Curriculum Officer

About us

As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders.

QFES is one department with many services, many capabilities and many partners.

Purpose of the role

Curriculum Writing unit is responsible for reviewing and developing quality training and development products, services and systems that provide a holistic and specialised approach to curriculum design and flexible learning materials to meet the requirements of each capability stream across QFES and will enable trainers and assessors throughout QFES to effectively deliver quality learning and development activities.

Reporting to the Manager, you will be a key member of the team providing advice, consultation, needs analysis, curriculum instructional design, development, review and continuous improvement of flexible learning products and resources ensuring all curriculum remains relevant, contemporary, meets stakeholder objectives, and complies with current industry best practice and frameworks.

Key requirements

Highly desirable requirements
- Possession of a current Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and/or accredited tertiary qualification in adult education or can obtain the skill within a mutually agreed timeframe.
- Knowledge or experience working in a quality assurance role within a Registered Training Organisation environment.
- Knowledge or experience in project management methodologies.

Your key accountabilities

Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:

- Contribute to the review, development, and instructional design of flexible education and training curriculum and resources and manage completion within negotiated timeframes.
- Develop and design high quality curriculum products that meet QFES capability owner requirements and align with training and assessment standards and meet legislative and departmental compliance.
- Undertake research, planning, analysis, and interpret and align curriculum design to industry competency standards and qualifications, ensuring training products align to operational capabilities.
- Prepare correspondence, briefs, submissions and reports in relation training curriculum and related issues as required, and in accordance with department requirements and timeframes.
- Provide advice and manage projects identifying changes and recommendation within the development and production processes for a range of flexible learning materials and programs.
- Liaise, consult and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders regarding initiatives impacting on the design of flexible learning materials and delivery of programs.
- Represent QFES and contribute to the delivery and coordination of workshops and meetings with internal and external stakeholders in relation to projects, curriculum and best practice training programs.

Capabilities

To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:
Leadership Competency Stream - Individual Contributor (leading self)
Vision
- Stimulates ideas and innovation
- Makes insightful decisions

Results
- Builds enduring relationships
- Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability
- Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
- Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values:

- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Courage
- LoyaltyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.