Evaluation Officer - Curriculum Projects

Job title: Evaluation Officer - Curriculum Projects

Government of South Australia - Department for Education

Applications close: 8:59 AM EDT, 7th Oct 2026

Job posted on: 22nd Sep 2026

Adelaide > Hindmarsh

Full Time

Education and Training, Project Management

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 Policy and Research team develops divisional policy, provides a briefing unit for the division and leads research and evaluation of division-wide projects and programs. The Evaluation Officer, Curriculum Projects designs, implements and manages monitoring and evaluation of projects across division and provides specialist expertise to assess the reach, effectiveness and impact of education initiatives delivered by the division. The Evaluation Officer, Curriculum Projects supports the implementation of evaluation frameworks and plans, develops data collection tools and methodologies, and contributes to evidence-based decision-making that improves outcomes for educators and learners.

Qualifications

• Essential: Nil

• Desirable: Relevant qualification in Evaluation, Social Sciences or related field or equivalent experience. Previous experience in an education-related role.

• 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 the Director, Curriculum Strategy and Planning.

• 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.