Overview

Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time

Salary: Salary not specified

Grade: Assistant Principal - Range 1

Occupation: Principal and assistant principal

Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs

Reference: 1544056

Location Profile

Parkdale Primary School is located in the City of Kingston in the Bayside area of Southeast Melbourne. Parkdale Primary understands and values the role of catering to the needs of all students. We strive for excellence in academic achievement and promote the development of the whole child. The staff are committed to team planning and professional development to provide the best possible learning environment for the students at Parkdale Primary School. The school promotes a caring atmosphere with clearly defined expectations. Staff recognise the importance of student wellbeing and work hard to provide each student with the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe and secure environment while developing meaningful relationships.

In 2026, the enrolment was 620 with a relative even gender balance of girls (54%) and boys (46%). The school is organised in year levels: Foundation X 5, Grade 1 X 4, Grade 2 X 4, Grade 3 X 4, Grade 4 X 4, Grade 4 X 4, and Grade 6 X 4. In 2026, we had 29 classes with Learning Support Teachers in all year levels, and we offer specialist programs in Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Japanese, Physical Education, Digital Technologies, and Wellbeing.

The school has three Principal class officers, three Learning Specialists, and ten Education Support staff, including Teacher Assistants, Office staff, a First Aid Officer, an IT Technician, and a Maintenance person.

Values: The six values that we embody at Parkdale Primary School are Responsibility, Resilience, Respect, Integrity, Cooperation, and Excellence (otherwise known as The Super Six).

Parkdale Primary School's Student Family Occupation and Education category is: 0.1100

School Goals

- Improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for all students.

- Improve engagement outcomes for all students.

- Improve the wellbeing of all students.

Our school motto is 'Together We Achieve', exemplifying the relationship between staff, students, and the school community.

For further information about the school, please visit: https://www.parkdaleps.vic.edu.au

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria

1. Educational leadership

- Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school.

- Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.

2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability

- Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.

3. Planning, policy and program development and review

- Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level.
- An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.

4. Leadership of staff and students

- A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.
- A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students and helps students to develop their special abilities and talents.

5. Interpersonal and communication skills





- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills in individual, small group and community contexts.
- Exemplary values pertaining to personal qualities of objectivity, sensitivity and integrity.
- An ability to work with parents and the community to develop a strong learning environment.

Role

The assistant principal reports directly to the principal.

Assistant principals have a primary responsibility for the management of significant areas or functions within the school to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program. In exercising the responsibility, assistant principals will have the authority to make all significant decisions relating to the program, budget and staff relating to their area of designated responsibility within the framework of the school's strategic plan, policies and budget. Assistant principals will contribute to the overall management of the school through involvement in policy formulation and decision making.

The management of significant school program or functional areas in schools involve assistant principals in the analysis of the needs of students and the translation of state educational policy and frameworks into appropriate education programs to meet the needs of all students.

Typically assistant principals will be responsible for the effective use of the teaching staff and program budget of a defined area of the school's operation and for the oversight and leadership of the educational programs provided utilising these resources.

Responsibilities

Typically, assistant principals perform one or more of the following functions:

- supervision and coordination of the work of senior curriculum or level coordinators;
- allocation of budgets, positions of responsibility and other resources within the area of responsibility;
- supervision of the delivery of teaching programs;
- management of programs to improve the knowledge and experience of staff;
- responsibility for general discipline matters beyond the management of classroom teachers and year level coordinators;
- contribute to the overall management of the school;

Who May Apply

Appropriately qualified individuals currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes adaptable work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).





Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Conditions of Employment

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
- Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
- A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
- Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

Qualification Requirements

To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class:

- The person must have provisional or full registration approved by the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and
- if the person completed an Australian postgraduate level initial teaching program or course of study on or after 1 January 2024, they must demonstrate that they have satisfactorily completed a postgraduate level accredited initial teacher education program that has been accredited by an Australian State or Territory Teacher Regulatory Authority as satisfying the requirements of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership 'Accreditation of initial teacher education programs in Australia: Standards and Procedures'; and
- a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program after 1 July 2016 must also demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements (this condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian ITE program completed by the person).

Details of qualification requirements as updated from time to time can be found at Recruitment in Schools.

Applications close Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 11.59pm Posted 17 September 2026

📌 Assistant Principal-Range 1 Curriculum/Teaching & Learning (Melbourne)
🏢 Victorian Government
📍 Melbourne