Manager Quality Practice And Regulatory Support

Manager Quality Practice and Regulatory Support-00009IMQ

Ongoing Full-Time

Location: Parramatta

Flexible work-life balance

Are you passionate about seeing your work directly benefit children and families across NSW? How would you like to contribute to the safety and quality of all early childhood services across NSW, so that children have the best possible experience? Interested? This role may be the right one for you!

About the Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

For more information about the Department of Education, please visit

The NSW Department of Education serves the community by providing world-class education for students of all ages.

We ensure young children get the best start in life by supporting and regulating the early childhood education sector. We are the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We are committed to fostering vibrant, sustainable and high-performing vocational and higher education sectors.

We are responsible for enacting NSW Government policy, driving improvement in education, and overseeing policy, funding and compliance issues relating to non-government schools. We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as First Peoples of Australia.

This role sits within the Quality Assurance and Regulatory Services (QARS) directorate in the Learning Improvement division.

We have regulatory responsibility, through the National Quality Framework and our state-based early childhood legislation, to raise quality, ensure safety and drive continuous improvement and consistency in education and care services. Our directorate regulates and supports over 6000 services in NSW through monitoring, assessment and rating, enforcement and compliance and approval processes, and a wide range of sector development, support and engagement activities. We work with states, territories, the Australian Government and the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) to ensure a consistent application of the National Quality Framework and we continuously strive to work with the education and care sector to improve how we regulate to enhance child outcomes. We also work with other government agencies to ensure the safety of children.

About the role

The role manages oversight, analysis and leads improvement strategies to ensure regulatory requirements are met and embedded into early childhood education sector policy and practice.

For further information please view the

Essential requirements of the role

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or demonstrated equivalent knowledge and/or experience.

Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal education policies.

A driver licence as driving is an essential requirement of this role.

A valid Working with Children Check Clearance

Key knowledge and experience

Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s and upholding the and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

About you

This role is suited to candidates with relevant qualifications and previous experience in a human service delivery agency, where they were accountable for managing programs or teams that contributed to uplifting standards, quality or safety across the client or service provider population. Candidates with prior experience in a regulatory agency environment or, operational service delivery environment are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Opportunity to make a difference at Department of Education

Flexible work-life balance

Competitive salary

35 hour week