Deputy Principal – Culture, People & Partnerships
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Deputy Principal leading culture, pastoral care and community partnerships for New Zealand’s first online charter school. Building connections among students, staff, whānau and iwi.
Responsibilities:
- Lead how the school listens to, welcomes and connects with students, staff, whānau and the wider community, online and in person
- Lead pastoral care for Year 10
- Run schoolwide review and evaluation, including student, whānau and staff voice surveys
- Lead staff onboarding, enrolment interviews and induction for new students and whānau
- Host regional meet-ups, whānau hui, learning conferences and community education evenings
- Own the EOTC calendar, RAMS approval, policy and safety sign-off
- Lead staff socials, wellbeing and pastoral care, pōwhiri and cultural events
- Grow relationships with iwi, community and partners
- Oversee marketing and social media
- Line-manage Year 10 deans and cohort attendance follow-up and strategies
- Report to the Principal on the portfolio
- Line-manage portfolio leaders
- Contribute to staff PLD and share the duty roster
Requirements:
- Registered teacher with a full practising certificate
- Senior or middle leadership experience in pastoral care, community engagement or staff wellbeing
- Natural relationship-builder, comfortable at a whānau hui, a staff social or a meeting with iwi or partners
- Confident in tikanga Māori
- Committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Well organised, with sound judgement on risk and safety for EOTC
- Able to turn survey data into improvements people notice
Benefits:
- Competitive remuneration
- Collaborative leadership team
- Teaching component keeping the role connected to learners
- Contribution to staff PLD
- Shared duty roster
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