Senior Director

Job description

Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Reform Delivery

Job title Senior Director - Reform Delivery Designation Executive Contract Officer 2

Job type Full time Duration Fixed for up to 2 years

Salary $247,170 Location Darwin

Position number 45870 RTF Closing 03/09/2025

Contact officer David Ah Toy, Executive Director on

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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.

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Primary objective

The Senior Director Reform Delivery is responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary team to drive whole of agency reform delivery and

implementation through collaborative design, best-practice project and program management, and strategic coordination.

Context statement

The Reform Delivery work unit is within the School Support Branch of the Schools Division which support schools with School Operations;

School Leadership Culture and Care; and Emergency Management, Infrastructure and Safety. The current focus of the team is leading the

implementation of secondary reform in the Northern Territory including the move away from middle schools.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Lead the development of and support for the implementation of key programs and projects to address agency reform and

implementation.

1. Lead the coordination of key reform delivery across the agency.
2. As part of the leadership team, provide strategic direction, and work collegiately across the Schools Division and Department to drive

effective delivery of reform.

1. Develop, and maintain high level external relationships through effective communication, negotiation, and issues management.

2. Lead and manage the design, development, and implementation of priority strategic reform through cross divisional, interagency, and

national coordination and collaboration, in response to current and emerging issues affecting education in the Northern Territory.

1. Effectively manage programs and projects, drive performance, manage risk and ensure deliverables are met to realise outcomes.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Highly developed expertise and experience in developing and influencing to deliver and implement complex reform in a demanding

service delivery environment, through evidence-based research, critical analysis, and provision of high-level strategic advice,

demonstrating strong conceptual and analytical skills.

1. Superior strategic and operational leadership and management skills, with experience leading diverse teams to deliver with a positive

culture of performance.

1. Demonstrated experience in the areas of governance, strategy, implementation, and reform including managing complex stakeholder

management and relationships.

1. Demonstrated commitment to flexible, innovative, and problem-solving approaches to all aspects of the job and the ability to work

under pressure, including dealing with changing priorities and stringent deadlines.

1. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to negotiate confidentially and communicate appropriate, meaningful, and

accurate information and analysis to a wide variety of audiences.

1. Astuteness in interpreting and managing social, political, and organisational environments with the ability to network, build

relationships and create strategic alliances to deliver strategic and intergovernmental reform.

1. Highly developed expertise and experience in facilitation and collaboration across a large agency (including regions), government and

non-government sectors, the non-government sector and industry.

Desirable

1. Tertiary qualifications relevant to the position.

2. Knowledge of education systems and the strategic direction and objectives of the Department of Education and Northern Territory

Government.

Further information

The successful applicant will require a Current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card) or the ability to obtain in a timely manner

and be able to travel intrastate in small places as required.