Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 2
Occupation: Administration
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1520018
Virtual School Victoria: School Context
Virtual School Victoria (VSV) is one of the largest State Government schools in Victoria. Previously known as Distance Education Centre Victoria, our history dates back to 1909. Our teaching model is based on the most extensive evidence-based research conducted into virtual learning in Australia. VSV is a warm, welcoming community that enables staff to thrive through a supportive environment, collaboration and professional learning opportunities.
About the VSV Online Team
We are a creative and talented team that is passionate about the delivery of accessible and engaging online education. We ensure the relationship between learning outcomes, resources and activities is explicit and aligned with the application of current web design, design thinking and UX principles.
SC1 Demonstrated experience and skills in coordinating a specific IT function in an educational setting or similar
SC2 Demonstrated capacity to develop procedures and guidelines relating to the work area.
SC3 Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills.
SC4 Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.
SC5 Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.
SC6 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.
This is a 48/52 position, with up to 10 recall days per annum.
As a Web Designer, you will build online learning materials for students from Foundation to Year 12. You will be responsible for transforming course documents into engaging, interactive online learning content within the school's LMS, by collaborating with Course Writers, Editors and other stakeholders. You will have access to ongoing professional development and flexible work arrangements with the ability to work both on and off site.
About You
You are a well organised and energetic person who flourishes both working within a team setting and when working alone. With skills in building static web content and a high standard of written and verbal skills, you will be able to easily and quickly transform educational content into an appealing and user-friendly product for a wide variety of students. You will be at a further advantage if you possess the additional skills to be able to maintain good relationships with varying types of internal and external stakeholders.
Benefits of working with us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, our people enjoy a range of rewards:
¿ Great work/life balance
¿ Contribute in a meaningful way to the education of young people
¿ Family-friendly
¿ Flexible working arrangements and generous leave
¿ A supportive and collaborative team environment
¿ Design and build engaging learning materials within the Moodle LMS.
¿ Collaborate with Course Writers, Editors and other stakeholders.
¿ Build interactive content using various tools, such as H5P and Articulate.
¿ Create or modify assets using various tools, such as Adobe Creative Suite
¿ Work with various stakeholders to improve processes and refine styles.
¿ Advise and support teaching staff developing learning program material for use within the LMS.
¿ Test new functions/tools inside the LMS before introducing them to teachers and students.
¿ Develop HTML and CSS based templates for teaching staff and students to use.
¿ Perform other duties as directed.
Ideally, you will further have:
¿ Qualifications and/or comparable experience developing digital learning design in a similar or related field
¿ The ability to build and maintain meaningful and successful relationships with a wide array of internal and external contacts
¿ Experience, preferably in an educational setting, in digital service design using a content management system and/or other integrated learning tools and online programs
¿ Experience with User Interface and User Experience design
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
VSV employs a hybrid rostering system of remote and onsite work. The successful applicant will be required to work onsite at Virtual School Victoria, 315 Clarendon Street, Thornbury on their rostered onsite day(s).
Applications should be prepared in a standard font, preferably Arial or Calibri, at size 11 or 12. Pages should be single sided and have well delineated sections using clear headings.
Applicants are advised to include:
1. A cover sheet providing the name of the applicant, record number (where applicable), home and email address, telephone number and a telephone number where the applicant can be contacted during business hours.
2. A specific response to each of the five selection criteria of no more than one page per criterion.
3. A separate curriculum vitae that is a summary of experience and qualifications.
4. The names of three referees including contact details, current or past position and relationship to the applicant, and a short explanation as to which selection criteria each referee can best comment on.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Please note, due to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications with current valid working rights in Australia and candidates who are not affected by travel restrictions.