Project Manager

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 Victorian Child Information Sharing Division sits within Early Childhood Education group. The division leads Victoria's Child Information Sharing reforms, including the Child Information Sharing Scheme and Child Link, to promote child wellbeing and safety. The division contributes to implementation and change management activities for the early childhood system reforms, including measuring attendance of children at kindergarten to support the roll-out of the Best Start, Best Life Reforms.

About the Role

The Project Manager (Principal Project Officer) is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to support the implementation of Arrival for Victorian Kindergartens.

This is a fixed term position until 30th June

Attributes

To be successful in this role you will have strong stakeholder management skills, with a strong focus on effective project management.

The position is part of a larger team that embeds the Victorian Government's Child Information Sharing Reforms. The position reports to the Manager, CIS Practice Improvement and will work flexibly across the Unit and in close collaboration with other divisions to deliver effective implementation of the Arrival system.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

An understanding of funded kindergarten programs and the broader early childhood sector is also highly relevant.

Key areas of focus include a number of the following:

• support consultation with key internal and external stakeholders to provide strategic advice
• leading the Arrival Implementation including supporting onboarding requirements for enrolment capture and continuing the roll-out of attendance capture for sessional services
• preparation and coordination of briefs and papers for relevant governance meetings and ministerial briefs
• ongoing review, support and advice for changes to Arrival
• support the Manager with any other tasks as required.

The position will also work collaboratively across teams in the CIS Practice and Support Branch and with teams in other Branches in the Victorian Child Information Sharing Division and the broader Department to ensure work is aligned and to create a positive and productive work culture.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

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For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Nerida Mason, Manager, CIS Practice Improvement via

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on 26th August 2025.