Manager, Learning and Development – Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education program

Our organisation

Reconciliation Australia is an independent, national, not-for-profit organisation promoting and facilitating reconciliation by building relationships, respect and trust between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our vision is for a just, equitable and reconciled Australia.

The role

Reconciliation Australia’s Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Education program offers tools and resources for schools and early learning services to actively contribute to reconciliation. Through the Narragunnawali online platform, schools and services can develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), and teachers and educators can access professional learning and curriculum resources to support the implementation of reconciliation initiatives.

As Manager, Learning and Development in the Narragunnawali team, your are a key leader in growing the program’s impact, with a particular focus on building teacher, educator and sector partner knowledge, confidence and capacity to support reconciliation across education settings.

You are responsible for delivering business-critical projects including, but not limited to, high-quality online and in-person workshops and events that enable deeper and sustained program engagement and that contribute to the program’s financial resilience.

Working in partnership with the Narragunnawali General Manager and Senior Manager, as well as the Manager, RAP Community, you will proactively contribute to the program’s strategic direction and support the team to deliver priorities and outcomes to a consistently high standard.

Narragunnawali (pronounced narra-gunna-wally) is a word from the language of the Ngunnawal people. It means alive, wellbeing, coming together and peace. We pay our respects to and thank the United Ngunnawal Elders Council for giving us permission to the use the word narragunnawali.

About you

You are a strategic thinker, with a strong understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community aspirations, and of the education sector’s professional standards and curriculum requirements to use education to act towards reconciliation.

You have demonstrated experience in designing, developing and facilitating high-quality professional learning experiences, ideally with an attention to adult learning needs relating to reconciliation, and to revenue-raising opportunities through targeted professional learning offerings.

While you bring a self-motivated approach to your work, you are also a strong communicator and collaborator. You are a skilled project and people leaders, with competency in managing multiple priorities, balancing outputs-based and relationship-building priorities.

Most importantly, you are committed to supporting lifelong reconciliation learning, with a focus on building knowledge, confidence and capability to support reconciliation across the education sector, among educators, leaders and wider members of education communities.

Selection criteria

Read through the selection criteria below. Please address these in a cover letter that demonstrates your skills and experience and how they would relate to our work. More information is available in the position description.

Essential

• High level understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, cultures and the reconciliation movement.
• Australian teaching qualification and/or experience in early learning, primary or secondary school settings.
• High level understanding of the professional expectations and learning needs of teachers and educators in relation to national frameworks and standards relating to reconciliation, as per the Australian Curriculum, Early Years Learning Framework, Professional Standards for Teachers and Approved Learning Frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering high-quality professional learning opportunities for teachers and educators.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships and strategic partnerships and alliances with a wide range of stakeholders including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations, government, corporate and not-for-profit sectors.
• Proven people-management and organisational skills and demonstrated ability to support a team to deliver program outcomes on time and to a high standard.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, including the ability to represent an organisation in public forums.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment and across an organisation.
• Commitment and willingness to learn about and contribute to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.