This is a permanent full-time position commencing August 2026
The Secondary Schools, District High Schools and Post-School Pathways Directorate sits within Service Delivery and plays a key role in supporting schools to improve student outcomes. It focuses on coordinating targeted, evidence-based support for secondary and district high schools, particularly those identified as requiring additional assistance, ensuring alignment with the Department’s strategic priorities and commitment to high-quality teaching and leadership.
The Directorate also contributes to strengthening post-school pathways by providing expertise and guidance that helps schools better prepare students for future education, training, and employment. Through collaboration with regions and schools, it ensures services are effectively planned and delivered, supporting both immediate student achievement and longer-term success beyond school.
The Role
The Project and Support Officer supports the implementation of system strategies and priorities by contributing to the development and delivery of professional learning, policies, resources, and services that improve student outcomes. Assists in planning, coordinating, and evaluating projects, programs, and initiatives, while providing subject matter support to inform system responses, including briefings, reports, and ministerial documentation.
The role requires coordination of administrative systems and processes to enable effective service delivery, including data collection, analysis, and program evaluation which inform planning and reporting. The Project and Support Officer provides executive and administrative support to projects, including preparing correspondence, managing records, maintaining online resources, and supports procurement and financial processes, in line with policy.
In this role you will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to support the development and implementation of initiatives, and assist with contract management and human resource activities and operations. The position requires engagement in culturally responsive and context-specific practices, ensuring respectful and effective collaboration across teams and business units to deliver integrated services and support to schools and the system.
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 Rachel Whitty, Manager, Secondary Schools, District High Schools & Post-School Pathways on (08) 9402 6357 or by emailing rachel.whitty@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.
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 three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A two (2) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF:
- Demonstrated proficiency in providing administrative services, including experience in technical systems and database support, executive services and administering and reporting on financial systems and budgets.
- Demonstrated well developed written communication skills and the ability to prepare correspondence, briefing notes, and guidelines.
- 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.
- Demonstrated well developed conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to identify and clarify issues and generate strategies to address them.
Shortlisted applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the remaining selection criteria assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process.
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: DOE1040159
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 Monday, 22 June 2026
