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You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:

Manage and coordinate the delivery of high-quality advice and support provided by the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program.
Lead and manage the Special Education Program and/or Early Childhood Development Program to provide advice to classroom teachers for students with disability as needed.
Provide high quality advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.

As the Head of Special Education Services, you will:

Promote an inclusive culture and practices within the school community to ensure equity and excellence for students with disability.
Develop and support a high quality of teaching and adjustments for students with disability in accordance to related legislation and policies.

Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

Demonstrated teaching competence and capacity to provide curriculum leadership in the area of special education leading to the achievement of quality learning outcomes for all students.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and the capacity to develop and sustain productive relationships within and beyond the school community.
Capacity to use analytical skills to contribute to educational outcomes at the school level.
Capacity to effectively manage human, financial and physical resources to deliver high quality organisational outcomes.
Demonstrated support for, and the capacity to develop and maintain, an organisational culture based on ethical professional and personal behaviours and corporate values.

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) in response to the attached role des.cription.
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.