**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**:1487337
**Location Profile**:
- Malvern Primary School has a proud history of providing quality education for students since 1884. Current enrolment is 565 students, including international students. Staffing remains stable with 3 Principal class personnel, 3 Learning Specialists, 31.4 EFT Teaching staff, and 9 ES staff, which includes office staff, integration aides, school nurse and maintenance person. The school is located in a high socio-economic area with a Family Occupational Index (SFOE), of 0.0670.
There is a clear focus on achieving high standards in literacy and numeracy. This is complemented by the provision of specialist programs that include Mandarin, Physical Education Performing Arts, Visual Arts and STEM and a strong extra-curricular program, including camps, incursions, excursions, special events and interest clubs. Our main professional learning curriculum focus in 2025 was Mathematics. Staff worked with a Mathematics consultant to develop student skills in problem solving. We began staff training in School Wide Positive Behaviour (SWPBS) in 2023 and began the implementation of the Disability and Inclusion Program (DIP) processes in 2022.
- In Term 1, 2025 the school underwent School Review with the new Strategic Plan developed in Term 2.
A group of Year 6 students undertake a trip to the Yipirinya School in Alice Springs annually. The Yipirinya School is an indigenous school and enabled us to broaden our students understanding and appreciation for Australian indigenous cultures. Our students participate in a variety of classroom activities, play and experienced a Cultural Day. The trip concludes with a visit to Uluru.
- In 2023, we embarked on the creation of a Human Powered Racing Team with the final goal of competing at the Energy Breakthrough event in Maryborough. Energy Breakthrough's values are closely aligned with the school, with a strong focus on STEM, gender equity and sustainability. In the process of creating our Human Powered Racing Team, the staff and students have had to actively engage with our school and local community to access sponsorship and expertise. This program has grown each year since.
- Our school Vision and Mission provide a strong basis for ensuring a supportive, safe and positive learning environment for all students.
Vision
Together we foster a passionate and creative learning community that thrives
Mission
We strive to inspire our community:
- through a learning environment that provides support, challenge and high expectations
- to be creative, passionate, problem solving citizens
- through a clear focus on social and emotional wellbeing
- to be aware of and respect diversity
Values:
- Respect Yourself
- Respect Others
- Value Learning
- Value the Environment
There are six main buildings, three of which are classified by the National Trust, as well as a number of portable classrooms. The main building comprises classrooms and the administration area. Other permanent buildings house the Art Room, Senior classes and Junior classes. The Recreational Centre provides a large space for Physical Education and whole school events. This facility, along with our school grounds, are known as Penpraze Park, and are unique in providing a shared facility for sporting events and public access with the City of Stonnington.
This Assistant Principal position would be leading student wellbeing, DIP, MHiPs.
**Please include the job opening number and your name on every page of your CV and Key Selection Criteria. PDF documents are preferred.**
**Please register for your School Tours Tuesday 19/08/2025 at 4:30pm OR Wednesday 20/08/2025 at 9:30am**
**Our School Phone number is 9571 6281**
**Selection Criteria**:
- SC1. Educational leadership
- (i) Outstanding capacity for visionary and exemplary educational leadership of a school or college.
- (ii) Highly developed skills in leading and managing change including the leadership of others in the process of change.
- SC2. Financial, managerial and administrative ability
- (i) Outstanding financial, organisational and resource management skills.
- SC3. Planning, policy and program development and review
- (i) Exemplary values appropriate to the development of student learning with a demonstrated capacity to achieve high quality student outcomes.
- (ii) Demonstrated ability to implement Department policies to a high level.
- (iii) An understanding of, and a commitment to, the use of learning technologies to improve teaching and learning.
- SC4. Leadership of staff and students
- (i) A highly developed capacity to motivate staff, develop their talents and build an effective team.
- (ii) A clear capacity to foster a learning environment that takes account of the individual needs of students an