Manager

Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority (QCAA) seeks a Manager to lead the Quality Assurance Unit. You will steer professional learning, training and QA processes for endorsement, confirmation and applied subject QA to support the QCE system in Queensland.

You will work with senior leaders to develop guidelines, manage workloads, and ensure currency with evolving assessment standards. This role reports to the Director and involves coordinating statewide QA activities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading quality assurance in education.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Quality Assurance Unit to deliver high-quality support for senior curriculum, assessment and certification systems.
• Guide senior project officers and teams responsible for professional development and moderation to ensure statewide comparability.
• Provide expert advice on emerging digital technology and AI affecting assessment and quality assurance.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Job description

Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority – Brisbane QLD

The Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) is seeking a Manager to lead the Quality Assurance Unit. The Quality Assurance Unit is responsible for activities that contribute to the quality assurance and implementation of the QCE and QCIA.The Manager leads and manages the team to ensure that schools and assessors receive the professional learning and training to engage in the quality assurance processes for endorsement, confirmation and applied subject quality assurance for the successful implementation of the QCE system.

What you will do

In the Manager role, you will:

• Lead the Quality Assurance Unit to provide high quality assistance and support to all Queensland's senior curriculum, assessment and certification system.
• Guide the Principal Project Officers' leadership of operational teams responsible for trial initiatives and professional development and training to support state-wide comparability of standards of learning and assessment through a system of moderation.
• Provide expert advice emerging issues in the senior phase of schooling including issues pertaining to emerging digital technology and artificial intelligence.
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders about the interpretation and implementation of the strategic priorities, policies and procedures involving assessment and quality assurance.
• Develop and implement strategies to operate and refine quality assurance procedures for General, General (Extension) and Applied (Essential) subjects.
• Oversee training logistics, resource development and budget expenditure for state-wide quality assurance activities.
• Develop principles, guidelines and procedures for the professional development and training associated with quality assurance activities.
• Lead the development and maintenance of documentation that guides and directs schools in the interpretation of the QCE & QCIA policy and procedures handbook for assessment and quality assurance of school-based assessment.
• Manage the workloads of teams to efficiently identify and prioritise schools “at risk” of not meeting quality assurance requirements.
• Maintain currency with state, national and international developments in assessment and quality assurance to provide leadership to the Quality Assurance Unit and authoritative advice to schools.
• Undertake specific tasks as required to assist the QCAA in achieving its business outcomes, including using data to inform decisions.

Reporting relationships

This role reports to the Director, Senior Assessment and Certification Support Branch. Eight positions report directly to this role.

What we are looking for

The QCAA is committed to selecting the person best suited to the role and to furthering equity and diversity. We strongly encourage applications from all gender groups, Aboriginal people, Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with all abilities.

The ideal candidate for this role:

• Thinks critically and acts on the broader purpose of the system. Views situations through a range of perspectives, analysing multiple sources of information to recognise broader implications of issues (leads strategically)
• Makes considered, ethical and courageous decisions based on insight into the broader context (makes insightful decisions)
• Builds and sustains relationships to collaborate delivery of customer-focused outcomes (builds enduring relationships)
• Demonstrates accountability for the execution and quality of results through professionalism, persistence and transparency (drives accountability and outcomes)
• Maintains a high standard of practice through governance and risk management and proactively facilitates collaboration to develop contingency plans in response to identified risks (demonstrates sound governance)