Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Leadership and management
Location: Gippsland - Baw Baw
Reference: 1521146
KEY SELECTION CRITERIA
-Victorian Public Sector Values as detailed in Organisational Values section above
-Proven record of leading high-effect improvement strategies across school settings in order to lift performance
and achievement levels.
-Extensive knowledge of and experience in education and training sectors including strategic acumen and an
understanding of systems, institutions and stakeholder perspectives.
-Extensive strategy and change management experience, and experience in the leadership and management of
policy implementation and service delivery in large complex organisations undergoing significant structural and
cultural change.
-High effect interpersonal, communication, facilitation and people management capabilities, and a demonstrated
capacity to build strong stakeholder relationships and to work effectively at the community level to gain commitment
of others to agreed goals.
-Demonstrated financial acumen and highly effective budget management experience.
ROLE CONTEXT
Schools and Regional Services
Schools and Regional Services comprises 17 Areas within four regions across the state, as well as 5 central Divisions. The responsibilities of Schools and Regional Services include:
The regional model is designed to:
ROLE PURPOSE & KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Senior Education Improvement Leaders (SEILs) play a key leadership role for Schools and Regional Services (SRS) within the Department of Education and Training (DET). The role provides critical system leadership, supporting the Deputy Secretary to ensure that the regions operate efficiently, cohesively and in alignment with the Schools and Regional Services Strategy.
The role is primarily responsible for providing local leadership in the multi-disciplinary area teams, collaborating across and within area teams to identify and address support required, and drive coordinated action to ensure schools take the most effective and strongly evidenced based approaches to improvement.
Under the leadership of the Education Area Executive Director, and under the guidance of the region's Executive Director, School Improvement, the SEIL role drives a state-wide consistent, aligned and coherent approach to planning, implementation and delivery of service support to schools and other services for learners, children and families.
SEILs are responsible for the delivery of improved learning and development outcomes in their local area, by working proactively with approximately 25 schools each, providing enhanced guidance and direction for school improvement, and supporting principals and their leadership teams to:
SEILs, in conjunction with Education Area Executive Directors, support the integration of the local area learning and development system by:
Senior Education Improvement Leaders:
KEY ACCOUNTABILITES AND KEY ACTIVITIES
Regional leadership, strategy and service delivery development
- Contribute to the development of regional priorities and service delivery with a focus on lifting outcomes for all
children and young people at the local level.
- Contribute to regional system and service redesign and improvement.
- Support schools to build their leadership and school improvement capacity, particularly in the implementation of
FISO.
- Play a key role in the leadership of multi-disciplinary area teams.
- Take a leadership role for specific region and area-wide projects or committees as required by the Regional
Director or Education Area Executive Director.
- Maintain a focus on high risk and/or high impact areas and take personal responsibility for managing issues and
risks effectively at the regional and local level, including integrity and compliance risks.
Facilitating and maintaining effective regional relationships
- Manage internal and external relationships to initiate and implement system change as related to the Education
State.
- Build strong relationships with individual principals, as well as across school networks, and facilitate positive
relationships between the multi-disciplinary area team, the region, the centre and schools, principals and networks.
- Contribute to cross-agency and sector collaboration, strengthening relationships, networks and partnerships
between corporate DET, school leaders and other government and community organisations within the local area.
- Influence change in the area, including through the exchange of information, and through proactive advocacy for
lifting child and learner outcomes.
System planning
- Play a key role in the implementation of Education State initiatives and provide implementation insights to inform
ongoing policy design.
School and early childhood service monitoring and improvement strategies
- Play a key role in the implementation of the Regional Performance Framework through area-level assessment
and monitoring of the quality and effectiveness of area-level service delivery, identification of risks to quality and
effective service delivery and gaps in service provision.
- Support all schools to implement the FISO improvement cycle, including tailoring, amending and monitoring their
School Strategic Plans, Annual Implementation Plans, and principal and teacher performance and development
plans to reflect FISO initiatives.
- Lead improvement strategies at the local level.
- Participate as agreed in government school principal selection and contract renewal, and support principal
performance and development processes.
This role is open to all classifications.
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
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
- Executive Leadership
- Teamwork
- Organisational awareness
- Influence and negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship building
- Interpersonal skills
- Conceptual and Analytical ability
QUALIFICATIONS
- Essential: Tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline
- Desirable: Post Graduate Degree in relevant discipline
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
- Applicants should keep a copy of the position description as it cannot be accessed once the job has closed.
- Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages).
- Visit http://www.careers.vic.gov.au/vacancies/tips-for-applying for guidelines and tips for applying for government
positions and addressing key selection criteria.
- The Department of Education (DE) is committed to diversity. The Department places considerable effort and
resources into responding to the needs of employees with a disability. People from disadvantaged groups are
encouraged to apply for this position.
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants can contact Brett West, Yamatji man, in the Koorie Outcomes
Division to talk about the recruitment process, the Department and supports for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander people in the department. Mobile: 0477 726 801 or email on: [email protected].
- Successful applicants are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check prior to employment. New DE
employees are required to meet the cost of the criminal record check.
- If appointed from outside DE, successful applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment health
declaration.
- A probationary period of up to 6 months may apply for a person appointed to an ongoing position from outside
the Public Service or the Teaching Service.
- All DE employees are required to comply with relevant legislation, including legislation regarding the
management of Departmental records, the Code of Conduct for Victorian public sector employees and
Departmental policies and procedures in the conduct of their employment.
- Standard public service terms and conditions apply. Information about DE's operations and employment
conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and
www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb.
- To support DE's commitment to its Environmental Management System, DE employees are expected to act in an
environmentally responsible manner at all times.
- For Allied Health employees working in the regions, a current driver's licence is mandatory, and a capacity to
access private transport with approved comprehensive insurance cover.
- For regulatory early childhood employees working in the regions, a current driver's licence is mandatory.
PRIVACY NOTIFICATION
We are collecting your personal information for the purposes of processing and considering your application for
employment. We will use and disclose the information we collect from you only for these purposes. Unsuccessful
job applications are retained for six (6) months and then securely destroyed.
Your personal information is kept secure and confidential and managed in accordance with the Department of
Education Information Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns about how your information is being managed or
wish to obtain a copy of the Department's Information Privacy Policy please contact Corporate People Services on
9637 3828 or visit our website http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/privacypolicy.aspx
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Department leads the delivery of education and development services to children, young people and adults
both directly through government schools and indirectly through the regulation and funding of early childhood
services, non-government schools and training programs.
Information about the structure of the Department, including details about each of our Ministers, key staff, regional
offices, strategy and annual reports are available at:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/department/Pages/default.aspx
ORGANISATIONAL VALUES
Victorian Public Sector Values
DE employees commit to the public sector values as outlined in Section 7 of the Public Administration Act 2004, DE
has adopted these values
-Responsiveness
-Integrity
-Impartiality
-Accountability
-Respect
-Leadership
-Human Rights
For more information on the DE's values, visit:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx