Lead, Teaching Standards and Accreditation

Join us to make a difference for all students in NSW!

Position details

• Chief Education Officer Grade 1
• Ongoing, full-time 
• Sydney CBD location, close to transport with hybrid work arrangements available

About the role
The Lead, Teaching Standards and Accreditation provides leadership of the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) teacher accreditation policies, procedures, and processes. This role involves identifying current and emerging issues and solutions in teacher accreditation, proactively driving improvements in services for teachers and other key stakeholders throughout NSW, ensuring that outcomes align with organisational goals and government reforms.

On a day-to-day basis you will: 

• Lead processes in partnership with the Director of Teaching Standards and Accreditation to ensure, and monitor the consistency of accreditation decisions for teachers across schools, early childhood services and non-school based environments, as well as for employment authorities in NSW
• Drive the clear and effective communication of teacher accreditation requirements and expectations to teachers, educational leaders, and key stakeholders
• Provide high quality support and advice through the provision of accurate and timely information for teachers, educational leaders and stakeholders to ensure compliance with teacher accreditation requirements
• Provide high level advice, expertise, solutions and risk management strategies in developing effective policies, procedures, processes, record keeping, and resources associated with the administration of NESAs teacher accreditation regulatory functions
• Drive a culture of high performance, through collaboration and effective communication to deliver multiple projects at once

As our ideal candidate, you will have experience leading and inspiring high performing teams and managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You are a flexible, adaptable and agile leader with knowledge of teacher accreditation at both state and national levels. Your background in teaching, coupled with your knowledge of internal government policies and procedures in relation to teaching standards and accreditation will be a foundation for success in the role.

Essential requirements

• Appropriate tertiary qualification or demonstrated relevant skills, knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of state, national and international education policies and emerging trends in teacher accredaition
• Demonstrated experience of leading high performing teams to optimise service delivery
• Accredited at Proficient Teacher or above, or eligible to be accredited at Proficient Teacher.

To learn more about the role, download the role description.

About us
At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) we work with the NSW community to drive improvements in student achievement.

We achieve this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards).

To find out more about the important work we do for NSW visit our website.

Ready to join us?

Select apply and attach an up-to-date résumé and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages). Also address the 2 pre-screening questions below in your online application:

• How do you define a high performing team and how have you cultivated these characteristics in your current team?
• Sometimes you will have projects where you need others to do things for you but you do not have any leadership over them. Give an example of how you have influenced others outside your team to accomplish a project. What did you do? what did you learn from this experience?

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Close date: Monday, 9 September 2024 at 11.59pm AEST

Thank you for your interest, we look forward to receiving your application.

Important information
We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans and refugees. 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For ongoing roles, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Australian Temporary Residents may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.

A Talent Pool (valid for 18 months) may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles.