This occupation group covers Education Managers not elsewhere classified.

Skill Level

1

Specialisations

• Polytechnic Registrar (NZ)
• Project Coordinator (Education)
• TAFE Registrar (Aus)
• University Registrar

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Education Managers nec is Vocational Education and Training Assess (VETASSESS). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.
• For nec occupations, VETASSESS conducts a case-by-case assessment to determine whether the employment can be considered highly relevant to the classification. However, if an applicant’s employment is highly relevant to another ANZSCO occupation, the same period of employment cannot be assessed suitably against an nec classification, regardless of whether the occupation is available for migration purposes or not
• Applicants should provide a cover letter that justifies the rationale for choosing an nec category.

plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate educational policy, and provide advice and educational and administrative support to staff and students in educational institutions.

Tasks

• coordinating the educational, administrative and financial affairs of an educational institution or department within the institution
• researching, developing, implementing, reviewing and evaluating educational and administrative policy
• liaising between educational institutions, parents and the wider community
• providing advice on policy and procedures to staff and students
• consulting with academic and administrative staff to coordinate educational programs
• identifying and addressing present and future needs for student and staff development
• researching educational systems and monitoring and evaluating new developments
• researching and reporting on students’ needs arising from curriculum implementation
• developing and delivering training programs for teachers

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification and at least five years of relevant experience. In some instances relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 134411 Faculty Head
• 134412 Regional Education Manager
• 134499 Education Managers nec