Consultant Support Officer

This is a permanent full-time position commencing November 2026

Through direct engagement with school leaders, the Non-Government School Regulation directorate oversees the registration of non-government schools in Western Australia. Registration assures parents and the community that non-government schools meet the standards determined by the Minister for Education and other requirements specified in Part 4 of the School Education Act 1999 and the School Education Regulations 2000. The directorate also oversees the assessment of applications for exemption from compulsory school for students enrolled at non-government schools and provides executive support to the Minister’s Non-Government School Planning Advisory Panel on assessing applications for Advance Determination.

The Role

As a Consultant Support Officer, you will provide support for consultancy functions associated with registration, advance determination and exemption matters. You will also undertake initial review of applications for non-government school advance determination; registration matters and exemption from school enrolment. This includes consolidating data, information and evidence for assessments and preparing analytical and evaluative reports with preliminary recommendations for review by other staff in the branch.

In this role you will assist in the risk-based periodic review of systems, processes, performance and standards of metropolitan, regional and remote non-government schools and support virtual and onsite assessment and review of school compliance to verify and explore existing information and da…