YMCA Brisbane

Role Description Y Schools Queensland are recruiting their very first School Principal for our new Online Campus (pending NSSAB accreditation) starting Term 3, 2026. As a key member of the Y Schools Queensland leadership team, as a School Principal you will provide strategic and operational leadership across our school. In this role, you will be accountable for: - Student outcomes - Staff performance - School operations - Regulatory compliance across the school You will work closely in collaboration with functional leads in: - Wellbeing - Inclusion - Teaching & Learning - Pathways As the School Principal, you will ensure that school-wide frameworks, processes, and specialist expertise driven and developed by the functional leads are effectively embedded into campus operations. Qualifications - Current registered teaching qualifications, with postgraduate qualifications in Education and/or Educational Leadership. - Significant and successful leadership experience in an educational setting, including multi-campus oversight and direct line management of senior or middle leaders. - Demonstrated knowledge of the educational challenges facing disengaged young people and the innovative, evidence-based methods required to achieve wellbeing, academic, and pathways outcomes. - Proven ability to embed school-wide frameworks, policies, and programs—developed by functional leads—into campus operations, ensuring fidelity and consistency across sites. - Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with students, staff, and stakeholders, and to plan and apply behaviour support strategies that foster safe and supportive learning environments. - Demonstrated strategic thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to influence the educational agenda to improve outcomes for disengaged young people. - Proven experience in leading, coaching, and developing staff, including the provision and receipt of constructive feedback to enhance performance and program delivery. - Demonstrated capacity to develop and maintain an organisational culture aligned with Y Schools Queensland’s vision, mission, and values. Requirements - Support the management of a workplace that supports diversity including gender, cultural and generational diversity; provide equal employment opportunity and foster a respectful, inclusive workplace. - Comply with all Policies and procedures. - Maintain confidentiality of all YMCA information, records and files. - Complete the YMCA Induction and other required training as required by organisational policy and procedures. - Uphold, promote and comply with the policies, mission and values of the YMCA. - Any other duties as determined by the Chief Executive Officer as required. Benefits - Join a supportive, inclusive and passionate team in an organisation making a difference. - We invest in multi-disciplinary teams and work well together to support the students and each other, while working differently and thinking beyond traditional methods. - Non-term time for all school roles! - Enjoy up to $18,550 per year to be salary packaged tax-free for everyday living expenses and meals and Entertainment as part of a non-for-profit organisation. - Free YMCA gym membership which includes our fitness classes. - Employee Benefits Program. - Discounts for all Y OSHC Services and Day Care Facilities. - Discounted banking, loan rates and private health insurance. - Access to a range of support and career development.