Assistant Design Officer

Stronger Smarter Institute; City of Parramatta; On-site; AUD 103,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

35 hour working week

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Job summary

NSW Department of Education invites applications for an Assistant Design Officer to support and strengthen the design team across projects. You will help standardise workflows, tools and processes, contributing to more efficient delivery and clearer practices in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes structure, organisation, and proactive coordination, with a focus on improving team workflows and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multiple activities, priorities and stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail, with accurate, up-to-date tasks and documentation.
• Experience supporting team workflows, project coordination or operational processes in fast-paced settings.
• Ability to identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and improve processes across projects.
• Foundational awareness of human-centred design and interest in practical design knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support the standardisation and harmonisation of workflows, tools and processes across projects.
• Improve team efficiency by coordinating activities and assisting multiple team members.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive and collaborative team culture.

Skills

Coordination

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Agile methods

Human-centred design

Job description

Assistant Deign Officer

At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.

• Ongoing
• Location: Parramatta
• Salary: Clerk grade 5/6 , $ 102,936 to $113,579 + Super + accrued leaves

About the role

We are lookingforanAssistant Design Officerto support andstrengthen the wayourdesign team worksacross projects andprograms. This rolewill play animportant part inimproving team efficiencyby helping tostandardise and harmoniseworkflows, tools, processesand ways ofworking.

This is arole suited tosomeone who enjoysbringingstructure, organisationand clarity tocomplex or fast-moving environments. The successful candidatewill be proactive, detail-oriented andcomfortable coordinatingmultiple activities andsupporting several teammembers at thesame time.

For further information please click here to view the role description.

About you -

The ideal candidatewill be ahighly organised, proactiveand collaborative professionalwho enjoys improvingprocesses and helpingteams work moreeffectively.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strongcoordination and organisationalskills, with the abilityto manage multipleactivities, prioritiesand stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellentattention to detail, ensuring tasks, information, documentation and processesare accurate, consistentand up todate.
• Experience supportingteam workflows, projectcoordination, administrationor operational processesin a fast-paced environment.
• An ability toidentify opportunitiestostandardise, simplify andimprove processesacross projects andteams.
• Foundational awareness ofhuman-centred design, with an interestin developing practicaldesign knowledge andcapability.
• An understanding ofagile ways ofworkingand an enthusiasmfor learning howagile practices cansupport effective teamdelivery.
• A commitment tocontributing to apositive, inclusive andcollaborative team culture.

• 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

• Current and valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance for paid employment.
• 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

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.

This is a child-related role.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.

Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.

Closing date : Sunday , 11th October 2026 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Sarah Holland - [e-mail] and for recruitment process enquiries please contact Rajalakshmi Subramanian - [e-mail]

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

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.