Director, Establishment, Enrolment and Partnerships

- Victorian Public Sector Values as outlined in the organisational values section
- Leadership and People Management as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Conceptual and Analytical ability as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Stakeholder Management as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Results Orientation and Strategic Planning as outlined in the key accountabilities section

Selection Criteria

- Victorian Public Sector Values as outlined in the organisational values section
- Leadership and People Management as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Conceptual and Analytical ability as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Stakeholder Management as outlined in the key accountabilities section
- Results Orientation and Strategic Planning as outlined in the key accountabilities section

Role

The School Provision and Establishment Division (SPED) works with regions and the Victorian School Building Authority to develop and deliver strategic approaches to infrastructure planning and school establishment. This includes provision planning and managing student demand, school zones, new school planning and establishment, school reorganisations and place-based responses to education provision and delivery.

The Division leads education provision planning with a focus on forecasting and managing student demand. SPED also leads the development of tailored education models for specialist cohorts, such as the Centre for Higher Education for high-achieving secondary students.

SPED is responsible for the school registration process for new schools and school reorganisations,



working with the Victorian Regulations and Qualifications Authority, schools and regions.

The Division also supports the delivery of place-based initiatives for the Department by managing the interface between school infrastructure planning, delivery and operations. These initiatives include the Our Place model (in partnership with the Colman Foundation) and involve working closely with regions to utilise their in-depth knowledge of place to tailor and implement local solutions to improve education outcomes.

The role of Director, Establishment, Enrolment and Partnerships reports to the Executive Director, School Provision and Establishment Division. The functions of the Establishment, Enrolment and Partnerships Branch are:

1) New school establishment:

- Lead the annual process to establish new schools including the induction of recent Principals
- Oversee the process to register new schools and develop ongoing positive relationships with relevant stakeholders
- Work with Schools and Regional Services to support implementation of key establishment activities
- Develop standardised processes to input into key Ministerial progress reporting

2) School reorganisations:

- Support complex school reorganisations
- Establish relationships across the Department to support management of key risks associated with complex school reorganisations




- Brief Senior Executive in a timely way about risks and opportunities associated with school reorganisations

3) Enrolment Policy:

- develop and maintain statewide enrolment policy
- develop guidance and resources to support consistent implementation of enrolment policy
- establish statewide enrolment timelines and processes, including Foundation and Year 6 to 7 placement
- provide advice to regions, schools and central teams on enrolment policy, including complex and sensitive matters
- lead policy input into the design and implementation of digital enrolment systems

4) Placed based iniatives:

- provide authoritative advice on place-based initiatives to inform design and implementation and respond to emerging priorities and opportunities
- manage governance to provide strategic oversight and decision-making for place-based initiatives
- collaborate and manage highly effective working relationships with stakeholders to identify and leverage opportunities to improve the place-based initiatives program

ROLE PURPOSE
The purpose of this role is to:

- Lead and manage the branch to undertake high quality analysis and provide high quality advice in a timely manner to senior management, Executive Board, government, Ministers and other external stakeholders on, new school establishment, school reorganisations, enrolment policy and placed based partnerships.
- Develop clear and consistent processes to ensure key deliverables have appropriate oversight and governance.
- Build and maintain effective relationships across DE and other government departments, local government, and external stakeholders including, p

📌 Director, Establishment, Enrolment and Partnerships (Melbourne)
🏢 Government schools
📍 Melbourne