Details: The Education Directorate is delivering a major reform of public education, bringing schools together as one coordinated system with consistent evidence-based practices, strongerequityand financial sustainability. We are standing up a new team and new roles to help us deliver meaningful change for children and young people in public schools.

We are seekinganexperienced policy and project manager to help us see this changethrough. We needsomeonewhoknowshow to get results in a government setting, who thinkscritically, and whoshowsleadership.

The Director role is part of a Change Management and Implementation team that will lead change for the entire organisation. If you area strategic leader, a relational collaborator, a greatcommunicatorand a motivated operator, this might be the role for you. The Director will also work flexibly across different areas of the branch and Directorate toalign with organisational priorities.

The Strategic Policy branch isalsohiringto similar roles at the Assistant Director(SOGC)level. Applicants who would also be interested in roles at that level may wish to apply for both.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community.



We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Notes: A Merit Pool will beestablishedfrom this selection process and maybe used to fill similar vacancies over the next 12 months. Selectionmay be based on application and referee reports only.

The position involves hybrid work arrangements between 220 London Circuit and remote. Individual work arrangements can be negotiated with the Executive Branch Manager aligned with team need.

The Education Directorate is undertaking an organisation design program and changes to Directorate structures may occur after this rolecommences. Candidates should be prepared to work across the entire organisationin the event ofstructural changes.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programmes and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved.

More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .

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📌 Director | Full-time Permanent (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Capital Territory
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