Campus Assistant Principal-Range 2
Department of Education Victoria
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Job summary
Department of Education Victoria – Churchill VIC seeks an Assistant Principal to lead educational programs and ensure high-quality teaching and learning across multiple campuses. You will manage significant programs, budgets and staff to implement the college plan within the department framework.
You will champion student wellbeing, collaborate with staff and families, and drive inclusive, data-informed approaches to improve outcomes across Years 7–12 in a five-campus setting.
Qualifications
- Visionary and exemplary educational leadership across a school/college.
- Ability to lead and manage change and guide teams.
- Strong financial, organisational and resource management skills.
- Ability to implement department policies to a high level.
- Commitment to using learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
- Ability to motivate staff and build an effective team.
- Ability to address diverse student needs and support inclusion.
Responsibilities
- Oversee student wellbeing programs and transitions, including data management.
- Lead teaching and learning improvements and support school improvement strategies.
- Guide staff and campus leadership, including performance management and mentoring.
- Engage with parents and community to strengthen the learning environment.
- Ensure budget and resources align with the college plan and policies.
Skills
Education
Job description
Department of Education Victoria – Churchill VIC
1d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria
Kurnai College is a multi-campus college in the Morwell and Churchill area of the Latrobe Valley, about 150 kilometres south-east of Melbourne.
The College has three mainstream campuses, with two Years 7-10 campuses located at Morwell and Churchill, and a senior campus for Years 11-12 co-located at Federation University in Churchill. The College also administers two satellite campuses to cater for students at risk the Latrobe Valley Flexible Learning Option (LVFLO) Campus and the Kurnai Young Parents Program (KYPP) Campus.
Kurnai College has approximately 1450 students attending across its five campuses and employs 214 equivalent full-time (EFT) staff.
The Kurnai College Statement of Purpose reads:
To build a Learning Community with a global perspective which promotes respect and achievement.
We define a Learning Community as a community where:
- learning is our focus
- all members of the College Community accept the responsibility for increasing their own learning
- all members of the College Community accept the responsibility to assist others to increase their learning
The College's Four Pillars underpin all aspects of our work. They are Engagement, Excellence, Work Ethic and Relationships.
The current Strategic Plan focuses on building teacher capacity through Professional Learning Teams, improved data literacy and assessment for learning practices. We also focus on creating positive learning environments through the Positive Behaviour Support framework incorporating a restorative approach that is informed by a knowledge of generational poverty and the Berry Street Education Model. The College values student, family, and teacher voice.
The College has moved to a collaborative approach to drive curriculum and pedagogical development. The College has a team of instructional coaches to help build teacher capacity and provides instructional leadership development opportunities for teaching staff over the period of the current plan.
The College has developed a strong ICT network and continues to build its e-learning capacity at every opportunity.
We welcome all students to our College and are particularly proud of our efforts to be an inclusive learning community. The College has been recognised for its work in forging links with the Indigenous community and continues to welcome students from all backgrounds, working with all to achieve success. In recent years the College has changed its logo to better reflect our Koorie connection and respect for the Gunai Kurnai people.
The College works hard to connect with our local community to increase the number of Kurnai students in further education and training.
The College looks to the future with a sense of optimism and a positive frame of mind. With a stronger focus on our Kurnai identity and on belonging to one College across five campuses, combined with an understanding of and commitment to our purpose, we move confidently forward striving to provide the best possible learning opportunities for all members of our learning community.
- Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college.
- Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.
- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
- Exemplary values appropriate to the development of students learning with demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to implement department policies to a high level.
- An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
- A highly development capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.
- A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.
- Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.
- An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.
The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.
Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.
The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.
Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.
- Managing general discipline and student matters, and transitions: implementing intervention strategies that address advanced and complex cases including critical incidents, e.g. suspensions, escalations including parent meetings
- Managing Iris reporting
- Overseeing effective and appropriate transition programs (Years 6 to 7 and 10 to 11)
- Communicating with staff, students, parents and other groups as appropriate regarding student behaviour and transitions and engagement.
- Leading and embedding programmes to enhance student wellbeing.
- Coordinating student data management, e.g. Attitudes to School Survey, KPA.
- Developing relationships and liaising with appropriate providers to support the wellbeing needs of students.
- Setting high expectations for student and staff performance, and actively leading and participating in professional learning to build the practice excellence of students and staff.
- Supporting, as required, the implementation of school improvement strategies on campus.
- Encouraging sharing of teaching best practice.
- To be agreed with College Principal: Managing a teaching load.
- Contributing to a positive, collaborative, and inclusive campus culture that builds capacity in students and staff.
- Assisting the development of the leadership capabilities of the campus leadership team.
- Assisting the Campus Principal with overseeing the knowledge, capabilities and professional conduct of campus staff including development, performance management and mentoring.
- Supervising and coordinating the work of direct reports.
- Maintaining appropriate records and preparing reports as required by the Campus Principal.
- Assisting the Campus Principal with the workforce planning and budget for resources on campus and across the college including participating in the recruitment and selection process for vacant roles.
- Maintaining a strong presence in the parent community by acting as an ambassador of the school at key events.
- Highlighting to the Campus Principal achievements of the school and of individual students as appropriate.
- Participating in school council as required.
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division via*******@education.vic.gov.au
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees,including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
- Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
- A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
- Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx
- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
- Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
- A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
- Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:
- The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
- If the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Acc
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