Queen Margaret College is Wellington’s leading independent girls’ school, providing world-class education from Years 1-13, a contemporary boarding facility onsite and a co-educational Preschool.
We aim to attract intelligent, inspiring and motivated teachers and leaders, who are passionate about their profession, and constantly seek to share their love of learning. Our employees are confident collaborators, and are highly engaged with the people they work with. They think critically, see themselves as role models for future-focused learning and guide with wisdom and care. Service is valued, and best practice, research and teacher inquiry, along with fantastic relationships, are central to how we work.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dynamic leader to join us in achieving our vision together.
As Deputy Principal, you will:
- Play a pivotal role and be responsible for delivering our vision and implementing our strategic intentions around Wellbeing
- Provide significant input into strategic planning, organisational culture, training and development of teaching staff, team management and succession planning through leading a team of teachers and specialists and implementing special projects
- Ensure that our students and parents have a consistently effective and positive experience
- Collaborate across Queen Margaret College to ensure that teachers work together to influence student outcomes.
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- A strong understanding and application of current educational practice related to student learning and wellbeing
- Key skills in identifying and implementing significant improvement and change
- Highly developed leadership skills and the ability to foster a collaborative & trusting team environment
- A strong ability to work within a team environment, and to build a cohesive and effective team
- A commitment to life-long learning through continuously improving your leadership, management knowledge and skills through intentional professional development
- Agility in thinking about learning and teaching, with a focus on what our learners and leavers will need as they step out into their future.
Date of commencement to be negotiated.
A job description and application form are available on request via the email address below.
Kindly address all applications and queries to The Principal and send to [email protected] by 9am, Friday 30 August 2019
