Working as a key leader within the Student Services Directorate, the Principal Education Officer-Student Services supports schools to enhance student engagement, learning, and achievement in alignment with the Department of Education’s Strategic Plan 2025–2029 for all students.
As the Principal Education Officer – Student Services, you will provide strategic leadership, advice and capability development to strengthen access, participation and outcomes for students with disability.

Job details

About the Department of Education:  

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.  

About the Role:

Working across schools and regional teams, you will support leaders to translate departmental priorities, policy and evidence-informed practice into sustainable school-based systems and practices. A key focus of the role will be building the capability of school leaders and staff to confidently lead inclusive practice, make effective use of available resources and respond to increasingly complex student and school contexts.

In this role, you will:

• Build the capability of school and regional staff to strengthen inclusive, evidence-informed practice for students with disability.
• Provide high-level strategic advice to senior officers, school leaders and school teams to improve access, participation and educational outcomes.
• Coach and support school leaders, including HOSES, to develop their professional knowledge, leadership capability and confidence in leading inclusive education.
• Work alongside schools to review and strengthen systems and practices, identifying barriers to participation and supporting sustainable improvement.
• Support school leaders to strategically manage human, financial, curriculum and facilities resources to strengthen inclusive practice.
• Work collaboratively across regional and multidisciplinary teams to develop coordinated responses to complex student, school and systemic needs.
• Build productive relationships with school and regional stakeholders, using strong communication, consultation and influencing skills to support culture and practice change.
• Support schools to strengthen and quality assure NCCD processes, with a focus on reasonable adjustments, evidence, monitoring and alignment with departmental policy and guidelines.
• Analyse information and emerging trends to identify opportunities for proactive regional support and capability development.
• Model a strengths-based, collaborative approach that builds school ownership and capability rather than dependency on regional support.

We are looking for someone who can:

Build trusted relationships while providing appropriate challenge; work strategically across complex systems; translate policy and evidence into practical action; and influence sustainable changes in leadership, systems and classroom practice.

You will bring strong knowledge of inclusive education and disability, demonstrated capability in coaching and developing others, and the ability to work collaboratively across professional disciplines and organisational boundaries.

Most importantly, you will understand that access and participation are created through the quality of the systems, leadership and everyday practices surrounding students — and you will have the capability to help schools strengthen them.

Interested? To Apply:  

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• A two-page written response outlining how your skills, experience, and professional attributes align with the responsibilities and expectations of this role description.
• Attach evidence 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.  

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.

• MNR702150_26T - Role Description (PDF, 274KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants