Project Officer (Engagement)- Attraction and Engagement

We are looking for a new Project Officer to coordinate our engagement and on campus activities focused on ensuring that people studying to be teachers are inspired by and well informed about the career opportunities, support and pathways available to beginning teachers in Queensland state schools. If you are highly organised, collaborative, customer focused and can foster mutually beneficial relationships with internal and external stakeholders, this is your opportunity to help us attract new teachers for our schools across the state.

About The Department

The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About Role

Queensland and interstate Higher Education partners, to ensure that people studying to be teachers, also known as preservice teachers are inspired by and well informed about the professional and personal opportunities available to beginning teachers in Queensland state schools and the supported pathways to become a teacher.

Our Project Officer (Engagement) is our key liaison person between the Teach Queensland team and Higher Education Institutions (HEI), and plays a critical role in coordinating our participation in on campus and virtual information sessions for people currently studying teaching and those starting the transition from preservice to beginning teacher. This includes liaising with departmental and HEI representatives, collaborating with our colleagues across the Engagement and Talent Acquisition portfolio to ensure we take advantage of opportunities to engage with target audiences and can provide relevant information about employment opportunities, benefits, support and application processes. Coordinating travel and resources to enable our participation in these engagement opportunities across Queensland and interstate is also a key responsibility of this role.

About You

We're looking for someone who is:

• Highly Organised: Able to prioritise their workload, establish effective record keeping processes and manage competing and sometimes conflicting demands.
• Effective Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to adapt your communication style for different audiences.
• Relationship Builder: Ability to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with colleagues as well as internal and external stakeholders.
• A Collaborator: Proven team player, who can work within a cross-functional team to achieve optimal results.
• Outcomes Focused: Has a passion for bringing lots of ideas together into clear plans, keeps everything on track, and can measure and report on key metrics.
• Customer Centric: Focused on providing positive and responsive customer service and support.

The successful candidate will need to jump into this role at full speed, so an understanding of teacher and/or graduate attraction and sourcing initiatives would be advantageous. Ability to quickly gain knowledge about using Vision6 email marketing platform and writing for social media and websites, would also be an asset, if you don't already have experience in these communication channels.

Our friendly and supportive team offers a collaborative, creative and inclusive work environment, that utilises flexible work arrangements.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How To Apply

Please submit:

• Your current curriculum vitae, including relevant paid and volunteer experience and contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• A written statement of no more than one A4 page that: indicates why you are interested in this temporary role, highlights the skills, knowledge and attributes you would bring to our team, and details of the part-time/flexible work arrangements you would be seeking if you were the successful applicant.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace.  Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.

Occupational group Education & Training