Project Officer

Job description

Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Teaching and Learning Services – Secondary

Years

Job title Project Officer Designation Administrative Officer 5

Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 14/03/2026

Salary $88,297 - $92,687 Location Darwin

Position number 19297 RTF Closing 21/09/2025

Contact officer Kylie Murphy, Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment 7-12 Assistant Director on or

About the agency

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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

Provide expert support, advice and training to facilitate all certification processes and procedures for the Northern Territory

Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET). Provide sound operational advice and information relating to Curriculum, Pedagogy

and Assessment (CPA), including the use of a range of web-based corporate systems, collection of relevant data and development

of high-level unit reporting.

Context statement

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) provides a holistic range of culturally responsive services and support to early childhood

settings and schools to maximise outcomes for Territory children and young people. This includes services and support for quality

teaching and learning, transition support, early childhood quality and integration, and policy coordination. TLS also strategically

implements government priorities, provides advice to the Minister and the department's senior executive, and engages with a broad

range of stakeholders to benefit our clients.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide expert advice, training and support to schools across the Northern Territory (NT) in the processes of entering, use and

validation of student data to enable the certification of senior secondary students.

2. Coordinate the validation of data through Schools Online exports for schools across the NT to ensure system wide compliance

with the South Australian Certification of Education (SACE) Board certification requirements.

3. Implement and monitor processes and reporting to manage the administration of system data and corporate impact data.

4. Coordinate and manage the publication and distribution of certificates and other documentation related to senior secondary

certification.

5. Assess requests for recognition of interstate and international qualifications and Vocational Education and Training (VET) studies

for equivalency, historical certificates and credit standing within the NTCET.

6. Work collaboratively with staff and officers within TLS to assist with access and analysis of system data.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Organisational skills of a very high order including proven ability to deliver successful outcomes while working with competing

priorities and demands and critical deadlines and the ability to manage large volumes of data consistently maintaining very high

standards of accuracy and attention to detail in pressure situations.

1. Demonstrated high level oral, written communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to work in teams and the

ability to gain the cooperation of others across the wider education system, including the ability to interact effectively with

people from diverse cultures.

1. Demonstrated strategic, conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to translate complex matters into succinct and

meaningful forms for use by others with a high-level ability to work independently and flexibly using initiative and judgement in

problem solving.

1. High standards of confidentiality and accountability
   
   Desirable
2. Experience in the use of Schools Online and Microsoft Office suite as well as data importing, exporting and data manipulation.
3. Experience in the use of SACE Board databases and other databases.
4. Certificate IV or higher in business administration or systems.
   
   Further information
   
   The selected applicant must hold a current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card) and driver's licence or the ability to

obtain prior to commencement.