An exciting opportunity awaits a skilled and experienced educational leader to join Crow's Nest State School as Principal. With a long-standing history as a cornerstone of the Crow's Nest community and surrounding district, the school takes pride in its strong tradition of delivering high-quality state education to students from Prep to Year 10. This role offers the chance to lead a dedicated team within a supportive and close-knit community, continuing the school's commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.

Job details

About the Department 

The Department of Education is 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 School 

Crow's Nest State School is a valued part of the local community, offering a high-quality state education from Prep to Year 10. Our website provides information about classroom activities, student achievements, newsletters, policies, and key documents. We encourage you to explore the site and contact the school with any questions or feedback. Our vision, Excellence in Education for Everyone, Every Day, guides all that we do, supported by our core values of respect, responsibility, resilience and safety.  

Your Responsibilities 

As the Principal, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:  

• Lead the school community to develop, articulate and commit to a shared educational vision focussed on providing quality learning outcomes for all students.
• Uphold the principalship as a values based, ethical and moral activity.
• Embed socially just practices in daily school life. 

Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position. 

Interested? To Apply 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history). 
• Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) addressing Key Capabilities 1-2 only as per Role Description "How you will be assessed" section. 
• Attach a copy of the mandatory requirements outlined in 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.

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 candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  DSR652424_25T - Role Description (PDF, 240KB)
  Role Description