Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Skills NT
Job title Assistant Director - Skills Strategy Designation Senior Administrative Officer 1
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin
Position number 17384 RTF 328886 Closing 26/08/2025
Contact officer Stephen Walker on 08 8995 7750 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.education.nt.gov.au
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=328886
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide high-quality strategic advice on skills and workforce issues and opportunities affecting the Territory, ensuring alignment with the
needs of industry, businesses and individuals. Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and projects that
support the objectives of the Division and the Northern Territory Government.
Context statement
Skills NT contributes to a capable and skilled workforce that meets the Northern Territory’s current and future needs by overseeing the
adult vocational education and training sector. The division delivers a range of responsive training programs aligned to industry needs and
focused on addressing current and emerging skills shortages across the Territory.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide high quality evidence-based analysis and strategic advice across a range of national and Territory policy issues and programs
that impact on the Northern Territory’s skills and workforce agenda.
2. Produce high-level briefings and correspondence including Ministerial briefings, Legislative Assembly briefs, Cabinet Submissions,
speech notes and research papers.
3. Drive strategic and innovative thinking to identify options and generate solutions to resolve complex issues and effectively manage
the unit’s functions and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
4. Represent the department on cross agency, intergovernmental and national working groups to provide Northern Territory skills and
workforce context.
5. Maintain working knowledge of current and emerging workforce trends, and the skills needs of industry, business and individuals; and
Inform negotiations, coordinate, monitor and report on national agreements.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Highly developed written and oral communication skills to meet the requirements of a wide range of audiences to provide clear and
considered advice.
2. Highly developed organisational, interpersonal and leadership skills, with demonstrated high level judgement in responding to changing
situations and circumstances, setting priorities, meeting deadlines and producing work of a high standard – both individually and as a
team member/leader.
3. Demonstrated high level experience in research, analytics and conceptual thinking to identify, evaluate and prioritise strategies and
policy in a complex and changing environment.
4. Demonstrated high-level knowledge and experience in the vocational education and training sector at both the Northern Territory and
national levels, including an understanding of the unique political, social and cultural factors that influence the Territory’s VET
environment.
5. Demonstrated knowledge of the Northern Territory’s labour market.
