AI Developer – SPCC Online
Role Overview
The AI Developer – SPCC Online builds bespoke AI tools, agents, and student-facing chat experiences for SPCE Online School.
The role owns tools through discovery, design, development, testing, release, monitoring, and ongoing support.
Student-facing tools must include robust safeguarding, privacy controls, escalation pathways, logging, and human oversight.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The AI Developer – SPCC Online builds bespoke AI tools, agents, and student-facing chat experiences for SPCE Online School.
The role owns tools through discovery, design, development, testing, release, monitoring, and ongoing support.
Student-facing tools must include robust safeguarding, privacy controls, escalation pathways, logging, and human oversight.
Solution development and delivery
- Translate pedagogical intent, curriculum requirements, and student needs into technical designs with school staff.
- Select fit-for-purpose platforms, including Azure AI, Copilot, Copilot Studio, Cogniti, or other suitable options.
- Integrate tools with TASS, Schoolbox, and Microsoft 365; build APIs and integrations using secure data practices.
- Develop agents and retrieval over approved curriculum and school content; use source control, code review, and automated testing.
- Build Socratic tutors and age-appropriate student chat tools, then evaluate, pilot, and improve them with school staff and students.
- Manage environments, deployment pipelines, production monitoring, support, enhancements, and technical documentation.
- Train staff and students and recommend improvements to educational AI capability.
Required experience and conditions
- Software development experience in a relevant language such as Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or C#, with source control and testing fundamentals.
- Practical AI solution delivery and experience designing, prompting, and evaluating agents or retrieval-based solutions.
- Integration and API experience, sound data modelling, and secure-by-design practice.
- Understanding of safeguarding and privacy obligations for technology used by children and young people.
- Right to work in Australia and ability to obtain and maintain a Working With Children Check and National Police Check.
- Commitment to the organisation's Christian ethos, including fellowship involvement and participation in staff devotions and prayer meetings.
Valuable experience
- Educational technology experience and understanding of how students learn are valuable.
- Familiarity with Cogniti, education-specific AI platforms, Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, or Power Platform is valuable.
- DevOps or application lifecycle management experience with Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, or GitHub is valuable; Bitbucket is preferred.
- AI-assisted development experience, relevant certifications, or a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree may be valuable.
Position details
- The position is a fixed two-year contract with the possibility of extension.
- The position is full-time, although part-time arrangements may be considered by agreement.
- Annual leave is four weeks; ICT staff must be available in January, when leave is restricted and individually negotiated.
About the organisation
St Philip's Christian College is a network of learning communities serving the Newcastle, Hunter, and Central Coast regions.
The organisation describes its education and values as grounded in Christian faith.
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