Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE888060
Appointment Pool
School Staffing Support is seeking to establish a pool of School Staffing Consultants for appointments to fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies. Appointments from this pool can be made from May, 2024 up until the end of May, 2025.
Working for the Department of Education attracts a range of professional and personal benefits including:
- Flexible work arrangements including flexitime and working remotely
- Flexible leave arrangements, including study leave
- A comprehensive heath and wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program
- Career and professional development opportunities
- Salary packaging options
- Deferred salary scheme
- 11 percent employer contributions to superannuation
We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.
The Role and our Branch
The Staff Recruitment and Employment Services Directorate manages the Department’s human resource functions, including those who operate in central office as well as those in schools across the State. Positions encompass professional staff and a wide range of support staff within the Department.
Our team of Consultants are focussed on people – engaging with them to achieve positive outcomes and working with them to build capability and knowledge in human resource practices. Our schools manage their own budgets, and we support them to achieve this, by fostering workforce management strategies. The role is solution focussed, working in partnership with school leaders, line managers and employees.
Our day-to-day operations support the delivery of comprehensive and responsive workforce consultancy to school leaders in relation to appropriate application of human resource practices, school salary management and complex redeployment matters. Each member of our team has a designated portfolio of schools they support, acting as an essential contact for school leaders seeking operational advice to meet their current and future workforce needs.
School Staffing Consultants provide high level case management to employees, working with them on their redeployment journey, and advocating on their behalf to achieve successful outcomes. In this role you will need to apply experience and knowledge of public sector legislation, industrial instruments and policies to support a variety of school-based employees,
Suitable applicants will be expected to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships and effective communication networks with internal and external clients and stakeholders. In addition, this role will include developing and delivering professional learning and coaching to support the application of salaries, staffing and redeployment management policies and strategies, procedures, priorities, systems and practices.
Cultural Diversity
The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
Building Leadership Impact
We are committed to building the leadership capability of our people (Building Leadership Impact)
Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrated substantial skills and experience in the application of a public sector legislative framework and associated policies relevant to this role.
- Demonstrated highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to liaise, consult and negotiate professionally, build effective working relationships and networks, and provide an effective consultancy service and influence results.
- Demonstrated highly developed conceptual, analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to develop and implement innovative solutions which support the organisation’s objectives.
- Demonstrated organisational skills and ability to plan, prioritise, negotiate and implement strategies to deliver quality outcomes within a given timeframe and in a customer focussed manner.
For a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.
It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.
All inquiries are welcomed
Please contact Julie Knighton, Principal Consultant School Staffing Support by telephoning (08) 9264 4929 or emailing julie.knighton@education.wa.edu.au
Application Instructions
All applications are submitted online. Select “Apply for Job”, at either the top or bottom of this screen and follow all instructions. It is recommended you have relevant documents completed and ready to attach with your online application. Please allow enough time to complete this process as applications must be received prior to the closing date and time.
Your application should include:
- A two (2) page statement addressing the selection criteria listed above, in the context of the role and business needs of the branch
- A CV of up to four (4) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- The contact details for two (2) work related referees who can attest to the claims made in your written application, preferably one being your current line manager.
After you have submitted your application online, you will receive an email confirming lodgement. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please phone (08) 9264 4127.
If you are having difficulty submitting your online application, please phone (08) 9264 8666 for assistance.
Eligibility and Training Requirements
Employees will be required to:
- provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy;
- complete the Department’s induction program within three months of commencement
- complete the Department’s training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment and every three years thereafter.
- complete the Department’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural awareness online course within 3 months of commencement; and
- complete any training specific to this role required by Departmental policy
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit prior to commencement of employment
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications must be submitted before 4.30pm (WST) on Friday, 5 April 2024.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions at, or after, 4:30pm will not be accepted.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE
PROFORMA, FAXED, HAND DELIVERED, POSTED, EMAILED AND LATE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED