About this job
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Mackay Northern Beaches State High School
Mackay Northern Beaches State High School is the newest secondary school in Mackay, opening in 2013. The school's 3 values are Care, Respect and Inclusion, with an emphasis being placed on these through the introduction of Positive Behaviour for Learning in 2025.
About the Role
This Head of Department position will be suited to an energetic and future-focused individual who has the ability to provide supporg and the diverse proactive and reactive needs of the Year 9 cohort.
You will play a vital role in collation and analysis of student TrackEd and OneSchool data and capacity building of staff to ultimately deliver quality of teaching and learning practices for students.
You will also have as part of your protfolio, leadership of Elearning within the school, bringing together the key experts associated with this portfolio (eg. QLearn, DayMaps, BYOD) to ensure student and our community's engagement in these platforms is maximised for most effective use. Their practice needs to have a strong student-focused approach and ability to build strong professional relationships with students, teachers, parents and the community.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provide management and engagement strategies including induction activities of new arrivals, and advise on specific academic, social and emotional needs of new arrivals.
- Monitor students' individual performance and behaviour and develop and implement intervention strategies where necessary.
- Communicate and work with parents, staff, higher education institutes and State Schools Division to develop strategies to improve learning outcomes, student achievements and attendance.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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