Principal Education Officer - Aboriginal Languages

This is a permanent full-time position commencing ASAP

The Quality Teaching Branch, within the Teaching Quality and Innovation Directorate of the Professional Capability Division, leads system-wide strategies to strengthen teaching excellence and improve student outcomes. It designs and delivers profession-led support, develops evidence-informed resources, and drives initiatives that build teacher capability across all schools, with a strong focus on equity and improved outcomes for students who need it most.

Within this context, the Branch leads the Aboriginal Languages Teacher Training program, which provides language-specific teacher training and supports language revitalisation and maintenance across schools. The program ensures educators have access to high-quality training, culturally responsive resources, and ongoing professional learning to sustain and strengthen Aboriginal language teaching in classrooms across the state.

The Role

The Principal Education Officer - Aboriginal Languages will play a lead role in the provision of high-level specialist advice on the development and delivery of the Department’s Aboriginal Languages Teacher Training program. This role provides high-level expert advice to inform the design and development of system-wide strategies that strengthen whole-school approaches and improve the quality of Aboriginal language teaching, student achievement and educational outcomes. It supports the implementation of strategic priorities across regions and schools, using research and systemic analysis of performance data to identify areas for improvement a…