This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2027

Hedland Senior High School (SHS), located in the Pilbara, is an Independent Public-School catering for students from Year 7 to Year 12. Our school prides itself on the staff's commitment to a system of positive behaviour supports which focus on care, courtesy, respect and responsibility. These values underpin our philosophy at Hedland SHS. All staff strive to maintain a school culture which encourages a high standard of behaviour and performance. We take an approach that is inclusive, explicit and supports all students and staff to achieve success.

The school has worked hard to build a positive reputation for the excellent educational opportunities it offers students, the exceptional support for staff development and professional growth, and for its high standards of achievement.

Find out more about our school by visiting hedlandshs.wa.edu.au or viewing the video below.

The Role

Hedland SHS is currently seeking a highly experienced, dynamic, organised and innovative Program Coordinator (PC) – Organisational Development. The PC – Organisational Development, in collaboration with the senior leadership team will be responsible for improving learning outcomes through the strategic leadership of staff development, while providing leadership to build capacity and whole school consistency and sustainable application of data analysis to improve student outcomes. A fundamental aspect of this role will be to support the development of whole staff professional learning frameworks and provide leadership to meet the strategic needs of the school and alignment to school business planning.

Under the leadership of the executive team,



the PC - Organisational Development will lead the formal development and implementation of the Future Leaders Framework, oversee Early Career Teacher development, and ongoing staff support as part of the Graduate Mentoring Program, Induction and in‑school mentors.

This role is uniquely positioned to lead key contributions to the success of the school business plan through participative decision making, including assisting in developing policy and establishing and maintaining sustainable whole school systems.

Key responsibilities

- reviewing current moderation practices to drive the development of consistent and strong review processes, while building staff capacity to embed a strong culture data analysis and data informed decision making across the school.
- ongoing review and implementation of early career teacher support
- development, promotion and implementation of the Hedland SHS Future Leaders Framework
- review and coordinate the future direction of whole school Staff Professional Learning
- providing guidance and feedback to build capacity in teaching staff to meet the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) proficiency expectations, as the designated “appropriate person”.




- driving a culture of lifelong professional learning and high expectations by modelling exceptional classroom management and instruction
- coordinating professional practice placement opportunities
- in‑class coaching and observations using CMiS practice
- other operational and strategic requirements, including but not limited to – use of school systems and databases, evaluation and revision of reporting and accountability mechanisms, development of policy and procedures

The role may include teaching as per the operational needs of the school.

Our Ideal Applicant

In addition to the above responsibilities, the successful applicant will ideally be skilled in the following areas

- outstanding ability to demonstrate innovative, bold and creative solutions and a proven track record in working collaboratively to solve complex problems, to ensure year on year improvements in student achievement and staff growth.
- highly developed interpersonal skills, leadership, diplomacy, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ideally possess the ability to lead professional learning with inspiring, engaging, and positive messaging, influencing staff to adopt reflective, new and improved practices.
- an excellent classroom practitioner and experienced mentor and coach, who is driven to staff at all stages of their professional development unpack and link the AITSL standards and Teaching for Impact component of the Quality Teaching Strategy to their practice.
- highly organised practitioner with exceptional collaborative skills who utilises their cultural proficiency to engage with internal and external stakeholders productively and authentically to meet the needs of all students.

Skilled Benefits

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📌 Program Coordinator (Australia)
🏢 Department of Education, Western Australia
📍 Australia