Advertised Vacancy Number DOE934645
Provide every student in your region with a pathway to a successful future
The Department of Education is the WA public sector’s largest employer, with over 55,000 staff across the state delivering quality education for over 320,000 students. The Department’s strategic direction, ‘Every student, every classroom, every day’ is exemplified in schools across the state.
We are seeking to establish a pool of applicants to fill the positions of Assistant Director of Education across the education regions, with the following vacancies currently available:
- South Metropolitan Education Region – 60 months
- Kimberley Education Region – until 30 June 2025 with the possibility of extension
Suitable applicants from process DOE879726 do not need to reapply
About the Role
Assistant Directors of Education work with the Directors of Education to grow the educational leadership capacity across the region and throughout the public education system. In collaboration with the Deputy Director General Schools and other system leaders, they help build a strong network of high performing public schools.
Assistant Directors of Education lead and contribute to building a culture of service delivery within the regional office. In partnership with school leaders and central staff, they model and support the conditions of school empowerment and connectedness to a unified public education system in each region.
Assistant Directors of Education support Directors of Education in leading Regional Education Offices and undertake the following five key activities within the region:
- A focus on leading student achievement and progress
- Leadership of local, place-based initiatives to respond to local needs
- Strengthening local inter-agency approaches
- Critical incident response
- Identification and development of leadership talent.
Assistant Directors of Education are critical in articulating system strategic direction in a compelling way, brokering support for those schools who need it the most, challenging principals to identify areas of improvement for themselves and their schools, and encouraging and creating opportunities for connection and collaboration with other public school principals.
About You
You will use your interpersonal acumen to foster key relationships with public school principals, where your influence and leadership skills will have an impact on student achievement.
You will support the Director of Education to operationalise the Department’s strategic directions so every student is provided with an educational pathway to a successful future. Through your leadership, student health and wellbeing outcomes will be enhanced, literacy and numeracy achievement improved and student attendance increased.
A key element of this is leading improvement strategies so that outcomes for Aboriginal students are improved.
Assistant Directors of Education are based in some of the educational regions and are senior Department representatives at a regional level. You will work locally to maintain proactive partnerships with significant stakeholders and lead cross-agency projects.
You will have a passion for improving outcomes for all public school students, and your ability to pivot seamlessly from strategy to other elements (such as crisis or critical incident management) is crucial.
Applicants with experience in educational leadership and development are encouraged to apply.
Further Job related Information
More details on this position, including information on eligibility and training requirements, and can be found in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more specific information relating to the role and responsibilities of the position, please contact Steve Watson, Deputy Director General Schools on 08 9264 5602 or Deputy.Director.General.Schools@education.wa.edu.au.
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Building Leadership Impact
We are committed to building the leadership capability of our people. For more information, please visit Building Leadership Impact.
The leadership context for this role is Executive Leader.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please complete the online application form and attach the following:
- A CV of up to 3 pages that outlines your recent and relevant employment history. Please also include a short personal statement that reflects who you are as a leader, and a summary of your professional development that has been influential to you.
- The details of 3 referees who can attest to the claims made in your application, one from each of the following categories:
- Superordinate
- Peer
- Subordinate
- A 3 page statement addressing the following selection criteria, as outlined in the JDF:
- Lead collectively
- Think through complexity
- Deliver on high leverage areas
- Build capability
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to complete a video interview against the remaining criteria as part of this selection process.
Please refer to the attached for further information on how to apply. It is recommended you consider all information contained in the advertisement any other related information before applying for the vacancy.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, or if you do not receive a confirmation email once submitted, please contact the Executive Recruitment Team on 08 9264 8317.
Pool Appointments
This is a pool recruitment process where suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made for this or similar future vacancies that arise over the next 12 months prior to the end of February 2026.
Applications must be submitted before 4.30pm (WST) Monday, 13 January 2025
