Vet Special School Cluster Coordinator

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Classroom Teacher

**Occupation**:Classroom teacher

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1487427

**Location Profile**:
The Specialist School VET Cluster Operations Group support 14 Specialist Schools located across the state.
- Ascot Vale Heights School is the host school for this role.
- The vision of the Group is:

- To empower every student with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to excel in their chosen vocational paths, fostering an inclusive and innovative learning environment that bridges the gap between education and industry. Our cluster of specialist schools is dedicated to providing high-quality, tailored vocational education and training that equips students with practical expertise and industry-relevant experience. Through strong partnerships with local businesses, community organisations, schools and educational institutions, we strive to create a dynamic ecosystem that supports lifelong learning, personal growth, and sustainable career opportunities for all.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal skills and communication skills, including the ability to show initiative, negotiate and problem solve whilst maintaining credibility.
- Demonstrated capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships between people with a disability and their parents and carers,.
- Demonstrated understanding of issues facing students with disability and their parents/carers.
- Proven experience working on large scale collaborative projects.
- Proven ability to establish collaborative partnerships with a range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, while staying focused and on task.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a budget.
- Experience in managing contracts and exceeding KPIs.
- Demonstrated competency in software packages such as excel, publishing software etc.

**Role**:

- The VET Special School Cluster Coordinator is responsible for delivering critical management functions to support the implementation of the Department¿s VET Cluster framework, which includes strategic planning and the VDSS lifecycle. Oversight for the Cluster Coordinator will sit with the Cluster¿s Governance Group. The Cluster Coordinator will manage the day-to-day activities and operations of the VET Cluster.

**Responsibilities**:
**Cluster**Operations**
- Managing the daily operations of the Specialist School VET Cluster.
- Chairing and managing the Specialist School VET Cluster Operations Group.
- Identifying and leading the planning and development of new programs, products, and services to increase opportunities for young people in the Cluster.
- Monitoring and evaluating Cluster performance, including leading Cluster self-audits to identify the operational and strategic functions requiring improvement and designing strategies to address these.
- Supporting school-based VET Coordinators, including building capabilities through identifying and organising professional development.
- Managing appropriate software solutions to:

- Engage in identifying trends in enrolments and planning to address potential access and provision gaps based on this.
- Organising Cluster activities such as orientation programs and awards nights, and ensure they meet high standards of quality and relevance.
- Planning and manage the transport logistics of student movement between the schools and providers.

**Implementation**of**the**VET**Cluster**Framework**and**VDSS**Lifecycle**
- Implementing the Department¿s VET Cluster framework.
- With guidance from the Cluster Governance Group and in collaboration with the Area-Based Pathways Workforce, leading the annual strategic planning process, including drafting of the strategic plan.
- Coordinating meetings of Cluster governance and operations groups, including:

- Developing agendas and taking and distributing minutes.
- Organising the venue and catering.

**Stakeholder**Engagement**
- Acting as the central point of contact between stakeholders
- Responding to communications from stakeholders and team members in a timely and professional manner.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with the following stakeholders:

- Area-based pathways workforce
- LLEN
- All Cluster schools
- Head Start Hub Director
- TAFE(s)
- Private RTOs that service the Cluster
- Victorian Skills Authority
- Local employers and industry.
- Identifying and developing relationships with new stakeholders that will benefit the Cluster¿s objectives and goals.

**Communications**and**Documentation**
- Developing Cluster communications products, including promotional and information materials, and managing their dissemination.
- Developing and maintaining Cluster documentation such as Cluster operations guidelines and student handbooks.
- Providing critical information to inform reporting for contracts and partnerships

**Who May Apply**:

- Any ind