Teach For Australia would like to acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of the lands throughout Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Australia’s first peoples.

• Opportunity to work with an engaged community of educators - working to close the education gap
• Flexible work practices, including the option to work from home
• Allowance and time off work for professional development
• Join us in our commitment and vision for Reconciliation, in a space where we learn and grow together

About Teach For Australia

Our vision is an Australia where education gives every child greater choice for their future. The mission is to grow a community of leaders committed to equity for children and young people, by recruiting and developing exceptional people to teach and lead across Australian schools.

About the Position

The Learning Design Lead role is responsible for designing and delivering participant learning experiences across Teach for Australia’s programming, focusing on the Leadership Development Program (LDP). Learning Design Leads are agile and adaptive generalist roles that coordinate and support project teams related to TFA programming design and delivery.

The Learning Design Lead works within the Learning Design and Delivery Team and collaborates across other TFA teams and stakeholder groups to support high-quality learning experiences for program participants aligned with national standards and TFA’s university partner. Learning Design Leads work across several workstreams, including National Initial Intensive; Regional Intensives; Mid-Year Learning Events; School Practicum; Associate Professional Development; Coaching; Mentoring. The role also includes some learning delivery and supporting others in implementing learning

Please Note: This role has flexibility to be remote so candidates from other locations in Australia will be considered.

About You

Essential:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in education or teaching
• At least 5 years experience in teaching, teacher support and/or leadership development roles in schools, including three years of teaching experience in schools with a low socioeconomic status.
• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating adult professional learning
• Excellent project management skills and experience

Desirable:

• Masters level degree (or higher) in education or teaching
• Experience in designing and delivering intensive-style programming for pre-service teachers
• Experience as a participant of Teach For All program or as staff of Teach For All partner organisation
• Project management qualification (such as PRINCE2)
• Experience in e-learning curriculum and resource development
• Experience in designing and delivering in virtual and blended learning models.

Key Accountabilities

Lead and support learning design projects:

• Lead or support the development of key projects that inform program direction, including: National Initial Intensive; Regional Intensives; Associate Coaching; Mentoring; and Non- Intensive Associate Professional Development
• Ensure learning design projects plan(s) are delivered in line with agreed milestones and report on progress and challenges
• Ensure purposeful collaboration in the delivery of learning design projects with cross-organisational teams and external partners and stakeholders (e.g., University Partner)
• Deliver learning in-person and virtually
• Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of learning design and delivery through survey and assessment
• Where acting as a workstream team member, support the project lead in the delivery of the above, including taking on project-specific roles

Unit Lead:

• In collaboration with our University Partner, lead and/or support the development and delivery of units. This can include determining appropriate learning objectives and the design of session-specific materials, including session plans, accompanying resources, suggested readings, and sessional evaluation
• Within the quality assurance framework, train TFA facilitators to deliver content within relevant learning units effectively
• Serve as a TFA unit lead across the Masters of Teaching, including the role of primary course facilitator across the National Initial Intensive, and as required, support regions in the delivery of content

Teach For Australia encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Please apply via the "Apply Now" link with your CV by the advertised closing date.

All enquiries can be directed to [email protected] using the subject line: Learning Design Lead - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs. Please note that you must have the appropriate right to work in Australia in order to be eligible for this role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake a National Police Clearance, and obtain a valid Working With Children Check. For more information about Teach For Australia and its impact on educational disadvantage, please visit https://teachforaustralia.org/.