Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 2
Occupation: Principal and assistant principal
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1549314
Hampton East School is a co-educational School that caters for a diverse range of students. Our school is for students aged 5 to 18 with a mild to moderate Intellectual Disability and provides individualised learning for all students. We believe that all studentshave skills and abilities that will enable them to work, volunteer and add value to the community.
There are currently 100 students enrolled at the school. School Campus is situated near public transport, close to recreational facilities including beaches, and within walking proximity to retail and primary produce outlets.
Hampton East School provides a caring and friendly environment, which is safe, calm, orderly and positive, allowing our students to thrive. Our enrolments are drawn from a range of local special, mainstream primary and secondary schools in the Bayside and SAGE Networks. Our current enrolment is 100 students with approximately 45 staff, inclusive of teachers and education support staff. Enrolments are expected to increase in 2027.
For further information about the school, please visit: https://hamptoneastschool.vic.edu.au/
In line with Ministerial Order 1038, applicants to this position are requested to address five selection criteria, as noted on page 77/78 of the Order ¿ Assistant Principal 9.3.1 (two A4 pages maximum):
Educational leadership
Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college.
Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.
Financial, managerial and administrative ability
Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
Planning, policy and program development and review
Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level.
An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
Leadership of staff and students
A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.
A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents.
Interpersonal and communication skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.
Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.
An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.
The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.
Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.
The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.
Typically, assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.
Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:
Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. The recruitment of the acting assistant principal position is open to eligible ongoing DET employees only.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available online at the Department¿s Human Resources website at: www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/hrweb/
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:
Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.