Dean of Mission - St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney

Sydney Catholic Schools (see more jobs from this school)

Sydney, NSW 


Deputy / Assistant Head of School

Contract Type: Contract Position Full Time

Applications Close: 16 October 2022


DEAN OF MISSIONSt Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney Commencement Date: Term 1 2023Closing Date: Sunday, 16 October 2022About Sydney Catholic Scho

<p><strong>DEAN OF MISSION</strong><br> <strong>St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney</strong><br> <strong>Commencement Date:</strong> Term 1 2023<br> <strong>Closing Date:</strong> Sunday, 16 October 2022<br> <br> <strong>About Sydney Catholic Schools</strong><br> <br> Catholic schools have been delivering excellence in education to Sydney school students for 200 years. Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) continues to be a thriving and growing contemporary educational community with over 150 schools, more than 71,000 students, 10,000 staff and a large alumni community.<br> <br> <strong>About St Mary's Cathedral College</strong><br> <br> Situated in one of the great cities of the world and home to Australia's oldest Cathedral Choir, St Mary's Cathedral College Sydney seeks a strategic, creative and forward-thinking leader to work in partnership with St Mary's Cathedral to drive the next phase of growth at this prestigious Catholic institution.<br> <br> <strong>About You</strong><br> <br> In the newly created role of Dean of Mission, you will be a senior member of the College leadership team. The position is co-responsible with the Dean of the Cathedral, Principal and other Catholic lay leaders for the evangelising and catechising mission of the Church within an educational context. Reporting to the Principal, the Dean of Mission plays a vital role in ensuring that the SCS values of empathy, excellence, truth, curiosity and collaboration are drivers for establishing a thriving Catholic community<br> <br> <strong>To be considered for this role, you must have experience demonstrating that you can deliver in the following areas:</strong></p> <ul> <li>promoting and implementing Sydney Catholic Schools mission and vision To know and love Christ through learning and Thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning</li> <li>leading a school-wide culture of excellence, informed decision making and collaborative practice</li> <li>working with the Principal in implementing a range of improvement strategies to ensure effective strategic change</li> <li>leading a 'network approach' that promotes the reciprocal benefits of school and system partnerships</li> <li>leading and ensuring sustained change and innovation within Catholic life and Religious Education to strengthen people's engagement in the life of the Church</li> <li>collaboratively leading a culture of effective and sustainable religious leadership within parish communities and the wider Church</li> <li>ensuring evidence-based improvement, innovation and the use of data to monitor and inform student learning in Religious Education</li> <li>ensuring quality teaching and learning improves student outcomes and nurtures every student's academic, spiritual, social, emotional and moral development.</li> </ul> <p>You will have attained or be pursuing the following:</p> <ul> <li>postgraduate qualification in theology or religious education and/or equivalent</li> <li>requirements of <a href="https://sydcatholicschools.nsw.edu.au/policies/accreditation-policy-to-work-teach-and-lead-in-sydney-catholic-schools">(Category E)</a> in the Accreditation Policy to Work Teach and Lead in Sydney Catholic Schools or agree to meet these requirements in your first contract term</li> <li>demonstrate performance at the Highly Accomplished or Lead level of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.</li> </ul> <p>SCS offers a generous salary package for school leadership positions and the salaries for SCS leadership roles are available at <a href="https://sydcatholicschools.nsw.edu.au/careers/salary-package">https://sydcatholicschools.nsw.edu.au/careers</a>.<br> <br> <strong>APPLICATION PROCESS</strong><br> <br>To submit your application <a href="https://cgprod.phris.org.au/psp/CGPRD/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&amp;Action=U&amp;FOCUS=Applicant&amp;SiteId=2&amp;JobOpeningId=2303&amp;PostingSeq=1">CLICK HERE</a> and follow the steps to complete your application.<br> <br> To complete the application process you will need to attach:</p> <ul> <li>cover letter (addressing the key criteria)</li> <li>resume</li> <li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11DcL7HWDvglrQwgVLZYjx_nssdH0I9zm/view">parish priest reference.</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Working With Children Check (WWCC)</strong><br> This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.<br> <br> <strong>OUR MISSION</strong><br> To know and love Christ through learning.<br> <br> <strong>OUR VISION</strong><br> Thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning.<br> <br> <strong>OUR VALUES</strong><br> Truth, empathy, excellence, curiosity, and collaboration.<br> </p>
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