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Head of Special Education Services - Oxley State School - Special Education Program

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Work
Not stated
Employment
Temporary
Level
Director
Function
Education
Pay
A$145.3K – A$148K a year
Posted
9 days ago

About the role

About the Department of Education

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.

About us

Oxley State School's Special Education Program is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive learning environment where students are encouraged to develop their skills, confidence and independence.

Staff work collaboratively to meet individual student needs and support positive learning outcomes for every child.

Roles in our school context will include

  • Provide high quality guidance and advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.
  • Collaboratively develop Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) across our school
  • Implement and coordinate school-wide systems including data systems to monitor students with disability and record the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability
  • Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching for students requiring intervention, with and evidence based and data informed lens
  • Coordinate and lead our school Prep Transition Program, setting incoming students up for success
  • Coordinating onsite NDIS providers
  • Leading the school Student Support Team (GO, SLP, SW, Chaplain) in case management and subsequent supports for students
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders in a holistic case management approach to supporting student need
  • Work alongside members of the Leadership Team to refine, review and build authentic inclusive education practices, processes and pedagogies while walking alongside staff to develop knowledge, skills and understanding.
  • Modelling, mentoring, coaching and working alongside Inclusion Teachers, Classroom Teachers and Teacher Aides to impact student success across academic achievement, belonging and engagement, attendance and behaviour.

Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

Interested? To Apply

  • Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
  • Attach a 2-page response to the 'How you will be assessed' section of the attached role description.
  • Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Source

Posted by Education on their own hiring page, smartjobs.qld.gov.au. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 03:26 UTC; the original is the reference.

Contains information from SmartJobs, © State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

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