"Assessment Developer VET"

Assessment Developer – VET fixed term, full time appointment | Three year contract till 2029

Professional employee level 7

Annual salary $96,559 – $105,992 pa + 17% superannuation & 6 weeks annual leave

Casuarina campus | Larrakia country

About the position

As the Assessment Developer – VET, you will play a key role in designing and enhancing high-quality

assessments across VET units through the EdUplift Unit Uplift Production Process (UUPP). The position

supports the implementation of the university’s VET Assessment System, ensuring assessments are valid,

reliable, flexible, and fair, and that assessment evidence is valid, authentic, current, and sufficient.

Working collaboratively within EdUplift sprint teams, the Assessment Developer – VET partners with

educators, learning designers, and production staff to design and develop assessment strategies, methods,

tools, tasks, mapping, rubrics, and activities that align with the Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) and

unit-of-competency requirements. The role ensures that all assessments demonstrate academic integrity,

consistency, and flexibility, supporting the authentic application of knowledge across diverse workplace and

delivery contexts.

Operating within CDU’s third-space model, the position focuses on enhancing assessment design, methods,

and practice by translating national standards and institutional frameworks into authentic, scalable

assessment solutions that improve learner outcomes and educator capability. The role contributes to

validation and moderation as part of the final quality check in the Unit Uplift Production Process, supporting

consistency, authenticity, and continuous improvement across the university’s VET assessment practice.

About you

To be successful, you will require:

• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and reviewing VET assessment tools and

resources that meet the requirements of training packages and accredited courses, ensuring each tool

supports the collection of valid, authentic, current, and sufficient evidence of competence.

• Demonstrated understanding of the implications of generative AI for assessment design and academic

integrity within the VET sector, and ability to apply CDU’s GenAI guidance to ensure ethical and

transparent use of approved tools.

• Proven ability to design and contextualise assessment methods, tools, and tasks that reflect current

industry practice, are adaptable to diverse workplace and simulated settings, and ensure assessment

is valid, reliable, flexible, and fair.

• Experience collaborating with educators, learning designers, and resource developers to uplift

assessment design, methods, and practice.

• Comprehensive understanding of competency-based assessment design and mapping, including the

alignment of assessment tasks and instruments to elements, performance criteria, performance

evidence, knowledge evidence, and assessment conditions.

• Demonstrated capability in contributing to validation activities across the assessment lifecycle,

including participation in pre-validation and post-validation processes, to support consistency,

authenticity, and continuous improvement in assessment practice.

• Commitment to inclusive and accessible assessment design, embedding reasonable adjustment

strategies and ensuring compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2) and CDU design

templates.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in cross

functional teams and support educator capability uplift in assessment design, validation, and delivery.

Appointment is contingent upon receipt of a satisfactory National Criminal History check and a valid NT

Working with Children clearance

Remuneration

Appointment to this role will be at Professional Level 7. The base

salary will be in the range of $96,559 – $105,992 per annum.

The total remuneration package will be in the range of $112,974 - $124,010

per annum inclusive of 17% superannuation.

First Nations priority recruitment measures

While this vacancy is open to all applicants. First Nations applicants are strongly

encouraged to apply & will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy, in accordance with s57 of the

Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 (NT) 1992. More information on First Nations Priority Recruitment at CDU and

how to apply, available here

Access full position description

To view the full position description, please click the Apply link which will direct you to our CDU job site,

then select Job Attachments

What’s in it for you?

• An enviable lifestyle in the spectacular Northern Territory

• 17% superannuation

• Up to six weeks of paid annual leave

• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave (primary care giver), in addition to government payments

(eligibility criteria apply)

• Recognition of prior service with another Australian university / NT Government for Long Service

Leave (recognition applied to qualifying period only)

• Ability to negotiate transfer of leave entitlements under the Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989

• Free on-campus parking in designated areas

• Employee Assistance Program

• Salary Packaging opportunities

• An employer who values your contribution to building a bigger, better and stronger University

• Work with a University committed to changing people’s lives for the better through training,

education, and research

• Opportunities for professional development, paid study and career progression

• Access to over 5,000 courses via LinkedIn learning corporate membership

How to apply

All applications must be received online via the ‘apply’ button and should include your resume and a

supporting letter outlining your interest in the role, relevant skills and experience and response addressing

the selection criteria of the role.

For a confidential discussion about the position please contact Angie Marles on 0468 572 868 or email

angie.marles@cdu.edu.au

Do you need support?

CDU endeavours to establish and maintain effective systems and processes that support a flexible and

inclusive workplace culture.

Adjustments can be made to support you throughout the application and selection process, as well as

during employment, in line with the University’s Workplace Adjustment Policy and Procedure

For confidential discussions, reasonable adjustment requests,

or further information on workplace inclusion and policies, please

contact People Services on 08 8946 6284 or peopleservices@cdu.edu.au

Work health and safety

CDU is committed to providing a physical and psychological safe

working environment. Confidential support can also be provided to

employees who may be experiencing domestic, family or sexual violence

outside the workplace.

Diversity and inclusion

At CDU, we actively celebrate our diversity and believe that our differences will make CDU the most

connected University in Australia. We are committed to maintaining a culture where every member of our

University community feels respected, safe, encouraged to speak up and supported in achieving their

professional goals, and that they truly belong.

Applications from First Nations people, women at all levels, culturally and racially marginalised people,

people with disability, neurotypical and neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with family and

caring responsibilities and people at all stages of their careers are welcomed.

You make CDU. And we want you to be exactly who you are.

Applications close: Wednesday 18th February 2026