Data Coordinator - Curriculum Projects

Data Coordinator - Curriculum Projects

Government of South Australia - Department for Education

Applications close: 9:30 AM EDT, 6th Oct 2026

Job posted on: 22nd Sep 2026

Adelaide > Hindmarsh

Full Time

Education and Training, Policy and Research

State Government

About Curriculum and Learning

The Curriculum and Learning Division is responsible for supporting educators within the public education system to provide the best learning possible to our children and young people. Driving its work is the Strategy for Public Education and the achievement of our ambitions for our learners. The Division has responsibility for all curriculum and learning initiatives, policies, and programmes and has recently undergone a functional design process resulting in the establishment of six directorates, four of which are new to the division.

The directorates are: Aboriginal Education Curriculum Curriculum Strategy and Planning Curriculum Connections and Engagement Early Years Curriculum and Learning Learning and Teaching

The Curriculum Strategy and Planning directorate is responsible for division-wide performance monitoring, strategic planning and advice. It oversees project management, research, data management and evaluations, and coordinates policies and briefings across the division, in consultation with subject matter experts.

About the role

The Data Coordinator, Curriculum Projects is part of a team of policy analysts, briefing officers and research and evaluation officers, and provides support to a team of project managers. The role is responsible for coordinating identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of data to support evaluation of projects. The role connects data collection at project level with broader activity across the division and department to ensure efficient and effective use of data to support evidence-based decision-making. The role manages relationships with data custodians and curates and maintains systems for data collection, use, visualisation and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Essential: Nil

• Desirable: Relevant qualification in public policy, public health, psychology, economics or similar with a focus on data management and analysis. Experience in an education context.

• Special conditions

• The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry.

• The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

• Enquiries

• Enquiries can be directed to Rebecca Tooher, Director, Curriculum Strategy and Planning, via mob: 0414 508 460

• Additional note

Multiple full-time (1.0 FTE) ongoing vacancies are available under this advertisement:

• 2 x ASO6 Evaluation Officer, Curriculum Projects

• 1 x ASO6 Data Coordinator, Curriculum Projects

• Applicants may apply for one or both roles through the same advertisement.

• The same selection panel will assess applications for both roles concurrently. Where an applicant is considered more suitable for one role than the other, this will be discussed with the applicant as part of the selection process.

• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

• People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.