Director of Executive Operations and Co Sec

Barker College is seeking an experienced and commercially astute Director of Executive Operations & Company Secretary to join our team at our Hornsby campus.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this newly created leadership role offers a unique opportunity for a strategic and highly capable executive professional to operate across both governance and operational leadership. As Company Secretary, you will support the School Council by ensuring effective governance practices and compliance obligations are met. In parallel, you will partner closely with the COO to drive executive operations, strategic priorities and key business initiatives across the school.

This is a rare opportunity to make a meaningful impact within one of Australia's leading independent schools. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in supporting executive decision-making, strengthening governance, and enabling the effective delivery of strategic and operational priorities that benefit both the school and its wider community.

If you are a trusted adviser with strong governance expertise, exceptional organisational capability and a passion for driving outcomes in a purpose-led environment, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities include –

COO Executive Operations

Act as a trusted adviser to the COO on executive operations, organisational effectiveness and strategic execution.

Lead or support strategic initiatives, reviews and transformation projects on behalf of the COO.

Translate strategic priorities into coordinated workplans, milestones and accountability frameworks across Business Operations.

Establish disciplined processes to monitor progress, manage interdependencies,



identify risks and provide executive reporting on delivery outcomes.

Prepare high-quality briefings, presentations and supporting materials for Executive, Council and stakeholder engagements.

Executive, Council and Company Secretariat

Act as Company Secretary to the School Council, ensuring compliance with all statutory, regulatory and governance obligations.

Lead the coordination and quality assurance of Council, Committee and Key Leadership Team governance processes, including agendas, papers, minutes, resolutions, action tracking and decision registers.

Maintain governance records, statutory registers, declarations and related documentation, ensuring accuracy, integrity and appropriate access controls.

Coordinate annual governance obligations, including reporting cycles, director attestations, policy reviews and compliance monitoring.

Serve as the primary governance liaison between the Council, Committees and Executive, ensuring timely information flow, alignment of expectations and effective communication.

Support the Chair, Head of Business Operations and COO through governance briefings, correspondence and strategic advice.

Promote governance best practice across documentation, reporting, recordkeeping, privacy and information governance frameworks.

ABOUT YOU

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as Business Administration,



Management, Strategy or Finance, or equivalent professional experience.

Governance qualifications through the Governance Institute of Australia highly regarded.

Demonstrated professional capability in executive operations, governance support, strategy delivery or complex organisational coordination.

High level written communication capability, including experience preparing Executive and Board level papers.

Ability to operate within a complex, multi-stakeholder governance workplace, requiring discretion, sound judgement and alignment with the values of an independent school setting.

Experience acting as Company Secretary, or supporting Board/Council governance at a senior level - Desirable

Executive presence with a calm, credible and enabling style

Strong relational capability and influence.

High integrity, confidentiality and professional judgement.

Pragmatic, solution focused and delivery oriented.

Alignment with the values and Christian ethos of the School

Please for more information please review the full PD HERE

To access the position description and/or to find out more information about the role please visit the Barker College Employment Page https://www.barker.college/about-barker/employment-at-barker

ABOUT BARKER COLLEGE

Barker is an Anglican Day and Boarding School, originally established in 1890, and is situated in Hornsby on the Upper North Shore of Sydney.

Barker College is a fully coeducational school from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12. We also have four satellite campuses:

An Outdoor Education facility at The Grange, Mount Victoria, NSW.

At Barker, we value our staff and nurture a dynamic professional l

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