Commencement Date: Term 4 - 06 October 2025 or by negotiation
Employment Type: Full-Time, Fixed Term Leadership Position - 5 years (This position holds a full-time, permanent Teaching position)
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience - DP1 $153,276 to DP4 $164,999 FTE Gross per annum +12.75% Super
Closing Date for Applications: 5pm, Friday 05 August 2025
Are you looking for a unique lifestyle? Great work-life balance and the opportunity for camping, boating, fishing, hiking, climbing and general exploring in Cape York, a location with a rich history!
Located in Cooktown, only a 4-Hour drive from Cairns, this opportunity is ideal for a Teacher seeking a rewarding remote opportunity with accommodation provided (if eligible), plus a range of financial incentives! 
Remote Area Incentives Fact Sheet.pdf
The College is an initiative of the Diocese of Cairns and Catholic Education Services. The College offers individualised and flexible multiyear secondary education programs for young people disengaged from mainstream schooling. The College provides a variety of innovative teaching and learning practices that acknowledges young people’s complex education and social needs and empowers them to identify and pursue individual transition to adulthood, further education, employment, back to a mainstream school setting and importantly a connection to the community. Staff at the College will be multi-disciplinary in response to the diverse needs of young people and their families.
The College is a registered Special Assistance School across three campuses located within Edmonton. Manoora and the main campus in Cooktown. Cooktown has an enrolment for 38 young people in. The Cooktown campus includes a 32-bed years 7 to 12 residential unit for weekly boarders. While Manoora and Edmonton provide alternative educational pathways via day schooling for young people in years 7 to 12.
Young people who attend Holy Spirit College include Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people disengaged from mainstream education for a range of reasons including:
The Deputy Principal - Head of Campus is the delegated leader of their campus, overseeing the daily operations of their site, holding the delegated responsibility from the College Principal in the areas of Safeguarding, Learning and Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion, Risk, Compliance and HR.
Strategically, the Deputy Principal - Head of Campus, with the support of the College Principal, is also responsible for the promotion and implementation of the College's vision, purpose, philosophies, practices, policies and educational programs along with the provision of a pastoral environment for students and staff.
The Deputy Principal - Head of Campus is the direct line manager for onsite staff, and reports directly to the College Principal. The role receives significant support from the College Administrative Team, particularly in the area of Compliance, Learning and Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion, Finance, HR, Safeguarding and Risk.
In Cooktown, the Deputy Principal - Head of Campus role includes the operational oversite and responsibility for Boarding, with the delegated support of a Head of Boarding.
In this position the Head of Campus is expected to:
The College has a clear vision and our values of right Relationships, Respect, Responsibility and Participation are the heart of everything we do. Our culture is supportive and dynamic, and our success is enabled by an engaging, passionate team approach. The Head of Campus needs to be flexible within a dynamic and changing workplace environment along with being comfortable stepping away from traditional teaching practices, to embrace an innovative learning model. The role requires an energetic and enthusiastic Senior Leader, with a commitment to embedding the College's vision for learning and wellbeing.
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description 
2025.06.23_HSO Deputy Principal - Head of Campus Position Description.pdf
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Wayne Wood
Director School Effectiveness - Secondary and P-12
P: 07 4050 9700
E: wwood1@cns.catholic.edu.au
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
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