• Full-time, fixed term contract until December 2026
• Offering a competitive salary of $113,753 up to $118,170 (commensurate with skills and experience) plus 11.5% superannuation
• Flexible location, work from home (Australia-wide)

Are you…

• An expert at establishing, coordinating and improving processes across multiple workstreams?
• A strong communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills?
• A collaborator looking to join a team passionate about improving education outcomes using evidence?

About The Organisation

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) is Australia’s national education evidence body. AERO is working towards excellent and equitable outcomes for all children and young people by generating and making high-quality evidence accessible and enhancing the use of evidence in Australian education.

AERO is bringing together people who are passionate about evidence-informed policy and practice for schools and early childhood services. Our team is collegial, creative and committed to fulfilling AERO’s potential to make an impact. We value agile thinkers who can help shape AERO as a new, dynamic organisation, and team players who enjoy working across projects and in diverse, interdisciplinary teams. Many of our people have ongoing connections to research, policy and practice organisations, helping us to bridge the gap between evidence generation and translation.

For more information about AERO, please see https://edresearch.edu.au. 

Purpose of the role

As an Implementation Officer, you'll be a key player in coordinating activities across our school implementation team. You'll serve as the main point of contact for schools across Australia, as well as supporting the expansion of monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement processes.

Using your expertise in implementation science, you'll contribute to developing guidance both internally and externally, helping drive impactful educational change.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and monitor processes for liaising with and supporting activities with schools and systems the team works with across Australia.
• Provide advice and develop implementation communications and coordinate team responses to internal and external requests.
• Assist the Manager, Implementation (Schools) to expand monitoring and reporting processes, and contribute to the ongoing monitoring, evaluation and reporting of implementation projects.
• Contribute to and / or draft the development of implementation materials, guidance and advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish processes that encourage standardised approaches and quality improvement across workstreams, and support team planning and coordination of activities across implementation projects.
• Assist Manager, Implementation (Schools) and the Director, Implementation in maintaining and strengthening a highly productive and collaborative team.

Essential Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in education, public administration or a related field, and/or relevant experience.

Key Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in education, education-related projects and/or working with schools.
• Experience working across complex projects and workstreams, setting up ways of working, initiating process improvements and liaising with diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of implementation science, school improvement, professional learning and/or evidence-based practices, or the capacity to learn.

Skills

• Advanced organisational and coordination skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for translating challenging concepts into compelling and easy to understand language.

AERO particularly welcomes applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

How to apply?

• Please submit an online application:
• CV and a Cover Letter describing your interest in and suitability for the role addressing the Skills and Experience below.

Notes

• Respectfully, No Agencies please.
• Please only apply for this role if you are an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or have unrestricted work rights in Australia.
• Appointments are subject to a National Criminal Record Check (NCRC) and having or obtaining a current valid working with children check (WWCC).
• If you require any additional information to above or have technical difficulties applying, please contact: [email protected] using the subject line: Implementation Officer - Remote / Work from Home enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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