Join us as a School Supervisor and shape Brighter Futures in every state school, for every student.

Are you a highly capable educational leader ready to drive school performance, strengthen leadership and deliver real impact across Queensland state schools?

The Department of Education is seeking outstanding leaders to lead school improvement, supervise principals and lift student outcomes across the state.

Job details

About the Role
As a School Supervisor, you will be accountable for the supervision and performance of school principals across some of Queensland's 1,290 (and growing) schools and help deliver the department's vision: Excellence in every state school, through our focus areas of educational achievement and belonging and engagement (Brighter futures education strategy).

Reporting to the Regional Director, School Supervisors act as the bridge between the broader education system and the frontline work of Queensland state schools. In this role, you will provide strategic direction, accountability, and supervision to school leaders to monitor and deliver educational improvement and management of schools from K-12 (including state-delivered kindergartens where applicable).

School Supervisors play a critical role in connecting system priorities with frontline delivery, ensuring every state school is supported, challenged and equipped to succeed.

The role supervises a range of state schools and other education centres as determined by the Regional Director. This may include specialist areas such as Partnership Initiative and Special Schools.

About You
To thrive in this role, you will bring:

• Proven experience as an educational leader with a record of improving student outcomes and education improvement.
• Strong interpersonal and strategic thinking skills to support lasting partnerships both within and beyond the school system.
• A commitment to achieving high performance while embracing system-wide innovation.
• Strong capability in monitoring and delivering educational performance management and developing school leaders.
• Highly developed judgement, with the ability to navigate complex issues, mediate outcomes, and make sound decisions.
• A deep commitment to achieving excellence for every student and community across Queensland state 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).

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 Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions. 

Documents

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

• CO687890_26T - Role Description (PDF, 319KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants