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
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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