At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- Temporary Full-Time up to 26 March 2027.
- Location Eveleigh with flexible working arrangements available across NSW Department of Education offices.
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process to fill anticipated vacancies over the next 18 months
- Competitive remuneration ranging from $129,464 to $142,665 plus super & annual leave loading.
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Web Developer to ensure seamless service delivery, reliability, and optimal effectiveness of applications, systems, and programs.
You will guide all stages of software development to meet standards and objectives, delivering design, analysis, and programming expertise for complex programs, and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose through rigorous analysis and testing.
You will design and conduct acceptance testing (including user acceptance testing) to reduce risk and improve quality, provide ongoing third-level technical support through monitoring and trend analysis while coordinating with external providers to resolve performance issues, and contribute to Web Services planning (ITD requirements, resource/capacity planning, security, and disaster recovery) to protect the Department and its users.
You will maintain thorough system documentation (change requests, guides, asset/config registers, knowledge bases), deliver timely specialist advice and operational reports to management, balance stakeholder needs with timelines, and stay current with new technologies to continually enhance service delivery.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you
- Design and build AEM components, templates, dialogs and editable blocks using HTL (Sightly), JavaScript and CSS to deliver seamless authoring experiences.
- Develop responsive, accessible and performant front-end solutions using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript, Vue.js and Node.js within the AEM framework.
- Integrate AEM components with back-end APIs and data sources to enable dynamic, content-driven web experiences.
- Ensure AEM components and templates meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards for public-facing educational content.
- Provide 3rd level technical support, specialist advice and operational reporting for AEM front-end applications, systems and users.
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Essential requirements of the role
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role.
Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.
Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.
If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education,
All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
As a condition of employment, successful candidates not currently employed by the Department must provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance number. Renewal is not required after the WWCC expires, as long as you remain in a non–child-related role. Employer obligations only apply while the WWCC is valid.
Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.
Closing date: Wednesday 1 July 2026 at 11:59pm.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.
