This is a permanent full-time position commencing August 2026

Quality Teaching Branch sits within Statewide Services and contributes to the Department of Education’s commitment to ensuring every student has access to high-quality teaching and leadership. It supports schools by providing targeted services, expert advice and system-level support, with a focus on improving student achievement—particularly for those schools and learners who need it most—while also informing broader strategy and policy development.

Aligned to Professional Capability and the Teaching Quality and Innovation directorate, the branch plays a key role in strengthening teaching and learning excellence across the system. It builds workforce capability through the development and implementation of system-wide strategies, professional learning and innovative practices that enhance teaching quality, supporting improved outcomes for all students.

The Role

Quality Teaching is seeking a highly motivated Project Officer - Aboriginal Languages to contribute to, and support the planning, implementation, reporting and evaluation of the Aboriginal Languages initiative. This initiative delivers the Aboriginal Languages Teacher Training (ALTT) course for Aboriginal staff to become Aboriginal language teachers.

As a Project Officer - Aboriginal Languages you will contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Aboriginal Languages Initiative. The role also involves coordinating initiatives including statewide Aboriginal Languages teacher training, undertaking research on trends and issues in Aboriginal languages education, preparing reports and briefing for senior management, administering and reporting on financial systems and budgets. Working collaboratively across teams and business unit, the position ensures integrated service delivery while promoting the teaching and learning of Aboriginal languages for all students.

The successful applicant will liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support the development, delivery and implementation of the Aboriginal Languages Initiative. Applicants with demonstrated well developed written communication skills and the ability to prepare correspondence and briefing notes are strongly encouraged to apply.

Professional Benefits

 We are conveniently located in Padbury 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 or remote, flexible working hours and part-time arrangements
• 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) 

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 Michelle Webb, Manager - Quality Teaching on 0476 809 453 or by emailing Michelle.Webb1@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

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 two (2) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
• A three (3) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF:
  1. Demonstrated proficiency in providing administrative services, including experience in technical systems and databases support, executive services and administering and reporting on financial systems and budgets.
  2. Demonstrated well developed written communication skills and the ability to prepare correspondence and briefing notes.
  3. Demonstrated well developed verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with people at all levels and to work effectively in a team environment.
  4. Demonstrated well developed and conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to identify and clarify issues and generate strategies to address them.
  5. Demonstrated well developed organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and work autonomously.

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: DOE1056164

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 Friday 31 July 2026