Learning Specialist: Student Voice & Wellbeing Lead

Department of Education Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria is seeking a Learning Specialist to lead Respectful Relationships and social-emotional learning across P-12, promote student voice and engagement, and build staff capability in inclusive practice at Ascot Vale. This role emphasizes collaboration with families and the broader school community to drive wellbeing and achievement.

The role requires deep expertise in high-quality teaching and learning, demonstration lessons, mentoring teachers, and improving

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of student wellbeing, engagement, social-emotional learning and respectful relationships, particularly in a special school context and for students with disability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, implement and evaluate whole-school initiatives and improvement strategies, using evidence and data to monitor impact.
• Demonstrated capacity to promote student voice, participation and decision-making in ways that are meaningful and accessible to students with disability.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to build authentic partnerships with students, families, colleagues and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to build staff capability and support consistent, inclusive and relational practice across a school.
• Demonstrated commitment to modelling behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department of Education values and contributing to the school's strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Respectful Relationships curriculum and related social-emotional learning priorities across P-12.
• Build staff capability in respectful, inclusive and relational practice, including approaches differentiated for students with disability.
• Lead whole-school approaches that strengthen student voice, agency, choice, participation and decision-making.
• Monitor student engagement and wellbeing information to identify priorities and inform improvement.
• Develop initiatives that strengthen students' connection, belonging and engagement with school.
• Strengthen authentic partnerships with families, carers and community stakeholders.
• Ensure student and family perspectives inform planning and school improvement priorities.
• Collaborate with PLC Leaders, the Assistant Principal and Allied Health to support wellbeing practices.
• Contribute to the School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan evaluation.
• Support professional learning and share effective practice across the school.
• Use data and feedback to evaluate impact and guide improvement.

Skills

Student wellbeing

Social-emotional learning

Respectful relationships

Whole-school initiatives

Staff development

Student voice

Education

Teaching qualification

VIT registration

Job description

Department of Education Victoria is seeking a Learning Specialist to lead Respectful Relationships and social-emotional learning across P-12, promote student voice and engagement, and build staff capability in inclusive practice at Ascot Vale. This role emphasizes collaboration with families and the broader school community to drive wellbeing and achievement.

The role requires deep expertise in high-quality teaching and learning, demonstration lessons, mentoring teachers, and improving