Head of Campus in Ayr

Continuing, Full-time

Commencing: 11 January 2027

ABOUT US:

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools Ltd educates over 2,200 young people in 22 Flexible Learning Schools (12 based in Queensland and 10 other schools across Australia) and serves young people who experience complex educational, social or psychological situations which demand unique responses. They enable young people to engage in education in a supported learning environment through a methodology based on trauma informed practice, in which the principles of operation (Honesty, Respect, Participation, Safe & Legal) are embedded.

As a part of the broader EREA family, the organisation is shaped by the four touchstones of the EREA Charter: Gospel Spirituality, Inclusive Community, Liberating Education, and Justice and Solidarity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Each Flexible School has a Head of Campus who has delegated responsibility from the Area Principal and Regional Director for the day-to-day management and leadership of the campus. The Head of Campus provides leadership and supervision to staff and the young people of the community, working collaboratively with the Area Principal, Regional Support Team members and other EREA Flexi Schools personnel as required.

We are seeking a Head of Campus to join our Burdekin community in January 2027.

You will be required to:

• Maintain and build effective working relationships with local custodians, local schools, government and non-government agencies, private providers and community members.
• Develop and implement learning choices (curriculum) which support the individual learning plans of each young person.
• Participate in program provision to ensure wellbeing in an inclusive learning environment.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a supportive school environment.
• Participate in professional development that is relevant to the work of the campus - this may include the need to travel to Townsville or Brisbane.
• Contribute to the accountability processes including, reporting, individual personal learning plans and requirements for NCCD.
• Work in and as part of a multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary supportive learning team.

KEY ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrated capacity to lead an organisational culture that aligns with the Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition and the social justice emphasis of Edmund Rice Education Australia.
• Capacity to lead a Flexible School culture that maintains fidelity to Operation by Principles through a Common Ground approach.
• Capacity for multidisciplinary leadership to manage human, financial and physical resources to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams in complex educational, wellbeing, community services or human services environments.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills that support a strong community focus both within and external to the school.
• Demonstrated capacity to provide leadership in trauma-informed practice and wellbeing support that ensures Young People can achieve positive social outcomes and re-engagement in learning.
• Capacity to provide leadership in learning and pedagogy, supporting the achievement of quality learning outcomes for all Young People.
• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a teacher in the state in which the school is located.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Learn how to do school differently
• 12.75% Superannuation contribution
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including FBT exempt payments of up to $15,900 p/a
• Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
• Induction, wellbeing and ongoing professional development
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
• Edmund Rice Education Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• The successful applicant must possess (or be eligible to obtain) and maintain a current Working With Children Check.
• All applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures. These checks are consistent with EREA's commitment to child protection policies and procedures.
• Edmund Rice Education Australia is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people.

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools Ltd currently educates over 2,700 young people in 22 Flexible Learning Schools (12 based in Queensland and 10 other schools across Australia) and two Special Education Services Schools in NSW, with approximately 800 staff nationally. Flexi schools serve young people who experience complex educational, social or psychological situations which demand unique responses. They enable young people to engage in education in a supported learning environment through a methodology based on trauma informed practice, to co-create a Common Ground using Operation by Principles, in which the principles of Honesty, Respect, Participation, Safe & Legal are embedded. Our special schools serve young people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.

Established by the Christian Brothers in 2007, EREA now has full responsibility for the schools operated by the Brothers at that time. With the addition of schools established since 2007 there are over 50 schools in 2015 enrolling over 35,000 students, through all states and territories of Australia.

EREA schools strive to offer a liberating education, based on a gospel spirituality, within an inclusive community committed to justice and solidarity.

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is the network of schools, entities and offices offering a Catholic education in the tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice.