This is a permanent full-time position commencing ASAP
The Department Standards and Integrity Directorate within the Professional Standards and Conduct Division, is responsible for:
- assessing and managing complaints
- investigating staff disciplinary matters and Reportable Conduct complaints
- conducting reviews, including those relating to child deaths
- monitoring working with children check compliance of departmental employees
- delivering integrity education training across the Department
- identifying and managing serious misconduct risk associated with fraud and corruption
The Role
Are you driven by a passion for integrity and the highest standards of professional conduct in public education? Do you thrive on meaningful work that genuinely makes a difference?
Join us as a Senior Investigator and become an essential part of a dynamic, values‑led team that plays a pivotal role in strengthening trust and integrity across the education sector. This is an opportunity to apply your expertise where it truly matters, ensuring fairness, accountability and quality outcomes for staff, students and the community.
In this role, you will lead and conduct investigations into staff‑related complaints, build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and provide strategic advice that helps identify and mitigate misconduct risks across the system.
We are seeking individuals who ideally have strong investigative capability, whether developed through formal investigation roles or through highly transferable skills. If you enjoy working in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment and want to apply your experience in a meaningful way, we’d love to hear from you.
Join us in championing integrity across public education and help create safer, more respectful and more accountable workplaces for all.
Professional Benefits
We are conveniently located in East Perth and our employees enjoy a range of benefits which include:
- 12% employer contributed superannuation.
- Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work life balance including working from home, and flexible working hours
- Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave
- Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance
- Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments)
- Enjoy easy access to public transport with the Claisebrook train station just a 5-minute walk away or, take advantage of the free Yellow Cat bus service that stops outside our building entrance. Additionally, various CPP parking locations are within walking distance.
Want to know more?
Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Susie Baker, Manager, Standards and Integrity on 0418 930 857 or by emailing susie.baker@education.wa.edu.au
We are committed to building the leadership capability of our people (Building Leadership Impact).
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our workplaces 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.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.
- obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check.
- hold a current C class drivers licence.
- travel intrastate as required.
- complete a declaration prior to employment and annually thereafter disclosing any previous disciplinary findings, criminal charges or convictions, and ongoing conflicts of interest.
- provide a statement from previous employer/s with regard to any disciplinary findings.
More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website and in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
Application Instructions
Apply online in two easy steps:
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A CV of up to five (5) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A statement of no more than two (2) pages addressing selection criteria 1,3 and 4 as outlined in the attached JDF:
1. Demonstrated skills and experience in undertaking complex and sensitive investigations of complaints and breaches of discipline.
3. Demonstrated highly developed oral and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels and provide quality customer service.
4. Demonstrated highly developed written communication skills, including experience in the preparation of complex and/or sensitive reports.
Shortlisted applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the remaining selection criteria assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process
The selection process will include psychometric testing before successful candidates are appointed.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE1034492
Applicants assessed as suitable may be considered for similar vacancies that arise in our branch within the next 12 months. This includes circumstances where this position becomes subsequently vacant should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 8 April 2026
