Deputy Principal Officer

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are 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 the Role
The key work of the Deputy Principal - Senior Pathways and Transition - QCE/QCIA involves:

- Supporting the strategic vision of DoE Schools and Student Support - Teaching, Leadership, Rural and Remote and the Metropolitan North strategic plan through knowledge of the Education strategy, Equity and Excellence: realising the potential of every student, Ready for the Future phase;
- Proven ability to liaise and work effectively with a wide range of key stakeholders; including school senior schooling key leaders (HODs Deputy Principals, Heads of School), Department of Small Business and Training (DESBT) VETiS personnel, regional stakeholders who support senior secondary outcomes including School Supervisor (Secondary), First Nations and Youth Engagement regional teams as appropriate.
- Recent or current knowledge of senior schooling practices and priorities of Queensland state schools regarding monitoring retention, attainment and post-school destinations for every student in senior secondary through a shared case management approach;
- Recent or current knowledge of Curriculum/syllabus requirements of senior schooling set out by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA), Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) requirements set out by Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) and;
- Recent or current knowledge of the VET/training system and requirements set out by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

The Deputy Principal - Senior Pathways and Transition will have supervision and accountability for the Regional School Industry Pathways project as well as line-management of the Metropolitan South Transition Pathways Officers.The Deputy Principal - Senior Pathways and Transition reports to the Director, Education Services. It is strongly recommended applicants have significant experience with the senior phase of schooling at a Deputy Principal level.

**Mandatory Requirements**:

- You must be a permanent employee of the department with a substantive teaching or classified officer role employed under Teaching in State Education Award - State 2016, have current full registration as a teacher and should be aware that temporary internal moves for the purposes of the department's payroll processes are referred to as internal secondments.
- Employees' engaged temporarily as Education Officer - Special Duties have a requirement of 361/4 hours per week attendance and arrangements as outlined in clause 5.12 of the Department of Education State School Teachers' Certified Agreement 2022
- When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

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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