Associate Principal

KingsWay School; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KingsWay School invites applications for an Associate Principal to join our Christian community of learning on the Hibiscus Coast, Auckland. This permanent, full-time role begins January 2027 and involves leading with a Christ-centred approach while shaping culture, strategy, and staff development within Year 1–13 education.

The role carries 9 units with 0.2 FTE teaching and 0.8 FTE leadership, working within our Executive Leadership Team to advance our Christian character and student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Evidence of proven educational leadership and school improvement.
• Actively engaged in a Christian church community.
• Demonstrated servant-hearted leadership with integrity and professionalism.
• Hold teaching qualifications and current teacher registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide Christ-centred educational and organisational leadership consistent with the school's mission.
• Contribute to Executive Leadership Team with long-term strategic direction.
• Lead school-wide initiatives and portfolios to drive excellence and improvement.
• Develop and empower leaders across the organisation and foster collaboration.
• Promote teaching excellence, student wellbeing, and achievement across the school.
• Build partnerships with students, staff, whānau, churches, and the wider community.

Skills

Educational leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Relationship-building

Collaboration

Education

Teaching qualifications

Teacher registration

Job description

Do you want to be part of a Christian community of learning that nurtures young people towards their full potential as servant leaders in the Kingdom of God?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a permanent full-time Associate Principal starting January 2027.

Located on the beautiful Hibiscus Coast of Auckland, KingsWay is a high achieving, growing, state integrated Christian school catering for Year 1-13 students, with a current roll of over 2000 students. Our staff are supportive and collaborative, and our work is inspired by love/aroha, heartened by faith/whakapono in Jesus Christ, and motivated by gospel hope//tūmanako.

About the Role

This is a significant senior leadership opportunity for an experienced, faith-filled educational leader to join our Executive Leadership Team. The Associate Principal provides Christ-centred educational and organisational leadership, contributing to the strategic direction, culture, and ongoing development of the school while ensuring our Christian special character remains central to all aspects of school life. The role carries 9 units and the teaching allocation is 0.2 FTE with the remaining 0.8 FTE dedicated to leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic and spiritual leadership that reflects and promotes KingsWay School's Christian mission, vision, and values.
• Contributing as a member of the Executive Leadership Team to the leadership and long-term direction of the school.
• Leading strategic portfolios, projects, and school-wide initiatives that support excellence and continuous improvement.
• Developing and empowering leaders across the organisation while fostering a culture of collaboration and shared leadership.
• Promoting excellence in teaching, learning, wellbeing, and student achievement across the school.
• Building strong partnerships with students, staff, parents, whānau, churches, and the wider community.

The Successful Applicant Will:

• Demonstrate a vibrant and authentic Christian faith and be actively engaged in a Christian church community.
• Have proven experience in educational leadership, school improvement, and leading strategic change.
• Be a servant-hearted leader who models Christ-like humility, integrity, wisdom, and professionalism.
• Possess highly developed strategic thinking, organisational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Hold appropriate teaching qualifications and current teacher registration.
• Be committed to excellence in teaching and learning, continuous improvement, and helping students flourish academically, spiritually, socially, culturally, and physically.
• Build high-trust relationships and work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.

An important condition of employment is that applicants must have a willingness and ability to take part in religious instruction appropriate to the Special Christian Character of KingsWay School. You will enjoy contributing and promoting a biblically informed, Christ-centred worldview, including how this translates to supporting and growing our students’ faith, and will protect and enhance our Christian character. All teaching staff are expected to uphold the special character of the School. An outline of the special character of the school can be found in the application form for this role. The full Statement of Faith, as well as our Special Character Guidelines and Theological Framework documents can be found on our website here: https://kingsway.school.nz/about-us/why-kingsway/our-values/.

If this sounds like you, and you want to support the work of shaping confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners who are growing in faith, hope, and love in Jesus, apply today!

Applications close Thursday 17 September at 9am and must be submitted online via this page.