Director, Design and Infrastructure Standards

NSW Department of Education; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 225,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Education in Sydney is seeking a Director, Design and Infrastructure Standards to lead the development of tactical plans and provide strategic advice on infrastructure standards, including design, facilities and operations.

Based in Eveleigh with flexible work options, you will maintain and improve Educational Facilities Standards and Guidelines, delivering industry-leading design and learning environments aligned with the department's goals.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in architecture and/or urban design or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Extensive senior-level experience delivering high-quality design services.
• Hold or be eligible for registration with the NSW Architects Registration Board.
• Current Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance.
• Commitment to public education and Aboriginal Education Policy.

Responsibilities

• Develop tactical plans and provide strategic expert advice on infrastructure standards.
• Maintain and improve Educational Facilities Standards and Guidelines.
• Provide solutions enabling design, operations and learning delivery aligned with department goals.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and partners to manage priorities in a dynamic environment.

Skills

Senior stakeholder engagement

Design leadership

Education

Architecture/Urban design degree or equivalent

NSW Architects Registration Board registration

WWCC clearance

Job description

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Director, Design and Infrastructure Standards

Requisition ID: 16317

Region: Sydney - South

Job Category: Senior Executive/ management

Employment Fill Type: Permanent (Ongoing)

Location: Eveleigh, NSW, AU, 2015

Description:

• Full time - ongoing role
• Join a leadership group transforming education in NSW, and make a difference to students in NSW
• Ongoing Public Service senior executive band 1 role with a remuneration range of $225,174 - $250,868 per annum
• Based in Eveleigh with flexible work options

About us

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

We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education and care sector. We unlock excellence and unleash the potential of two-thirds of school children in NSW. We’re proudly public and the largest education system in Australia. We nurture opportunities for every learner to develop the skills needed for their chosen career path, helping shape the industries of tomorrow.

We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia.

About the role

The Director, Design and Infrastructure Standards develops tactical plans to provide strategic expert advice on infrastructure standards (design, facilities and operations).

The role maintains and improves the Educational Facilities Standards and Guidelines and provides solutions that facilitate industry leading design, operations, teaching and learning, to enable the strategic delivery of the department’s goals and commitments.

About you

Our ideal candidate will possess extensive senior experience in delivering high-quality design services. Key to your success will be your ability to engage, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders and partners within and outside the department, and manage competing and complex priorities in a dynamic environment.

As a leader you will join an executive team focused on driving improved ways of working to deliver meaningful and long-lasting impact. You will be collaborative, courageous, agile, and disciplined about delivering outcomes for the students of NSW.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as architecture and urban design and/or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Demonstrated extensive experience at a senior level in delivering high quality design services.
• Hold or be eligible to hold registration with the NSW Architects Registration Board.
• Hold a valid clearance to work with children (Working with Children Check).
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
• 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.

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).

Interested?

Applications Close:

11:59pm on Sunday, 11 October 2026

Contact:

For enquiries about the recruitment of this role, please contact Sezen Furmage, Executive Director, Strategic Infrastructure Sevices – [e-mail]

Please note:

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 talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months. Candidates on a talent pool may be chosen and directly offered employment in other or similar roles (ongoing or term) in the near future.