Job description

An exciting opportunity exists for a Principal Education Officer - Student Engagement and Wellbeing (Autism) to join our Principal Advisors Autism in ensuring quality advice and support to schools across the South East Region. The focus of this role is to support all students with Autism with a specific focus on our Prep and Year 1 students. This will include the delivery of support to schools around evidence-based practice, differentiated communication with parents and putting the student at the centre of all we do.Schools are actively working students with Autism and their families to improve outcomes everyday, this role will enhance the work and provide much needed support for many of our school leaders and classroom teachers.
Your Role
As the Principal Education Officer - Student Engagement and Wellbeing (Autism) you will:

• Lead the development and implementation of inclusive schooling practices within schools, including the enhancement of capacity building.
• Contribute to the development of a whole of government and whole of community strategic partnership framework that integrates Government initiatives.
• Contribute to planning and goal setting for the region, providing high level and timely advice to senior officers on complex and diverse emerging issues and priorities to meet the diverse needs of school communities.
• Develop and implement capacity building methods for delivery of specialist services which assist in the development of inclusive schooling practices for students which lead to improved student engagement and wellbeing.
• Provide leadership in research, development, maintenance and review of operational policies, standards, procedures, programs and curriculum implementation, including the preparation of complex reports, submissions, briefs, memoranda and correspondence relating to sensitive issues across the region.
• Provide strategic and operational advice to senior officers to develop strategic and innovative partnerships across government, with school communities, clusters of schools, and community organisations to ensure that all students achieve quality educational outcomes and that partnership initiatives are inclusive of the needs and aspirations of students.
• Promote and monitor programs and practices that effectively meet the needs of all students, including the special needs of socially and economically disadvantaged students, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students in out-of-home-care, students with learning difficulties and learning disabilities, students with disabilities, students with poor mental health and those who are geographically isolated.
• Develop a coherent approach to the implementation of school based services that promote student wellbeing and engagement in collaboration with relevant departmental officers, statutory authorities and other relevant stakeholders.

Interested? To apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
• A maximum 2 page written response outlining your suitability for the role referring to the key capabilities under the How you will be assessed' section in the attached role description.

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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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