Company description:

About Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is a vibrant learning community within the Archdiocese, employing over 12,000 people across a diverse range of positions. As the largest provider of Catholic education in Queensland, BCE is dedicated to delivering high-quality education from Prep to Year 12. Through strong partnerships with parents, governments, and the wider community, BCE fosters social responsibility, self-discipline and Catholic values in all its students. We offer a supportive working culture where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. Arrive at work every day to a welcoming and compassionate environment, knowing that you'll be supported to take care of what's important to you. Learn more about Brisbane Catholic Education.

Job description:

About our team
The Senior Leaders - School Performance team provides guidance and support to schools within their assigned clusters. They liaise with BCEO functional managers and specialist staff to ensure timely advice and services, maintaining professional relationships with principals and acting as a mediating layer between schools and the system. Key areas of support include Catholic Identity, Educative Leadership, Professional Learning and Teaching Practice, School Management, and Internal and External Compliance and Reporting.

Summary

Contribute to the achievement of the organisation's long-term vision by taking charge of key Brisbane Catholic Education-wide initiatives and driving transformation as a Senior Leader - School Performance. This role is crucial in enhancing the performance BCE schools, focusing on Catholic identity, professional learning, teaching practice, school management, and compliance. The Senior Leader collaborates to provide timely support, advice, and services to schools.

• Location: BCE Office - Woolloongabba
• Work hours: Full-time | Flexible working arrangements available
• Salary: $245,600 - $272,900 total package including super and access to a motor vehicle
• Status: Permanent (continuing)

About the opportunity

In this position you will be responsible for:

• Provide leadership by driving BCE's strategic priorities while ensuring consistency of policy, procedures, and messaging across a cluster of assigned schools.
• Provide leadership and support to principals, with a focus on effective leadership and building high-performing cultures through the development of principals' and school teams' capability in effective teaching practices.
• Effectively manage staff mobility, succession planning and resources to meet school needs.
• Monitor, evaluate, and promote high-quality learning and teaching to improve student learning outcomes.
• Lead schools to engage with and embed a contemporary Catholic and/or Ecumenical perspective while supporting principals in deepening their spiritual formation and that of their staff.
• Assist principals in fulfilling their management and reporting responsibilities while providing direction and guidance on school-based issues, critical incidents, financial management, external reporting and audits, NSSAB accreditation, complaints, and complex staff and student matters.
• Creating, executing, and adapting a plan responding to BCE's evolving needs and contributing to the development of school strategies, Master Plans, major planning and development projects.
• Using inputs from emerging learning technologies, educational research and global trends to co-design new directions for schooling.
• Report on school performance and issues, and on BCE's direction and approach to school centric service delivery to contribute to annual plans.

About you

To be successful in this position you will bring relevant contemporary skills and experience including:

• Proven experience as a school principal or in a similar leadership role within an educational setting including effective educational and administrative leadership.
• Master's qualifications in educational leadership, theology, and/or a business post-graduate degree
• Proven people leadership skills to build culture, capability and capacity within multiple school leadership teams.
• Proven effectiveness in managing teams to drive system performance and strategic directions and priorities.
• Ability to translate strategic plans into operational plans to lead and mobilise principals.
• Sound knowledge of contemporary ‘expected and effective' evidence-based practices in learning and teaching and ability to provide leadership based on contemporary practices and principles.
• Sound knowledge of the policy landscape, industry standards, compliance requirements and legislation relevant to the non-government education sector.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, complaint resolution and exercise discretion and confidentiality.
• Ability to understand data, identify and evaluate performance and drive corrective action

Eligibility and Safeguarding requirements:

• Eligibility to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment
• Full registration with Queensland College of Teachers (QCT).

Why choose BCE

Join us and be part of the largest Catholic Diocese in Queensland, nurturing your personal and professional development goals. As a valued member of our organisation, enjoy these and other rewards:

• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
• Competitive remuneration and flexible work arrangements (position dependent)
• Access to targeted AI tools and training with a focus on innovation and strong ethical standards. Learn more here: The Rome Call for AI Ethics and Microsoft Australia News Centre
• Salary packaging and salary-sacrificing options
• Active staff social club and wellness programs
• Personal support for our employees and families through the Employee Assistance Program.

Please note applications for this position may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.

Everyone at BCE models and fosters a commitment to the safeguarding of children and promotes a culture where student protection is everyone's responsibility. The Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.

Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this position.

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