STL3 Policy and Project Officer English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) – Secondary

Department for Education; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 137,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department for Education in Adelaide invites applications for a Policy and Project Officer, EALD, to help drive policy and improvements within the General Support program while coordinating LEAP Levels professional learning.

You will work with the EALD team to ensure high-quality data collection and evidence-informed practices, enabling educators to address diverse EALD learner needs across South Australian public schools.

Qualifications

• Essential: A tertiary qualification in education and current full teacher registration.
• Desirable: Experience in contemporary evidenced informed EALD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing policy and implementation improvements within the General Support program.
• Co-designs and leads state-wide professional learning using LEAP Levels, including LEAP App quality assurance processes to ensure consistent, high quality EALD data collection.
• Collaborate to build professional learning communities and implement evidence informed EALD practices to empower educators to respond to the needs of learners of EALD in local contexts.

Education

Tertiary qualification in education

Current full teacher registration

Experience in EALD practices (Desirable)

Job description

Why work with us

Every child and young person deserves a great education. We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child's potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing. Together we will make our education system the best it can be. When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.

About the role

The EALD and Aboriginal Languages Unit, within the Curriculum Directorate of Curriculum and Learning Division, supports EALD learners to accelerate their English language development through three key programs: the EALD General Support Program, the Intensive English Language Program, and the EALD Hub Project. The Policy and Project Officer EALD collaborates with other EALD team members to lead ongoing policy and implementation improvements within the General Support program which provides data informed funding and support to public schools across South Australia. The Policy and Project Officer, EALD co-designs and leads state-wide professional learning using LEAP Levels, including LEAP App quality assurance processes to ensure consistent, high quality EALD data collection. The project officer works collaboratively to build professional learning communities and implement effective, evidence informed EALD practices to empower educators to respond to the needs of learners of EALD in local contexts.

Qualifications

• Essential: A tertiary qualification in education and current full teacher registration.
• Desirable: Experience in contemporary evidenced informed EALD practices.

Special conditions

The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years. For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

Remuneration

STL3 $152,287 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (12%).

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

Additional note

This is a full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), from 22 January 2027 to 23 January 2030 This position operates under conditions similar to those of the Public Sector Act 2009 (PS Act).