Regional Project Officer

Fixed term full time role. Commencing on 01/01/ /12/2026

About the Department

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 Role

As part of a large regional team, the Regional Project Officer will use a customer relationship management system to ensure program events, interactions and administration is maintained efficiently and effectively.

The Regional Project Officer role is focused on supporting delivery of the Career Start program through: organising regional events, procurement, implementing a range of customer and data management functions, and undertaking analysis and .

Attributes

To excel in this role, the applicant should display:

• Well-developed organisational and project management skills
• Flexibility and adaptability in response to changing priorities
• The capacity to develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with key stakeholders

About the Division

The Workforce Policy and Strategy Division (WPSD) leads the department's strategic approach to the management and development of Victoria's school education workforce. It does this by:

• Establishing and maintaining coherent system-level workforce strategies for school and regional-based education workforces
• Providing DE with a centralised strategic policy capability, with expertise in workforce issues
• Providing an authoritative voice for DE on education workforce supply, demand and quality at a state-wide and local area level
• Maintaining departmental expertise in qualitative and quantitative analysis of the school-based workforce to support investment, quality improvement, and
• regional/system-level workforce management decisions.
• Supporting strategic workforce planning though providing data and analysis on state-wide and local workforce trends.
• Building coherence for the Department's workforce policy and initiatives.

WPSD is responsible for the delivery of the Career Start program - which supports first-year graduate teachers to successfully transition into the classroom. Program supports delivered through the Career Start program include:

• Mentoring - to accelerate the development of graduate teacher teaching practice
• Networking - opportunities to network and learn with other graduate teachers via a local learning alliance
• Professional learning - designed to develop the professional identity, wellbeing and practice of graduate teachers.

Career Start is delivered in partnership between regional and central teams, and with close engagement with participating schools. The central team holds responsibility for the overall policy and program design, while regional teams implement the program with a focus on contextual responsiveness.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Prior experience in one or more of: procurement; events management; customer relationship management systems; budgeting, financial tracking and reporting; outcomes tracking and reporting; project management.

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 and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Helen Schilling - Career Start Regional Manager (NWVR) or

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 5 December 2025