Primary Principal

Posted: 27/08/2025
- Closing Date: 14/09/2025
- Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
- Location: Cardiff
- Job Category: Education, Childcare & Training

**Lead with Purpose - Principal Opportunity at St Kevin’s Primary School, Cardiff**

St Kevin’s Primary School, Cardiff, is seeking a **Permanent Full-Time Principal** to commence in **2026** - a unique opportunity to lead a vibrant, faith-filled learning community where every child is known, valued, and nurtured.

As a single-stream school, St Kevin’s offers the advantage of small class sizes, enabling personalised learning and strong relationships. Our dedicated staff, engaged families, and supportive parish form a close-knit community that truly lives our guiding belief: _“It takes a village to raise a child.”_

We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate leader who will:

- Champion a culture of excellence, inclusion, and wellbeing
- Inspire staff and students through visionary leadership and authentic relationships
- Strengthen our Catholic identity and community partnerships
- Foster innovation while honouring tradition

This is more than a leadership role - it’s a chance to shape the future of a school where heart, spirit, and learning come together.

The Principal will lead across the school community to:

- Model faith in action
- Develop and shape a shared vision focussed on providing quality educational experiences and learning outcomes for all students
- Nurture positive relationships between students, teachers, and all other stakeholders
- Support and monitor the learning and growth of effective teachers
- Set high standards for students and staff performance.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA**
- Practising Catholic active in the life of a Eucharistic community, with an understanding of their baptismal call to share and witness the good news of Jesus Christ
- Demonstrated ability to articulate and create a shared improvement agenda that aligns with system priorities and embeds an evidence-based practice with high expectations for student learning and teacher practice.
- Proven strong interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated capacity to build solid trusting relationships with students, staff, families, and all stakeholders
- An ability to effectively analyse and respond to student data on Catholic identity, academic performance, behaviour, and wellbeing to enhance learning outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively optimise the school’s human, financial and physical resources to deliver high quality organisational and educational outcomes
- Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislative and legal frameworks including equity and diversity, work health and safety and performance management principles in the management of staff and the capacity to implement relevant plans and policies to ensure strong governance
- Experience in the role of Religious Education Coordinator (primary schools), or in the roles of Ministry Coordinator and/or Leader of Learning Religion (secondary schools) (Desirable)
- Experience working across more than one school setting (Desirable)
- Active participation and leadership in education forums (i.e. Principal/Assistant Principal Professional Associations/Networks) (Desirable)

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Qualifications as a four-year trained teacher or Master of Education qualification (or approved as Threeyear trained due to significant prior experience as a Teacher within the system).
- Postgraduate qualifications (Category E) in Religious Education, Theological Studies, or a willingness to enrol and complete within four years of appointment
- Postgraduate qualifications (Category E) in Educational Leadership combined with a minimum of ten years teaching experience or an equivalent combination of experience, training, and achievement
- Active NESA Accreditation
- Current paid NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) number
- Completion of anaphylaxis training.

**How to Apply**

**Cover Letter** (max 2 pages):
Address the selection criteria and describe your suitability for the role, referencing key responsibilities.

**Resume**:
Highlight your professional experience, qualifications, and achievements relevant to the role.

**References**:
**For Further Information**

Applications for this position will only be considered if submitted through the following platforms: our careers page on our website, mnpeople, Indeed, Seek, or LinkedIn.

**Applications close: Sunday 14th September 2025 at 11.59pm**

**_Additional information_**
- The Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons and preventing those in our care from suffering abuse or neglect. It is committed to implementing and maintaining compliance with the NSW Child Safe Standards and the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards and takes a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of children or vulnerable persons. All who work in the name of the Diocese must comply with the Diocesan Safeguar