Associate Principal

BigRedSky Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 198,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work

Career development

Leave provisions

Job summary

Alkimos College invites applications for an Associate Principal to join our growing executive team. Located in Alkimos, the college opened in 2020 and serves local students with world-class facilities and a strong focus on teaching and learning.

The Associate Principal will work with the principal and leadership teams to promote the college's vision and values, oversee the Year 7 cohort and Year 6 transition, and lead instructional improvement and professional learning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Executive oversight of Year 7 cohort
• Executive oversight of Year 6 transition
• Leadership of teaching and learning programs and professional learning
• Line management of designated learning areas
• Possibility to expand portfolios based on skill set and college needs

Job description

Division: Independent Public School - North Metropolitan Education Region

Salary: Level 4, $159,316 - $169,438 per annum (pro-rata) (SEA GA 2023)

This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2027

Alkimos College is seeking to appoint a highly effective and empowered individual to join our growing executive team.

Located in the northern suburb of Alkimos with sweeping ocean views, Alkimos College opened in 2020 with our foundation Year 7 cohort, providing local intake area students with access to an exceptional secondary education in world-class learning facilities. Stage 1 buildings include administration, lower school student services, library, gymnasium, fitness centre, food studios, cafeteria, Information Technology labs, technologies workshops, general classrooms, science laboratories, and nature play area. Shared oval and community facilities with the City of Wanneroo are available via the adjacent Halesworth Park precinct. Stage 2 (rolled out in 2024), includes a performing arts centre, lecture theatre, senior school student services centre and general classrooms.

We are ideally looking for an applicant with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, who is committed to achieving optimal outcomes for all students. These skills will see you negotiate effectively and build and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders, as we continue to grow the college. We are looking for someone ideally highly motivated, energetic, with a sense of humour, and who possesses the qualities needed to bring people together, inspire confidence, identify opportunities, and establish new initiatives.

The Associate Principal will be an integral part of the college executive team. They will work closely with the principal, executive and leadership teams to develop and promote the college vision, motto, and values in the school community. Related leadership and management responsibilities may include: executive oversight of the Year 7 cohort, Year 6 transition, and in conjunction with the principal - executive oversight of teaching and learning (including the Teaching and Learning Committee, Instructional Coaches and the Alkimos Instructional Program), executive oversight of professional learning, executive oversight of the Department Academic Select Gifted and Talented Program and school based academic extension program and line management of designated learning areas. Additional portfolios will be determined based on the recommended applicant’s skill set, business needs of the college, and to ensure continuity with the transition to retirement of one of the substantive Associate Principals. Eagerness to expand skills in additional portfolios is therefore highly desirable.

Professional Benefits

Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions. Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personalbenefits .

Want to know more?

Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
• obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and

More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website or in the attached application package.

Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/DP1065405

Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.

The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Thursday, 8 October 2026