Manager Teacher Programs

Are you passionate about shaping high-impact professional learning programs for teachers and school leaders? The Manager, Teacher Programs leads the strategic support and implementation of the Academy’s teacher-facilitated professional learning programs, including through leading a team of Principals in Residence and Expert Teacher in Residence. This role sets direction, ensures quality and leads a high-performing team.

This position is ongoing 

Are you passionate about shaping high-impact professional learning programs for teachers and school leaders?

The Academy's mission is to enhance and improve student outcomes across rural, regional and metropolitan schools through specialised professional learning and pathways, and to raise public awareness of the profession. Information on our legislated objectives is available on our website: Our strategy and story | Academy.

At the Academy, we are passionate about meaningful and exciting work that has an impact on education and student outcomes. Our shared purpose is to create and offer evidence-informed professional learning programs, events and initiatives designed to take Victoria's highly skilled teachers and school leaders from great to exceptional and advance the quality and status of teaching and school leadership. We also provide pathways for school and system improvement and raise public awareness of and confidence in the profession across government, Catholic and independent systems.    

We care about the quality of our work, demonstrate collective responsibility for continuous improvement and support each other to do the very best we can every day to achieve our goals. 

The Academy is a learning organisation that provides opportunities for employees to grow. We have a positive culture that we are building together, where people feel supported, valued and heard. 

About the Division

The Teaching and Leadership Excellence Division leads and delivers a comprehensive portfolio of evidence-informed high-quality professional learning for teachers and school leaders across the government, Catholic and independent sectors. It enables excellence in teaching and leadership, including in literacy and mathematics, and student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and builds leadership capability at all career stages, from emerging leaders to system leaders. 

Programs are grounded in high-quality professional learning principles and aligned to either the Academy Leadership Excellence Framework and/or the Academy Teaching Excellence Model, supporting educators to translate evidence into practice, lead improvement, and drive sustained impact in their context. 

The division provides thought leadership, resources and insights to the profession, drawing on expertise in education policy, teaching and learning, and program and project management. Its workforce includes teaching service staff (Principals in Residence and Expert Teachers in Residence) alongside Victorian Public Service staff.  

The division works in close partnership with the Academy Services Division to ensure seamless participant support, customer experience and high-quality program design. Additionally, the division works with the Business Services Division to enable effective learning environments and technology, project and program management support, and the Regional Division to coordinate consistent, place-based delivery across Victoria.

About the Team

The Teacher Programs unit is responsible for the design and delivery of a range of programs and resources that help teachers elevate their practice, increase their impact an d build their networks. This team includes the Academy's Expert Teacher in Residence initiative in addition to needs-based teaching and leadership programs. 

About the Role

The Manager, Teacher Programs leads the strategic support and implementation of the Academy's teacher-facilitated professional learning programs, including through leading a team of Principals in Residence and Expert Teacher in Residence. This role sets direction, ensures quality and leads a high-performing team.

The responsibilities of the Manager, Teacher Programs include:

• leading the strategic design, development and continuous improvement of the Teacher Programs unit
• leading, managing and developing a high-performing team who deliver a sub-set of the Academy's professional learning programs and projects across the life cycle from program inception through to program close and evaluation
• providing strategic advice on program and portfolio direction, systems, processes, policies, tools, quality standards and delivery models to internal and external stakeholders
• overseeing procurement, contracts and partnerships with external providers
• building partnerships to support innovation and system-wide impact
• monitoring program performance, risks and outcomes, to ensure alignment to organisational strategy and system priorities and drive continuous improvement
• managing stakeholder relationships and resolving complex issues
• contributing to divisional and organisational strategy and business planning.

Capabilities

• Deep expertise in the end-to-end management of professional learning programs or training
• Advanced project and program management capability
• Strong people leadership and team management
• Demonstrated ability to set strategy, drive improvement and deliver organisational outcomes
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Ability to manage complex, competing and interdependent priorities, continuous improvement activities and services
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making and business acumen.

Qualifications and Experience

• A qualification in education, project management, learning design or similar is desirable.
• Proven experience developing and leading high-performing teams to build capability and culture and achieve outcomes is essential.
• Experience in making evidence-based decisions that impact and improve operational and strategic functions is essential.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of professional learning principles, project and contract management, stakeholder engagement and public policy procedures and frameworks is essential.

Further Information

Please respond by submitting a cover letter, supported by a maximum 2-page response to the key selection criteria and a recent CV/resume.  

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.   

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page   

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.  &#16 0;

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Emily Benson - Director, Teaching and Leadership Excellence Division via [email protected]

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.   

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Applications close 11:59pm on 22 November 2026.