Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:You will influence a place-based approach in your school and community by collaborating with key partners and across government agencies to deliver locally responsive and integrated strategies to school and community challenges.Your expertise in community engagement, coupled with your network of connections, will empower you to deliver transformative support that addresses attendance, engagement, and learning challenges, ultimately leading to improved educational outcomes for students.Your dedication to ensuring students attend, learn, and thrive will make the school location champions for their students, families, and the community. In your role, you will support at the school leader through the implementation of the system's Reading Commitment to ensure that all learners are developing the necessary skills to be literate, life-long learners.You may also organise school and community meetings, engaging with families and staff. About You You are a strong communicator with great time management as sometimes you will need to work as a team and sometimes on your own.work closely with other agencies, community groups and parentsuse past experience in co-design approaches when working with the school and communitylikes using data (such as truancy or absentee) and use this to inform strategies BenefitsAs a Department of Education employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to: Generous superannuation and choice of super fundAnnual incremental increasesCareer training and development for the roleFlexible work arrangementsSpecified locality allowance may apply Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. Mandatory Requirements for and Identified Role: It is a genuine occupational requirement for Identified roles that the position be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the?Anti Discrimination?Act 1991?for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act. Verification of Aboriginality and/or Torres Strait Island heritage For administrative purposes, in relation to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role, an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is either: of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in which he or she lives. By definition a person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role. Applicants to this position?may have?to provide confirmation of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Requesting proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from applicants helps to make sure that this intention is honoured. How to Apply Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); andA 1-pg written statement in response to the attached role description. We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
