Department Lead – Technology

Crimson Academies; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is creating a Department Lead for Technology to shape how learners design, code, make and solve problems in a fully online setting.

You will build the technology program from the ground up, lead a teaching team, oversee assessment and work with industry and tertiary providers to create relevant pathways. This is a permanent role with a teaching component and leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Registered teacher with full practising certificate.
• Leadership experience or strong record of leading programmes and colleagues.
• Current knowledge of emerging technology, including AI, and ideas for using it well in learning.
• Confidence designing and teaching hands-on, project-based learning online.
• Network in, or appetite to build links with, industry and tertiary providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technology department vision and direction from Year 9 to Year 13 across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant.
• Design innovative online courses and projects building design thinking and computational thinking.
• Develop pathways linking learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry partnerships.
• Lead, coach and appraise department teachers and foster a culture of experimentation.
• Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data and respond to insights.
• Manage department budget, software and tools in collaboration with IT.

Skills

Leadership

AI awareness

Technology leadership

Education

Registered teacher with full practising certificate

Job description

Permanent, full-time · Aotearoa Infinite Academy · Includes a teaching component · Start Term 1, 2027

Build a Technology department for the way young people will live and work. Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is a thriving community growing to 2,000 students in 2027. To bring our goals for our learners to life, we're creating new leadership roles, including a Department Lead for Technology. You'll shape how our learners design, code, make and solve problems, and show what world-class technology education looks like online.

What you'll lead

• Department vision. Set the direction for Technology from Year 9 to Year 13, across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant.

• Course design. Lead innovative online courses and projects that build design thinking, computational thinking and real-world problem solving.

• Pathways. Connect learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry, including partnerships with tech and design organisations.

• Teaching team. Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of experimentation.

• Assessment and achievement. Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, and act on what it shows.

• Resourcing. Manage the department budget, software and tools, working with IT on platforms and access.

Who you are

We want people who are loyal to our vision, passionate about doing things differently, hard-working and unafraid of change and innovation. You'll also bring:

• A registered teacher with a full practising certificate and specialist expertise in technology or digital technologies.

• Leadership experience, or a strong record of leading programmes and colleagues.

• Current knowledge of emerging technology, including AI, and ideas for using it well in learning.

• Confidence designing and teaching hands-on, project-based learning online.

• A network in, or appetite to build links with, industry and tertiary providers.

What we offer

A newly created leadership role with the freedom to build a department from the ground up at a thriving, fast-growing school. The role includes a teaching component, PLD support and a collaborative leadership network. Competitive remuneration.