Director of Performing Arts (K-12)

St Andrew's Cathedral School (see more jobs from this school)

Sydney, NSW 


Head of Faculty / Department

Teaching Subject: Dance , Drama , Media Arts , Music

Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Full Time

Applications Close: 18 October 2024


St Andrew’s Cathedral School is renowned for it’s Performing Arts program, offering world-class music and drama pedagogy in the classroom, productions, ensembles and individual music tuition. The Director of Performing Arts has overall responsibility for, and leads innovative Performing Arts based development across K-12.

<p><strong>Who will the successful applicant be?</strong></p><ul><li>Well-practiced in modelling exemplary pedagogical practice and administering, leading and positively influencing team members to ensure they reflect the same.</li><li>Engage and inspire students to pursue excellence in all art forms of the performing arts</li><li>A collaborative leader with experience in a similar role</li><li>Able to demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence, including an ability to understand and work effectively with a diversity of stakeholders, and to assess situations and respond appropriately</li><li>An understanding of and commitment to the School’s Christian mission, values and ethos</li></ul><p>Previous experience teaching NESA curriculum, International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) is desirable, but not essential.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Applications close: 4:00pm, Friday 18 October 2024</strong></p><p>Interviews will commence as applications are received.</p><p><strong>For further employment benefits, a detailed position description and to apply SACS: </strong><a href="https://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/employment/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sacs.nsw.edu.au/employment/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Why St Andrew&#39;s Cathedral School? </strong></p><p>St Andrew’s Cathedral School received Voice Project&#39;s Best Workplace Award for staff satisfaction and engagement in 2020, and was recently awarded 5 Star Employer of Choice 2022 by The Educator for positive employee experience.  This is an amazing achievement, representative of a supportive, collegiate culture where every staff member is known, valued and equipped to excel in their role. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Who are we?</strong></p><p>St Andrew’s Cathedral School (SACS) is an independent, Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican school located in two high-rise buildings in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The school offers students a strong academic program and extensive opportunities to be involved in sport, music, drama and outdoor education. </p><p>As an authentically Christian school in the Anglican tradition, Christian values are embedded in all aspects of daily life, with honesty, integrity, humility, respect and service being foundational to the richness of relationships at SACS. We seek to develop students who think critically and creatively and have hearts that love, minds that grow and lives that give.   </p><p>SACS is a child safe organisation. Our School promotes the safety and wellbeing and inclusion of all students. In support of SACS’ commitment to embedding child safety (Standard 1), we ensure that our staff are suitable for working with children and young people and that they are supported (Standard 5).  Staff are required to maintain a child safe culture, act in every child’s best interest and to keep them safe from harm, in accordance with the School’s policies and procedures (Standard 10) which reflect the <a href="https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-12/g_CSS_GuidetotheStandards.pdf" rel="nofollow"><i><strong>Child Safe Standards</strong></i></a>.</p><p>It is a condition of employment that all new Staff at the School must sign a written statement or complete an electronic acknowledgement that they have read and understand our Child Safe Policy and the Child Safe Codes of Conduct prior to commencing at the School.</p><p>Reflecting our Christian foundations, we are a strong and hopeful learning community that nurtures the individual strengths of each student in our care. We always seek to care for the whole child - considering their intellectual, physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and development. We are committed to providing a child safe environment by implementing policies, procedures, practices and training which foster the safety, care and wellbeing of our students.</p><p><br /><i>Prior to employment at the School, this position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.</i></p><p><i>For more information on Working with Children Checks, please visit the </i><a href="https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/working-children-check" rel="nofollow"><i><strong>NSW Office of the Children&#39;s Guardian website</strong></i></a><i><strong>.</strong></i></p><p> </p><p> </p>