Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $116,413 - $140,849
Grade: VPS 5
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/DE/VCAA/1952859
About the Department
The VCAA is a statutory body responsible to the Victorian Minister for Education, serving both government and non-government schools. In this context, the VCAA is responsible for developing high-quality curriculum and assessment products and services.
The VCAA is a registered foundational and senior secondary awarding body with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). As part of its functions, the VCAA develops policies, criteria and standards for:
The VCAA develops strong relationships with the government, Independent and Catholic school sector, other national and interstate curriculum authorities, academics in the field, teacher/subject associations and, most importantly, with Victorian educators.
All VCAA employees are expected to perform their duties in accordance with relevant legislation, governance requirements, policies and procedures, safety obligations, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees, and the Victorian Public Sector Values.
All roles are expected to work collaboratively across teams and functions, build productive relationships, and contribute to shared organisational outcomes.
About the Division
Corporate Services Division provides enabling services to support the operation of the VCAA with communications, engagement, data and analytics, legal policy, finance, human resources, technology infrastructure and applications.
Corporate Services is focussed on delivering high quality, innovative services and operating as a strong collaborative partner to the Curriculum and Assessment Divisions to support delivery of the VCAAs vision and mission.
The Digital Delivery and Applications Unit in the IMT Branch builds, changes and supports applications and digital solutions. It provides the core delivery capability for application development, enhancements, testing and release, helping ensure digital services are reliable, maintainable and aligned to business needs.
About the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide expert analysis, programming and leadership of software changes to a suite of VCAA custom built applications that are used to run assessments in Victoria, including VCE, VET, VPC and NAPLAN.
Proven experience and efficiency in the following group of technologies is required: .NET, ASP.NET with MVC, C#, web services, Powershell, HTML5, CSS, java-script, MS SQL Server or Oracle database and PL/SQL.
As a senior member of the development team, the position will also be responsible managing 1-2 small to medium IT development projects each year.
Providing on call support during critical business processing periods is a requirement of this position.
Applicants are required to include a Curriculum Vitae and information that addresses the key selection criteria provided in the position description.
Attributes
To be successful in this role:
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Required:
Desirable:
How to Apply
Applicants are encouraged to include a Curriculum Vitae and a Cover letter addressing the key selection criteria provided in the position description
Further Information
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.
The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page
Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.
For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Leon Troeth – Manager, Assessment Applications via (03) 9059 5224 or [email protected]
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Applications close 11:59pm on 29-Oct-2026