Administrative Assistant

Examination Logistics - Examinations, Certification and Testing (ECT) are seeking to establish a pool of Administrative Assistants for permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during 2026 and up to the end of August, 2027. Appointments may be offered at any time for vacancies that commence during this period.

The ECT Directorate is responsible for:

• implementing the logistics for the delivery of Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) course examinations
• implementing the logistics for the delivery of Externally Set Tasks (EST)
• developing and maintaining strategies to acknowledge student performance including the development of online exam structures
• designing, implementing and evaluating educational measurement activities in Years 11 and 12, including the moderation of external assessment activities
• implementing the logistics for the delivery of National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) across Western Australia
• designing, developing and analysing tests, and implementing the logistics for the delivery of the literacy and numeracy assessments of the Online Literacy Numeracy Assessment (OLNA)
• ensuring that data is of the highest integrity and that it is collected, assured, analysed and reported

Visit scsa.wa.edu.au to find out more information about the School Curriculum and Standards Authority.

The Role

The suitable applicants will prepare documents using advanced Microsoft products, (includes brochures, spreadsheets, charts, Outlook, PowerPoint and tables), they will also provide support to, and maintain, team communication processes with schools, the public and within and across the organisation’s teams.

These applicants will also provide a high level of customer service in handling telephone enquiries and ensuring visitors are received and assisted in a professional manner. They will be required to liaise with stakeholders to support the services and programs within the organisation and to provide clerical support for ad hoc special projects and support across the directorate as business needs arise.

Further duties for the suitable applicants will be to coordinate meetings, including venue and room bookings, arrange catering, and prepare and distribute agendas, minutes and associated documents. They will establish, maintain and update databases, undertake data collection, data entry and processing and maintain effective records and information databases in accordance with recordkeeping policy.

Professional Benefits

We are conveniently located in Cannington and our employees enjoy a range of benefits which include:

• 12% employer contributed superannuation.
• Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work life balance including; working from home or remote, flexible working hours and part-time arrangements
• Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave
• Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance
• Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments)

Want to know more?

Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Barclay Jones, Manager - Examination Logistics ECT on (08) 9273 6309 or by emailing Barclay.Jones@scsa.wa.edu.au