Assistant Principal

Our purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.

About The BUSY Schools…

The BUSY Schools are part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, and allied health services.

The BUSY Schools are independent Special Assistance Schools with 7 campuses across Cairns, Brisbane, and Gold Coast/Coolangatta, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.

Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.

Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.

About the position…

The role of the Assistant Principal is diverse, and its main purpose is to support the Campus Principal in the daily operational management of the campus. The role is proactive in forming relationships with students, parents/carers, school staff, registered training organisations (RTOs), trainers and employers to monitor attendance and course completion, and support enrolment into identified courses. 

While maintaining a centred focus on continuous improvement to develop an understanding of the wellbeing, pastoral and behavioural needs of our students, the Assistant Principal works with the Campus Principal to implement and develop plans for the campuses to maximise opportunities for engagement with students.

This role is permanent full time based from our Cleveland School Campus. 

BUSY Benefits:

• Competitive, above award salary; Circa $120k + 12.5% superc
• NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card!
• Paid Parental Leave program
• 13 weeks long service leave
• 12.5% superannuation
• Training and Professional development commitment
• Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program 

So, what does an everyday look like?

• Promoting, developing and protecting the vision, mission and core values of The BUSY Schools.
• Collaborate with the Campus Principal to create a positive culture of high expectations, ensuring effective, evidence-informed teaching practices that enable student engagement, improvement, achievement and wellbeing to thrive.
• Manage and communicate day to day events through calendars and notices.
• Organise supervisions when staff are absent to ensure they provide a suitable program for students, including rostering oneself for supervisions before engaging a relief teacher. Organise and supervise relief teachers.
• Collaborate with the Curriculum Coordinator to provide written reports of student progress each semester. 

About you...

• Hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree and/or qualification in education to teach secondary students. 
• Current full or teaching/provisional registration with Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) or an ability to gain registration in Queensland.
• Proven ability in leadership and management of a school team and strategically plan for enhanced student outcomes to maintain eligibility for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and achieve employment and/or further training outcomes 
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated experience with student welfare, the support structures and services required to achieve quality learning outcomes in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Proven ability to model excellent teaching and learning skills utilising a broad range of learning strategies

Next steps...

This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.

The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks. 

The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.