Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is a not-for-profit company owned by over 60,000 woolgrowers, investing in research, development, and marketing across the global Australian wool supply chain. The organization focuses on enhancing the profitability, international competitiveness, and sustainability of the Australian wool industry. AWI also works to increase demand and improve market access for Australian wool through strategically targeted initiatives. As the owner of The Woolmark Company and the iconic Woolmark logo, AWI supports branding and innovation for wool products worldwide. This environment offers team members the chance to contribute to meaningful industry outcomes and global market impact.

Position Purpose

The Project Manager, Education & Capability supports delivery of Woolmark’s global education strategy under the direction of the Global Education & Capability Lead. The role coordinates global programs, delivers education for Australian tertiary fashion and textile design institutions, and develops learning resources for industry professionals, educators and students. It turns agreed priorities into measurable activities that build wool knowledge and confidence and encourage practical application and adoption.

Key Responsibilities

- Coordinate global Education & Capability programs across industry, tertiary and school audiences, and directly deliver agreed Australian tertiary programs.
- Facilitate the development and maintenance of learning content, assets and platforms that support these programs.
- Translate agreed priorities into project workplans, tracking budgets, supplier deliverables, timelines and risks in line with governance requirements.




- Measure outcomes and capture insights to continuously improve programs.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Program Planning, Coordination and Delivery

- Work with the Global E&C; Lead to translate agreed priorities into project workplans with transparent objectives, owners, milestones, budgets, measures and decision points.
- Maintain an integrated global plan across Education & Capability workstreams and markets.
- Support regional teams to translate global priorities into focused market plans, balancing global consistency with purposeful localisation.
- Coordinate delivery against agreed program priorities, track dependencies and resource requirements, and elevate material risks and issues to the GlobalE&C; Lead.
- Support annual planning, prioritisation and program review.

2. Learning Content, Assets and Platforms

- Coordinate the development and delivery of education content and resources aligned with the agreed learning strategy, ready for reuse, localisation and scaling across global markets.
- Work with Technical, Product Platform and Woolmark+ teams to translate validated technical knowledge into clear, audience-appropriate learning.
- Coordinate updates toWoolmark Learning Centre content, resources and credentials in line with Education & Capability priorities.




- Coordinate the education experience and learning use of The Wool Lab.
- Use appropriate technology and AI to improve learning access, relevance and scale without compromising quality or technical governance.

3. Education & Capability Program Delivery

- Coordinate global industry education, including retail training, trade education, specialist masterclasses, workshops and train-the-trainer programs.
- Coordinate global tertiary education programs, including industry briefs, masterclasses, educator engagement, student projects and emerging-professional initiatives.
- Deliver and coordinate education programs for Australian fashion and textile design tertiary institutions, maintaining relationships and supporting students and emerging professionals through seminars, workshops and initiatives.
- Coordinate the delivery of school education initiatives that build foundational knowledge of wool and support educators and students.
- Support Trade Engagement, Business Development and regional teams to identify learning needs and connect audiences with relevant programs.
- Support pilots and new initiatives and provide evidence and recommendations to inform whether they should be expanded, redesigned or stopped.

4. Measurement, Insights and Continuous Improvement

- Implement consistent measurement across priority programs, including outputs, knowledge, confidence, intent, application and partner follow-through.
- Maintain program records, evaluation tools, trackers, dashboards and reporting mechanisms.
- Analyse program data, partner feedback and market insights

📌 Project Manager, Education (Australia)
🏢 Australian Wool Innovation
📍 Australia