AddressAre you an experienced school leader who finds your purpose in developing others? Are you passionate about teaching and learning, with a gift for enhancing the talents of fellow educators and helping them to overcome their greatest professional challenges? As the Department of Education continues the implementation of its new education strategy, Equity and Excellence: Realising the potential of every student we are building a talent pool of exceptional educational leaders to be our future capability improvement leaders based at locations throughout Queensland. If you think you have the skills, expertise, and commitment necessary to lead the capability development of current and future educational leaders, this may be the opportunity for you.
About the Role:
To be eligible to apply you must have experience as an educational leader, with eligibility for full registration as a teacher in Queensland. To be successful, you will demonstrate your outstanding ability to lead targeted, tailored, high impact capability development for principals, middle leaders, teachers and a range of professional and support staff in Queensland state schools.
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to ensuring Queenslanders have the education and skills they need to contribute to the economic and social development of Queensland. The department delivers world-class education services to all students and contributes to the achievement of Queensland's employment, skills and economic priorities. DoE is a diverse organisation with the largest workforce in the state, and a uniting commitment to teaching and learning environments that are centred around child, student, and staff wellbeing and safety.
As the DoE enters an exciting phase implementing the new education strategy, Equity and Excellence: realising the potential of every student, we are investing in the capability of educational leaders and teachers through a new Education Futures Institute, tasked with empowering educators and leaders to build professional expertise across their careers through high-quality, targeted development opportunities.
The Senior Principal Capability, Education Futures Institute roles will deliver coaching; educational flagship programs; and strategies to support the health, safety and wellbeing of teachers, educational leaders, and staff. As a Senior Principal Capability, Education Futures Institute you will:
- Lead innovative approaches to the design, delivery and evaluation of professional development programs and learning opportunities for teachers, school leaders and the officers who support teaching and learning;
- Lead and enhance the use of evidence, research, partnerships and digital innovation in ensuring teaching and learning professional development is supportive, job-embedded, collaborative and accessible across the state;
- Ensure teaching and leadership capability development is responsive to the context of each participant, school and community; and
- Deliver outstanding coaching and support for school leaders that is informed by evidence and strongly aligned to individual needs and system priorities.
Mandatory Requirements:
- Required to hold or be eligible to hold full registration as a teacher in Queensland. Information on registration requirements is available ***********@qct.edu.au or on toll free 1300 720 944
- When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services
- Please refer to the attached role description for any further mandatory requirements for this position
The recruitment process will progress through 5 stages. Refer to the attached document to view the selection stages and access useful resources to prepare.
How to apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
- Attach a copy of your evidence for full registration eligibility as a teacher in Queensland.
- Once you have uploaded your resume, registration evidence and completed the initial applicant fields, please select 'Next' to complete the eligibility, location and sector questionnaire.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. ( https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/working-with-us/induction/department/human-resources/inclusion-and-diversity#:~:text=Pathways%20to%20Parity,participate%20fully%20in%20our%20workplaces. )
