Job Description

EL1/2 Senior Education and Skills Adviser/s

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Senior Education and Skills Adviser (EL1 / EL2 Equivalent)

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- Pay Rate: $100 - $137 per hour + super
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- Location: Canberra, ACT ( Hybrid), remote work may be considered
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- Contract Length: 2-year initial contract starting July 2026, potential extension for an additional 2 years
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- Work Type: Full time or Part-time
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- Security Clearance: Baseline clearance required; NV1 preferred
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About the Organisation

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Randstad is proud to partner with this prominent Federal Government agency to recruit a Senior Adviser. In this role, you will help shape Australia's international development footprint by guiding education - a top investment priority - across the Indo-Pacific. Joining a high-performing team, you will provide critical policy advice, design strategic investments, and bolster the technical capabilities of staff in Canberra and overseas.

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Role Responsibilities

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In this highly collaborative role, you will deliver strategic technical support and intellectual leadership across decentralized education portfolios. Your responsibilities will include:

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- Technical & Policy Advice: Deliver high-quality assistance to design, implement, and improve investments and policy coherence.
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- Capability Building: Strengthen staff capability through training, mentoring, and developing global best-practice tools.
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- Analysis & Evaluation: Monitor project outcomes, review international best practices, and synthesize lessons learned.
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- Stakeholder Engagement: Build networks and facilitate policy dialogue with foreign governments, NGOs,



and multilateral partners.
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Note: This position involves periodic domestic and international travel.

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Key Selection Criteria

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To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate an EL1/EL2 capability profile alongside the following specialist skills:

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- Education Sector Expertise: Proven experience in building effective, resilient education systems in developing countries, with expertise across sub-sectors such as basic/early education, skills/training, education technology, or inclusive education in fragile/conflict-affected contexts.
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- Geopolitical & Strategic Acumen: Strong understanding of the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region (specifically Southeast Asia and the Pacific) and how they intersect with Australia's strategic development objectives.
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- Intellectual Leadership & Policy Advice: A track record of developing investment concepts, monitoring complex programs, and synthesizing global best practices into actionable policy advice.
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- Stakeholder Management & Dialogue: Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to navigate high-level networks, facilitate policy dialogue, and negotiate positions with foreign government partners and NGOs.
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- Capability & Mentorship: Experience designing and delivering training, mentoring junior staff, or producing guidance tools to uplift institutional capacity.
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At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

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📌 /2 Senior Education and Skills Adviser/s (Canberra)
🏢 Randstad
📍 Canberra