Director of Community Relations

Full time permanent position

Central Coast Grammar School is a leading K-12 independent, coeducational and nondenominational school.   Located on a single 18-hectare campus overlooking the Matcham Valley close to the heart of Erina, our school offers a spacious environment where students can grow and flourish.

"Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS) is committed to the safety, protection, and wellbeing of all our students and children involved in activities at CCGS. The School requires all prospective school staff to contribute to creating a culture of child safety and wellbeing and be committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment". All CCGS staff participate in annual training in child protection.  All statutory checks and references are required prior to confirmation of employment.

This role is fundamental to ensuring Central Coast Grammar School remains a school of choice and is highly regarded in the minds of future, current and past families. It leads all aspects of marketing, communications, public relations, and brand management, ensuring consistent and compelling messaging across all communication platforms. This involves strategic communications planning, building and managing a calendar of communication activities, marketing the school through paid and unpaid channels, liaising with internal stakeholders on communication activities, and managing delivery of these activities by the Community Relations and Advancement team.

You are an enthusiastic, motivated senior communications or marketing professional, with experience in managing a team and budgets. You possess exceptional interpersonal skills. With a demonstrated customer service-based approach in all interactions, you engage and collaborate to deliver exceptional support and service to all stakeholders in a cooperative and collegiate manner. For more information please go to the school website at and select the Employment page, where you will find a copy of the position description.

To be successful you will need to possess and demonstrate:

· Tertiary qualifications in Marketing or a related discipline (or equivalent training or experience)

· A minimum of five years full time equivalent, recent, professional experience, developing, planning and implementing successful and measurable brand and marketing programs with an emphasis on lead generation, acquisition and engagement

· Experience in an education or not-for-profit context could be an advantage, though not essential.

· High level of verbal, written and visual communication across various channels with exceptional attention to detail and editing abilities

· High level of skill and experience using the digital applications and software that support the position including: Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Microsoft 365, website CMS, Meta Business Suite, email marketing platforms

· Ability to prioritise and work as part of a team

· A commitment to the strategic direction of the School is required

Interested applicants should familiarise themselves with the School's Strategic Plan 'Striving for Excellence', available on our website at It is expected that every member of staff will commit to the Strategic Plan and participate in the professional learning expectations of the School.

Applications should include a resume and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria and reasons for your interest in the position. Applications should be submitted via email to to the Human Resources Manager by 2.00pm Friday 21 November. Details of at least three referees will be requested.

Applications will close on 21 November 2025. however, we will be reviewing applications as submitted, so early application is strongly encouraged.

Please note that any attachments associated with your application are to be either Word documents, jpg images or pdf.