Head of Department

1 month ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

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 Forest Lake State High School
Forest Lake State High School provides a first-class education for over 1600 students through years 7-12. Our graduates are educated and empowered to become successful global citizens.
Our school comprises a junior secondary school (years 7, 8 and 9) and a senior secondary school (years 10, 11 and 12).
Forest Lake State High School proudly provides high quality educational programs and services to our diverse student group and Excellence Programs in academic, cultural and sporting pursuits.
About the Role
**Responsibilities will include**:

- Working with the second Junior Secondary Engagement HOD to support and lead initiatives that enhance the Engagement, Belonging, Wellbeing and Behaviour Support of every student across years 7-9.
- Proactively lead the work to connect students with the Support Team (GOs, Psychologist, Year Coordinators, Chaplain, Polynesian Liaison Office, future African Liaison Officer, Youth Worker, First Nations Community Education Counsellor, Activities Coordinator & Student Success Coaches) to provide support and intervention with students who are experiencing significant barriers in accessing their learning through academic, behaviour and/or social emotional engagement issues.
- Support the Implementation of Year Level Events in partnership with the Year Level Coordinator/Student Leadership Coordinator for whole cohort activities to develop a sense of year-level identity and belonging (e.g. Collaboratively run year level assemblies, projects and celebrations).
- Promote positive education to embed practices that support every student in their education.
- Uphold the school values and expectations through your strong/excellent leadership skills.
- Liaise with parents, teachers and support staff of junior secondary (7-9) students to provide support and guidance for students when needed.
- Provide leadership and guidance for the implementation of innovative measures aimed at improving student learning outcomes, behaviour and attendance rates in our school, ensuring quality learning outcomes for all students.
- Quality assure the monitoring of students' individual performance at tier 3 level and develop and implement intervention strategies where necessary in collaboration with student success coaches.
- Work with and provide tools for the school leadership team, Head of Departments, Year Level Coordinators, Guidance Officers and teachers to utilise in relation to student engagement, achievement and attendance.
- Develop and implement community engagement strategies and programs with other organisations, local businesses and not for profit organisations.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please provide a response of no more than 2 pages to the first four key capabilities from the "How you will be assessed" in the role description attached.

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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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