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Degree qualification in related field
- Working with Children Check for paid employment

**Key knowledge and experience**
- Demonstrated skill and experience in a project management role in a large, diverse and complex organisation
- Knowledge 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**

Opportunity to make a difference at NSW Department of Education
- Flexible work-life balance
- 35 hour week
- Competitive salary

**How to apply**
- Submit a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role
- Attach an up-to-date resume (maximum of 5 pages)
- Provide your answers to all of the pre-screening questions, including the two targeted questions below:

- Targeted Question 1

Provide an example of a complex project that you have led or delivered that required ad