ABOUT THE ROLE

Career Start is a structured development program which improves the experience of graduate teachers as they are inducted into the profession. Career Start provides a range of supports to graduate teachers and their mentors to accelerate the development of graduate teachers’ professional practice, support their wellbeing, and increase retention.
The Program Manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the successful development and delivery of the program. This is a fixed term role until 31 December 2026. Key responsibilities include: provision of strategic policy advice and analysis to influence program development; implementing efficient and effective program management approaches; maintaining strong governance and reporting; overseeing robust procurement and contract management processes; collaboration with regions to achieve policy and implementation fidelity and build consistency across regions, while allowing for adaptation to local contexts; overseeing strong monitoring and evaluation processes.