Project Officer

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 Curriculum and Teaching Practice Division (CTPD) is responsible for developing and supporting schools to implement the department's teaching and learning policies and providing curriculum implementation guidance to Victorian government schools. 

CTPD draws on contemporary research and practice evidence to develop evidence-based teaching and learning policy reforms, co-design and implement initiatives to support schools to deliver high-quality teaching programs. CTPD has primary responsibility for providing advice and implementation support to government schools to deliver the Victorian Curriculum. 

CTPD currently has four branches: 

1. Teaching and Learning Resources
2. Curriculum and Professional Practice
3. Literacy and Languages
4. Mathematics, Science and Digital Learning

Across these branches, the key functions include: 

• developing and communicating policies and guidance in areas such as curriculum planning, pedagogy, assessment and reporting, curriculum implementation (including languages education, Holocaust education, literacy instruction, mathematics and numeracy education), and artificial intelligence 
• developing lesson plans and other classroom teaching and learning resources to support the implementation of departmental pedagogical settings and F-10 curriculum 
• designing and delivering high-quality professional learning to build teachers' professional expertise in key pedagogical and curriculum areas 
• developing and managing the Arc Platform and implementing high-quality teaching and learning software 
• fostering student, family and community engagement through programs like the Premiers' Reading Challenge, Books in Prep Bags, and community language school

About the Role

An exciting opportunity to join our team and play a key role in implementing Victoria's new approach to reading. 

The department is offering new early years literacy assessments for government schools and exploring expanding this offering to provide assessment for upper primary and lower secondary. This supports the school system to align their teaching and learning to the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0 (VTLM 2.0) and Victorian approach to teaching reading. 

We're seeking a part-time (0.8FTE) VPS4 Program Officer (until 5 March 2027) to support key corporate activities, including writing briefings, facilitating communications, and managing project deliverables. This role will involve working with other members of the unit to meet timelines over the next 6 months. 

If you're a proactive, results-driven professional with a passion for education and collaboration, we'd love to hear from you! This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a team to shape educational resources that will have a lasting impact on teaching and learning across Victoria.
 
Attributes

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Desirable Qualifications and Experience

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Further Information

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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

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Brittany Chipman – Acting Manager via (03) 9139 7*** or ***************@education.vic.gov.au

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 07/08/2026