Description:
Position InformationCardiff High School is a coeducational comprehensive school located on the northern side of Lake Macquarie, on the traditional lands of the Awabakal People. In 2025, the school recorded 770 enrolments, including 116 students from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Backgrounds. With steady student population growth in recent years, Cardiff High has established a strong reputation within the Cardiff, Garden Suburb, Hillsborough, and Macquarie Hills communities. The school offers a diverse curriculum that supports a wide range of academic, creative arts, and vocational interests, with many students progressing to tertiary education or local industry pathways.
The school's strategic directions are: 1) Student Growth & Attainment, 2) Belonging, and 3) Aspiration, reflecting its commitment to academic achievement and holistic development. Cardiff High School operates a SOAR Learning Centre (special education) including 54 students in 7 supported classes. The school also operates a Middle School class model to assist and inspire Year 7 students with additional needs. The school is known for its strong performance in academics, sports, and the creative and performing arts.
Staff professional development is a priority, with initiatives like the Aspirational Staff Leadership Program and Quality Teaching Rounds fostering continuous improvement. Student wellbeing is supported through programs such as The Resilience Project, the Student Mentoring Program, The Learning Centre, and the Senior Student Learning Hub. As part of the Educational Pathways Program, Cardiff High places significant emphasis on vocational education, with a high proportion of students working towards industry-recognised credentials, enhancing their employability and career readiness.
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Head Teacher Administration to manage key operational and organisational functions within our school. This role involves overseeing daily staff absences, casual relief, and reconciliation, as well as coordinating exam timetables, student attendance, and supervision rosters. The successful candidate will be responsible for organising weekly assemblies, formal presentations, and commemorative events such as ANZAC and Remembrance Day. Additionally, they will manage assessment schedules, including HSC compliance tasks and reporting timelines, and oversee student awards such as Student of the Week and Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards. A crucial aspect of this position is facilitating the Year 6 into 7 transition process, coordinating subject selection processes, and contributing to timetable building. The role also includes monitoring student attendance and truancy while liaising with the attendance team and HSLO, as well as coordinating staff meetings. This position requires outstanding organisational skills, strong communication abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic school environment. The successful candidate will also fulfil a critical role in the school executive, assisting to drive the school towards the achievement of improvement measures.
Selection Criteria Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria, 1. Demonstrated ability to initiate, implement and oversee whole school administration roles including timetabling, daily organisation, employment of casuals, the development and implementation of rosters and schedules, and variations to routine utilising Edval, SAP, SCOUT, and Sentral systems.
2. Demonstrated ability to work successfully and productively with the school executive team to analyse data and to lead, implement and support whole school priorities and initiatives in the school’s Strategic Improvement Plan.
3. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to foster a team culture to work collaboratively and build positive relationships with all members of staff and the broader school community.
4. Demonstrated expertise in collaboratively leading comprehensive and innovative approaches to raising the educational outcomes of students from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.General Selection Criteria 1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice 2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs 3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams 4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents 5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning 6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Conditions An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format .