Assurance Officer
Assurance Officer
- Ongoing Full-Time opportunity in a supportive and high performing team
- Location: Eveleigh / Flexible working arrangements
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process to fill anticipated vacancies over the next 18 months.
- Competitive remuneration ranging from $120,859 to $133,183 plus super & annual leave loading.
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.
For more information about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education
About the role
The Assurance Officer role oversees project governance and assurance of new and ongoing IT initiatives within the IT Directorate’s Portfolio Services team. The role requires working extensively with project managers and stakeholders to ensure a range of risk and quality elements across projects at various stages of completion are competently managed, ensuring compliance with the Department’s policies. The responsibilities include:
- Tracking and monitoring project planning and delivery to ensure projects are consistently delivered to a high standard, aligning with established guidelines
- Preparing range of documents including reports, presentations and briefs, to report on project progress and assurance-related issues
- Identifying strategies to mitigate emerging project issues, including conducting project health checks
- Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enable efficient project delivery
For further information please click here to view the role description.
About you
- Demonstrate strong collaborative and people management skills to work effectively with stakeholders
- Extensive project experience, ideally working in a project management office (PMO)
- Ability to manage risks and competing priorities to achieve desired project outcomes
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Essential requirements of the role
- Appropriate tertiary qualifications or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.
Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.
If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education, click here for instructions on how to submit your application.
All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
As a condition of employment, successful candidates who have not previously worked for the department will be required to provide a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number. This option would allow the WWCC to naturally expire without further communication needed with the employee. The employer obligations under the WWCC would apply for duration of the WWCC’s validity (up to 5 years)
Closing date: 4 December 2024 at 11:59pm.
For role enquiries please contact Vandana Marshall at Vandana.YadavMarshall@det.nsw.edu.au
We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.
