An exciting opportunity exists to join the Corporate Services Division, VCAA in the Digital Delivery & Applications Unit for an ongoing full-time position.
Salary: $116,413 - $140,849 (Plus Superannuation of 12%)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
Base work location: Melbourne CBD /Hybrid

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:

- curriculum, assessments and courses for school-aged students
- learning, development and assessments which relate to early childhood

The VCAA develops solid 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:

- You are driven, enthusiastic and set high standards in your work performance.
- You are a cooperative team player with a "can do" attitude.
- You have a willingness to learn and ability to adapt to changing priorities.
- You have solid spoken and written communication skills in writing emails, letters and reports.
- You are a strong problem solver; you identify and provide workable solutions.
- You are a highly organised and skilled person.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Required:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in information technology, computer science, software engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Proven experience working collaboratively with business and technical stakeholders to deliver fit-for-purpose ICT solutions, and leading or supporting small to medium ICT projects in a complex operational workplace.
- Experience supporting business-critical systems, including incident response, change and release activities, continuous improvement, and contribution to broader ICT strategy and strategic initiatives.
- Proven experience and efficiency in the following group of technologies: .NET, ASP.NET with MVC, C#, web services, Powershell, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, MS SQL S

📌 Senior Analyst Programmer (Melbourne)
🏢 Department Of Education
📍 Melbourne