Director School Development Services

Position: Director School Development Services
Commencing Date:  January 2021 (negotiable)
Classification: Full Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Monday, 2nd November 2020

Townsville Catholic Education (TCE) supports 29 schools within the Diocese, located throughout a diverse region including urban and rural environments extending to Mount Isa to the west, Proserpine to the south and north to Ingham.  TCE provides a diverse range of education choices including primary, secondary and Prep-to-Year 12.  Each setting provides a high educational standard in a caring and a stimulating environment. The Diocese has a growing Indigenous education program and some of our schools offer both boarding and day-student facilities.

TCE employs in excess of 2,500 teaching, professional and ancillary/support employees to fulfil our mission of providing quality educational services through our Catholic school communities. A Catholic education involves much more than simply teaching the educational basics.  It encourages students to embrace Catholic values and faith while providing them with an excellent education and diverse life experiences that will prepare them to be a contributing member of the community in their adult lives.

The proud reputation Catholic schools enjoy within the Diocese today is based on the strong tradition built by religious orders who found Catholic Education in the Townsville Diocese in 1872.

About the Role

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director School Development Services will lead the development and delivery of strategy, policy and operations for the delivery of outstanding school improvement, excellence in school leadership and coordination of operational support.  This is to ensure schools and colleges in TCE have access to the resources and specialist services to achieve quality outcomes for students and the ongoing development of Catholic Education.

The purpose of the position is to provide executive leadership to a diverse range of education and non-educational professionals:

• As a member of the Strategic Leadership Team, provide expert and strategic input and leadership, particularly with regard to school improvement and development; and the delivery of outstanding integrated support services to schools.
• Deliver growth to enrolment in schools and sustainability of Catholic education throughout the Diocese.
• Lead a team to support principals and school leadership to ensure schools and colleges in TCE have the leadership, resources and specialist student services available to achieve quality outcomes for students.
• Lead and oversee Capital strategy, planning, and building program for all TCE schools in the diocese.
• Inform long term and operational staffing requirements based on the school capital works and development programs.
• Supervision and equitable resourcing of high quality Catholic systemic schools.

For more information, view the TCEO Strategic Directions 2017 - 2021

To express your interest, please visit traksearch.com or email jobs@traksearch.com quoting ref number TS1442.

Enquiries are also welcome to John Chesher on 0417 068 220.