Education Quality & Safeguarding Lead

Humero; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Carinity is seeking a Quality Manager – Education to safeguard and assure quality across its Education Services division. The role will partner with school leaders to implement a risk-based framework, support accreditation readiness, and ensure robust safeguarding practices.

The successful candidate will travel across Queensland, engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to embed cultural safety, governance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in quality management, governance, risk, education or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in quality, accreditation, compliance, safeguarding assurance or risk across complex services.
• Experience developing assurance frameworks and conducting audits, reviews and corrective-action verification.
• Strong knowledge of child safeguarding frameworks and organisational child safety responsibilities.
• Ability to interpret regulatory requirements, assess evidence and communicate clear findings.
• Strong partnering skills and experience supporting shared standards across different locations or services.
• Understanding of cultural safety and respectful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
• Strong written communication and sound judgement when handling sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a risk-based quality and assurance framework across the Education division.
• Work with school leaders on accreditation assurance, audit readiness and evidence requirements.
• Evaluate safeguarding controls, reporting pathways and systems for identifying and responding to child safety risks.
• Maintain the education policy and compliance framework, coordinating reviews and updates with accountable leaders and corporate specialists.
• Analyse incidents, complaints and performance information to identify emerging risks and opportunities for shared improvement.
• Provide clear findings and recommendations, escalating significant or unresolved concerns.
• Verify that agreed corrective actions are complete and produce effective, sustained improvements.
• Provide guidance on quality, safeguarding and evidence requirements as expectations evolve.
• Work with corporate specialists to align education assurance with organisational governance and risk requirements.
• Apply culturally safe approaches that consider student and family voice and local community context.

Skills

Quality management

Governance

Risk

Education

Audits & inspections

Education

Quality management degree

Governance qualification

Education-related qualification

Job description

Carinity is seeking a Quality Manager – Education to safeguard and assure quality across its Education Services division. The role will partner with school leaders to implement a risk-based framework, support accreditation readiness, and ensure robust safeguarding practices.

The successful candidate will travel across Queensland, engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to embed cultural safety, governance and continuous improvement.