About this job
About the Department:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role
The role of the Project Officer is to:
- Develop online web solutions using common web tools and frameworks that align with best practice development.
- Implement solutions for online delivery, ensuring consistency with departmental design principles and accessibility standards are met in accordance with Government and industry standards, procedures and guidelines.
- Conduct quality assurance assessments to determine whether appropriate standards have been applied.
- Support projects in consultation with key stakeholders to ensure identified business and technical needs are met and delivered within scheduled scope and timeframes.
- Create web page layouts, themes and styling that align to corporate branding, style guides, whole-of-Government standards with cross browser compliance.
- Work with design and development teams to assess business requirements, determine schedules, usability and create innovative best fit solutions for clients.
- Have exceptional organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines, take responsibility for tasks and prioritise competing demands.
The ideal applicant will have:
- Relevant qualifications and/or previous experience in web design layout and web development, for example:
- Bootstrap
- Templating engines (React, Vue etc)
- Statamic (or other flat file CMS)
- HTML5/CSS3
- Git (or other version control) and Azure DevOps
- SharePoint Online
- Knowledge and understanding of departmental systems and platforms (or the ability to learn)
- A strong awareness of current and emerging trends in web design and development.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page response outlining your suitability for the role in response to the attached job ad text and role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.