This is a full-time fixed-term role until 30 June 2028. The successful applicant will start in January 2027.

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

About the Department

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services. The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

About the Division

The Curriculum and Teaching Practice Division supports schools to implement the department's teaching and learning policies. It also provides curriculum guidance to Victorian government schools.

CTPD draws on contemporary research and practice evidence to develop evidence-based teaching and learning policy reforms, co-design and implement initiatives to support schools to deliver high-quality teaching programs. CTPD has primary responsibility for providing advice and implementation support to government schools to deliver the Victorian Curriculum.

The division has four branches:

1. Teaching and Learning Resources
2. Curriculum and Professional Practice
3. Literacy and Languages
4. Mathematics, Science and Digital Learning

Across the branches, the key functions include:

• developing lesson plans and other classroom teaching and learning resources to support the implementation of departmental pedagogical settings and F-10 curriculum
• designing and delivering high-quality professional learning to build teachers' professional expertise in key pedagogical and curriculum areas
• developing and managing the Arc Platform and implementing high-quality teaching and learning software
• developing and communicating policies and guidance in areas such as curriculum planning, pedagogy, assessment and reporting, curriculum implementation (including languages education, Holocaust education, literacy instruction, mathematics and numeracy education), and artificial intelligence
• fostering student, family and community engagement through programs like the Premiers' Reading Challenge, Books in Prep Bags, and community language school

About the Role

The Senior Policy Officer sits in the Digital Learning Systems and Software Unit in the Teaching and Learning Resources Branch.

About Arc

Arc (https://arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/home (https://arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/home)) is the department's platform for teaching and learning resources, guidance and professional learning.

Key responsibilities:

This role manages learning content projects for Arc. It has 2 main functions:

• work with program areas across the department to manage learning content projects, and provide advice on scalability, information architecture and content standards
• coordinate the Arc content team through project leadership, resource allocation and work planning.

Both functions support high-quality learning resources and guidance that contribute to excellence in every classroom.

Responsibilities include:

• coordinating a team to manage learning content projects for Arc
• designing accessible, user-focused learning content aligned to curriculum and pedagogy
• applying digital content standards
• facilitating workshops with stakeholders
• providing project management and content governance for learning content.

What we are looking for

We are looking for someone who can:

• lead and develop a team
• create clear, accessible and user-focused learning content
• work collaboratively and build strong stakeholder relationships, including with senior executives
• use sound judgement and evidence to solve problems
• communicate clearly with different audiences
• manage competing priorities and maintain attention to detail
• identify opportunities to improve systems and ways of working
• work well in changing or uncertain environments.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• experience leading learning content projects or writing learning content in a Victorian education setting
• experience leading a project team.
• familiarity with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and a commitment to inclusive design and content
• experience working on large or complex web platforms in government or a similar regulated environment
• experience using project management tools such as Monday.com, Jira or similar tools

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website (https://www.education.vic.gov.au/) and our Diversity and Inclusion page (https://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/divequity/Pages/default.aspx)

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au (http://www.education.vic.gov.au/).

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Craig Snelling - Manager, Digital Learning Systems and Software Unit via (03) 7022 5441 or craig.snelling@education.vic.gov.au 

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on Thursday 19 November 2026.