Assessment Officer - Open Pool

Department of Communities; Perth; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive public sector wages

Accredited Carer Friendly Employer

Flexible work options

12% employer super contributions

Smart salary packaging

Job summary

Department of Communities in Western Australia is seeking an Assessment Officer to join the Education and Care Regulatory Unit. You will conduct regulatory assessments and quality ratings of early childhood education and care services under the National Quality Framework, ensuring safe, high-quality outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities include site visits, compliance monitoring, investigations, reporting, and building strong guidance-focused relationships with service providers.

Qualifications

• Conduct regulatory assessments and quality ratings of ECEC services in line with the National Quality Framework.
• Undertake site visits, compliance monitoring and routine investigations to support service quality and regulatory compliance.
• Build productive relationships with service providers, offering guidance and advice to strengthen understanding of regulatory requirements and best practice.
• Analyse information, prepare reports and maintain accurate records to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Respond to enquiries from the sector and work collaboratively with stakeholders to promote continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities

• Conducting regulatory assessments and quality ratings of ECEC services in line with the National Quality Framework.
• Undertaking site visits, compliance monitoring and routine investigations to support service quality and regulatory compliance.
• Building productive relationships with service providers, offering guidance and advice to strengthen understanding of regulatory requirements and best practice.
• Analyzing information, preparing reports and maintaining accurate records to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Responding to enquiries from the sector and working collaboratively with stakeholders to promote continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and families.

Job description

More Than Just a Job! At Communities we play a vital role in supporting and strengthening communities across Western Australia. We provide services and work with our partners to keep children safe, provide vital community services, including in emergencies, address homelessness, prevent family and domestic violence and provide stewardship for the disability sector. Our work also includes regulating early childhood education and care and leading initiatives across women’s interests, youth, seniors and ageing, carers, and volunteering.

Why Work With Us?

• We offer some of the most competitive public sector wages in Australia.
• We are a nationally recognised Accredited Carer Friendly Employer through the Carers + Employers program
• Flexible work options – flexi leave, banked leave and public service holidays.
• More for your future – 12 per cent employer super contributions.
• Smart salary packaging – novated leases & work laptops.

Read more about the benefits of working with us.

Your Role.

Your Impact. Step into the world of Regulation and Quality, where your work is more than just a job. This position sits within the Education and Care Regulatory Unit (ECRU), part of the Regulation and Quality Directorate. ECRU plays a vital role in safeguarding children and promoting quality outcomes by regulating, monitoring and supporting early childhood education and care services across Western Australia. Through compliance, engagement and continuous improvement activities, ECRU helps ensure children receive safe, high-quality care and education.

Assessment Officer Responsibilities

• Conducting regulatory assessments and quality ratings of ECEC services in line with the National Quality Framework.
• Undertaking site visits, compliance monitoring and routine investigations to support service quality and regulatory compliance.
• Building productive relationships with service providers, offering guidance and advice to strengthen understanding of regulatory requirements and best practice.
• Analysing information, preparing reports and maintaining accurate records to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Responding to enquiries from the sector and working collaboratively with stakeholders to promote continuous improvement and positive outcomes for children and families.

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We believe all our people are leaders, regardless of their role. Our Leadership Expectations, outlined in Building Leadership Impact, describe the behaviours and mindsets we value. The leadership context for this position is Personal Leadership. If you’d like to know more about the team or the role, connect with Amanda Crane, Team Leader Assessments, on [phone]. For more details, please refer to the attached Job Description Form (JDF). The Opportunity This is an open pool recruitment process for full time, fixed term or permanent opportunities. If you are deemed suitable, you will be placed in a pool from which appointments can be made when vacancies arise. As this is an open pool you can apply at any time, and interviews will be conducted on a regular basis. The Department will conduct a series of assessments on an ad-hoc basis throughout the duration of the advertised period.

• Current Vacancy: One [1] full-time fixed-term position available until 30 June 2027 with possibility of extension/permanency.
• Recruitment Pool: This recruitment pool may be used to fill various fixed term or permanent, full-time and part-time positions arising within the next 24 months.

Applicants will be considered for vacancies in the location of the advertised role/location preferences specified in their application.

Equity and Diversity

Communities welcome applications from people from a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people with diverse sexualities and genders, youth, women, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Please let us know if there are adjustments we can make to allow you to fully participate in the application and interview process, as well as in the workplace. Please contact Rosaria Terrana, A/HR Consultant at [e-mail] and via phone [phone]. If you are an Aboriginal person who would like assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64.

Integrity and Honesty

In line with Communities policies, applicants may be asked for consent to undergo criminal record screening and integrity checks during the application process. To read more, click here.

Need Assistance?

If you would like to discuss:

• adjustments
• alternative formats
• recruitment enquiries
• technical issues

Contact: Rosaria Terrana, A/HR Consultant on 0403 697 266 or [e-mail]. We can also be contacted via the National Relay Service on the following numbers National Relay Service: TTY/Voice: 133 677 Speak & Listen: 1300 555 727 SMS Relay: 0423 677 767

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