Education Project Officer – Generation STEM

Job Description

Acknowledgement of Country

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The Opportunity

• Join an exceptionally passionate and supportive team
• Create Impact! Contribute to the STEM Community Partnerships Program (STEM CPP)
• Bring your innovation mindset to deliver education programs across NSW!

As the Education Project Officer within CSIRO Education and Outreach, you will focus on delivering and growing the STEM CPP, a program under the Generation STEM initiative. This is a rewarding opportunity as you will be responsible for training and supporting teachers, as well as increasing the number of school and industry participants in the program.

This is a diverse role that will see you working on various projects, including, but not limited to, the development, facilitation and delivery of a range of workshops and activities for teachers and students; and events to promote and support industry professionals, teachers and organisations involved in the program.

You’ll be joining a dedicated and supportive team and be provided with opportunities for personal and professional learning and growth!

Your duties will include:

• Delivering Generation STEM’s activities in close collaboration with internal and external program teams.
• Proactively engaging with relevant schools, industry and other organisations to enable them to join the program.
• Building strong relationships with participating schools, businesses and Councils and providing them with the support they need to participate effectively.
• Developing and implementing face to face and virtual training workshops including teacher professional development on inquiry-based learning.
• In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, developing and coordinating activities for students, including showcase events, site visits, careers events and work experience.
• Managing workload and competing priorities to ensure program outputs are delivered on time.

Location: The preferred candidate will be required to be based in NSW

Salary: AU$89,680 – $101,459 plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term until 31 December 2023 (likely to be extended)

Reference: 90763

To be considered you will need:

• To be willing and able to travel locally and within New South Wales.
• A qualification in education, STEM, project management or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Experience with the facilitation of training for teachers, especially inquiry based learning, coupled with an understanding of how to align the training to the Australian Curriculum.
• Highly developed stakeholder management and interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain strong and productive relationships and networks with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated project coordination skills and experience in managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines, as well as the ability to demonstrate initiative, self-motivation and flexibility.
• High level problem solving and judgment skills, including the ability to anticipate, identify and manage risks and to develop evidenced-based appropriate solutions.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and will be required to obtain or provide evidence that they hold a working with children check prior to confirmation of appointment.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel locally and within New South Wales.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia’s national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

8 January 2023, 11:00pm AEDT