Manager - Registrations and Authorisations

Job description

Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Teacher Registration Board

Job title Manager - Registrations and Authorisations Designation Senior Administrative Officer 1

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing commencing 08/12/2025

Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin

Position number 19657 RTF Closing 23/10/2025

Contact officer Lisa Hirschausen, A/Director on or

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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY

QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with

disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss this

with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

The Manager, Registrations and Authorisations is a pivotal role to the success of the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory.

This position leads a team responsible for processing registration and authorisation applications, managing related enquiries, and handling

confidential information. As the system owner of the Register of Teachers, the Manager ensures data governance and compliance with

legislative and policy requirements, including mutual recognition across jurisdictions. This position reports directly to the Director.

Context statement

The Office of the Board supports the Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory, an independent statutory authority,

administered by the Department of Education and Training and reporting to the Minister for Education, Training and Early Education. The

Board is charged with maintaining teacher registration and teacher standards in the Northern Territory.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Design and manage systems for teacher registration and authorisation, ensuring compliance with legislation and policy.

2. Oversee assessment outcomes, moderation, and data integrity across the team, maintaining high standards and confidentiality.

3. Create clear guidelines, Board papers, and stakeholder communications to support transparency and shared understanding.

4. Lead and support a high-performing team through peak periods, training staff and managing complex enquiries.

5. Maintain the Register of Teachers, ensuring data governance, secure information handling, and alignment with national priorities.

6. Represent the NT in national forums (e.g., ATRA) and manage team budgets, procurement, and HR in line with NTG policies.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Working with Children Clearance Notice (Ochre Card) and National Police Clearance.

2. Demonstrated high level knowledge and application of the National Framework for the Registration of Teachers, ACECQA National

Quality Standards and other NT and Commonwealth Legislative frameworks which inform registration, authorisation.

3. Evidenced record of accomplishment of policy, process and resource development that enables high volume and diverse application

management, stakeholder engagement and secure information management of confidential information.

4. Demonstrated exceptional oral, written and communication skills including an ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and team

members, articulating professional expectations, author Board and other government documentation and establish cyclical

communication plans for diverse stakeholders and interested parties and participate in national representative groups.

1. Demonstrated human and resource management skills including the ability to maintain confidentiality, secure information, take direction,

and manage competing deadlines and workloads for team members that enable timely responsiveness in meeting external demands and

expectations.

1. Experience governing a critical database/platform with multiple points of input, reporting requirements and threats to data validity.

Desirable

1. Leadership experience facilitating change in data digitisation and transition from analogue to information communications

technologies and systems-based solutions.

2. Experience in a regulatory setting

3. Tertiary and/or post-graduate qualifications in a relevant discipline

Further information

The selected applicant must hold a current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card) or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.

Visit for more information on the Teacher Registration Board.