As a Deputy School Supervisor, you will support and strengthen leadership across small schools. This is a unique opportunity to influence system performance, partnering with principals to navigate complexity, lift outcomes, and ensure every school is set up for success.

You’ll play a key role in connecting schools with the right support, building leadership capability, and driving improvement where it matters most.

Job details

About the Role
Reporting to the School Supervisor, you will work in close partnership to lead a portfolio of small schools. You will supervise principals and monitor educational outcomes across schools, including state-delivered kindergartens where applicable.

To deliver on our vision: Excellence in every state school through our focus areas of educational achievement and belonging and engagement  (Brighter futures education strategy), you will work closely with small school principals to support performance, strengthen leadership, and improve student outcomes.

This role offers variety, complexity, and the opportunity to make a genuine impact across multiple school communities.

About You
You're an experienced school leader who understands the realities and uniqueness of leading small schools and the communities they service.

You will bring to the role:

• Proven experience leading teaching and learning to improve student outcomes
• Strong understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities within small schools
• The ability to build trust, influence and support principals through both opportunity and challenge
• Confidence using data, evidence and insight to guide decision-making and improvement
• Sound judgement and the ability to navigate sensitive or complex situations
• Experience in school governance, including workforce, resources and planning
• A collaborative mindset, with the ability to work across teams to broker effective support

You're practical, adaptable and solutions-focused, motivated by making a difference across small schools.

Mandatory Requirements:

• Current full registration, or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration, as a teacher in Queensland.

How to Apply

• Attach a brief resume 
• A 1-page response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.
• Responses to the online questionnaire, including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history and include a Regional Director if you are an internal applicant). The questionnaire will open after you have clicked apply and entered your personal details.

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.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions. 

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CO687904_26T - Role Description (PDF, 337KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants