Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Teaching and Learning Services – Secondary Years
Job title Project Officer Designation Administrative Officer 5
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 14/03/2026
Salary $88,297 - $92,687 Location Darwin
Position number 19297 RTF 331125 Closing 17/09/2025
Contact officer Kylie Murphy, Assistant Director on 08 8944 9228 or kylie.murphy@education.nt.gov.au
About the agency https://education.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=331125

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.

Primary objective
Provide expert support, advice and training to facilitate all certification processes and procedures for the Northern Territory Certificate of
Education and Training. Provide sound operational advice and information relating to Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, including
the use of a range of web-based corporate systems, collection of relevant data and development of high-level unit reporting.

Context statement
Teaching and Learning Services provides a holistic range of culturally responsive services and support to early childhood settings and
schools to maximise outcomes for Territory children and young people. This includes services and support for quality teaching and learning,
transition support, early childhood quality and integration, and policy coordination. TLS also strategically implements government
priorities, provides advice to the Minister and the department’s senior executive, and engages with a broad range of stakeholders to
benefit our clients.

Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide expert advice, training, and support to schools across the Northern Territory (NT) in the processes of entering, use and

validation of student data to enable the certification of senior secondary students.
2. Coordinate the validation of data through Schools Online exports for schools across the NT to ensure system wide compliance with

the South Australian Certification of Education (SACE) Board certification requirements.
3. Implement and monitor processes and reporting to manage the administration of system data and corporate impact data.
4. Coordinate and manage the publication and distribution of certificates and other documentation related to senior secondary

certification.
5. Assess requests for recognition of interstate and international qualifications and Vocational Education and Training (VET) studies for

equivalency, historical certificates and credit standing within the NTCET.
6. Work collaboratively with staff and officers within TLS to assist with access and analysis of system data.

Selection criteria
Essential
1. Organisational skills of a very high order including proven ability to deliver successful outcomes while working with competing priorities

and demands and critical deadlines and the ability to manage large volumes of data consistently maintaining very high standards of
accuracy and attention to detail in pressure situations.

2. Demonstrated high level oral, written communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to work in teams and the ability
to gain the cooperation of others across the wider education system, including the ability to interact effectively with people from
diverse cultures.

3. Demonstrated strategic, conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to translate complex matters into succinct and meaningful
forms for use by others with a high-level ability to work independently and flexibly using initiative and judgement in problem solving.

4. High standards of confidentiality and accountability

Desirable
1. Experience in the use of Schools Online and Microsoft Office suite as well as data importing, exporting and data manipulation.
2. Experience in the use of SACE Board databases and other databases.
3. Certificate IV or higher in business administration or systems.

Further information
The selected applicant must hold a current NT Working with Children Notice (Ochre Card) and driver’s licence or the ability to obtain prior
to commencement.