Head Of Department - Student Services - Moranbah State School

Description:

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 Moranbah State School
Moranbah State School promotes learning, creativity and innovation. High expectations, equality, inclusiveness and the building of social capital are key features of our school. We believe all children should have the opportunity to achieve success, regardless of their socio-economic status, culture, gender and/or ability.
We believe that a supportive school environment supports student learning and develops the whole child. Our students have access to a range of extra-curricular activities including sport, instrumental music, choir, student performances. Student leaders are elected every year and our student representative council is very active.
About the Role
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Demonstrated ability to lead the monitoring of students' individual performance and behaviour and develop and implement intervention strategies where necessary.
* Communicate and work with parents, staff and leadership to develop strategies to improve learning outcomes, student achievements and attendance.
* Implement a consistent approach to behaviour artefacts across the school.
* Demonstrated ability to build capability of teachers and teacher aides to support wellbeing of students.
* Lead and review as part of the leadership team whole school behaviour, processes and documents.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.