Location: Sydney, NSW, AU
Company: CSIRO
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The opportunity
- Supportive, rewarding, inclusive and truly flexible environment.
- Innovative and collaborative workplace with fantastic flexibility
- Join CSIRO - Australia's premier research organisation
Generation STEM is a $25 million ten-year initiative which works with industry, government and education sectors to support, train and retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) career pathways. The first program launched under Generation STEM is the STEM Community Partnerships Program (STEM CPP). The STEM CPP creates strong partnerships between local schools and industry, with the goal of highlighting local STEM careers and opportunities and providing avenues for students to develop their STEM skills in an engaging and rewarding way. Generation STEM also has two other programs: one focussing on tertiary students and another working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island students
The Education Project Officer role will focus on delivering the STEM CPP and will be responsible for training and supporting teachers, as well as increasing the number of school and industry participants in the program. The role will involve 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.
The Education Project Officer will also recruit and liaise with partner organisations and support their participation in the program. This will include identifying opportunities for STEM employees of these organisations to work with schools through partnering with a teacher to act as a STEM mentor.
Your duties will include:
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Deliver Generation STEM’s activities in close collaboration with internal and external program teams.
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Proactively engage with relevant schools, industry and other organisations to enable them to join the program in alignment to the engagement strategy and with the support and guidance of leadership.
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Build strong and sustainable relationships with participating schools, businesses and Councils and provide them with the support they need to connect with each other and participate in the program effectively.
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Develop and implement face to face and virtual training workshops including teacher professional development on inquiry based learning.
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In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, develop and coordinate activities for students, including showcase events, site visits, careers events and work experience.
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Manage workload and competing priorities to ensure program outputs are delivered on time.
Location: Sydney, NSW - Eveleigh site
Salary: AU$93,267 to AU$105,517 pa + up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Specified term until 30/09/2025
Reference: 97980
To be considered you will need:
Essential selections criteria:
- 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.
- A valid Australian Class C driver’s licence.
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 only. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.
The successful candidate will be required to obtain or provide evidence that they hold a working with children check prior to confirmation of appointment.
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.
CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.
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..
Please address the Essential selections criteria in your cover letter.
Applications close
Sunday 20th of October 2024, 11:00pm AEDT
Shortlisting for this role will take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable candidate has been appointed,
Please consider applying as soon as possible.