Deputy Principal - Head of Campus, Manoora

Commencement Date: Term 1 - 17 January 2026
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: 5.00pm, Sunday 12 October 2025  

Applicants should note that as part of the hiring process a criminal history check and a bankruptcy check will be completed

Holy Spirit College, Cooktown

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:

• with a history of complex trauma;
• with a history of extended periods of unexplained absences;
• who are highly mobile;
• who have had contact with the juvenile justice system;
• in the care of the Office of Children and Families;
• with mental illness or at risk of engaging in self-harming behaviours or substance abuse;
• who have been excluded or repeatedly suspended from school;
• who are homeless;
• with a generational history of early school leaving and/or unemployment.

About the Role

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 Peadagogy, 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 recieves significant support from the College Administrative Team, particuarly in the area of Compliance, Learning and Peadagogy, Diversity and Inclusion, Finance, HR, Safeguarding and Risk.

For further information about the role, please download the Position Description  Deputy Principal - Head of Campus Manoora HSC.pdf

Work Requirements

• Professional qualifications in Education, as per Queensland Catholic Education Commission Position Statement for Senior Leadership Position in Catholic Schools in Queensland
• Registered or eligible to register with Queensland College of Teachers
• Leadership experience:
  • Demonstrated experience in education leadership of at least 5 years
  • Demonstrated administrative ability
  • Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relationships
• Written and verbal communication skills of a high order
• Demonstrated commitment to the pastoral care of members of the school community
• Promotes child safety at all times
• Capacity to understand and implement Duty of Care and Workplace Health and Safety requirements
• A current driver’s licence at LR level or above or will gain within 3 months of employment

What we offer

• Competitive Salary range: per annum pending experience 
• Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary 
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution 
• Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
• 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
• Professional development and Early Career Teacher Support
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Fitness Passport Membership available

To Apply

Apply via the 'Employee Login' tab on the homepage of the Careers website

Enquiries

Lucas Felstead, College Principal

P: 4252 9100
E: principal.holyspirit@cns.catholic.edu.au

Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.

To understand our commitment and initiatives to truth telling, healing and reconciliation view our Reconciliation Action Plan 

Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.