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Suncoast Christian College is a well-established pre-prep to Year 12 co-educational College of over 1000 students, situated on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. The College is excited to announce that we have a rare and exciting opportunity available for Head of Technologies (1.0FTE), commencing January 2026.

The Head of Department (Technologies) provides leadership, coordination and vision for the Technologies department, ensuring high-quality teaching, innovative learning and strong student outcomes. The role encompasses curriculum development, staff support, resource management and fostering a culture of creativity, problem-solving and real-world application across the Technologies disciplines.

The Head of Department (Technologies) also works closely with the Director of Studies and Director of Teaching & Learning to develop, construct, implement and quality assure effective planning, documentation, teaching, learning and assessment across Years 7-12 in line with the Australian Curriculum V9 and QCAA Syllabus requirements.

Duties and responsibilities:

The successful candidate will:

  • Provide instructional leadership, performance feedback, mentoring and professional dev Build a collaborative and innovative team culture aligned with the College’s vision and strategic plan.
  • Manage departmental budget, resources and facilities, ensuring safe and effective learning environments (e.g. kitchens, workshops etc).
  • Oversee safe working procedures and documentation in relation to medium- and high-risk curriculum activities and excursions, ensuring CARA’s are in place before activities are undertaken.
  • Work closely with and support beginning teachers to develop their classroom practices as they transition towards full QCT registration.
  • Keep abreast of new developments in practical & digital tools across Technologies subjects, and experimenting with/implementing them with best practice pedagogy as appropriate.
  • Ensuring that proper long-term and short-term planning for teaching has been completed across all Technologies subjects, by checking and ensuring that Year Level and Unit planning documents have been completed, are in line with College expectations and are of high quality, capturing both planned content and pedagogy.
  • Engaging with relevant QCAA processes like Endorsement & Confirmation pertaining to Senior Subjects, ensuring that deadlines are met and any advice is followed up and implemented.
  • Oversight of the assessment process across Technologies subjects, including quality control of task sheet formation, scaffolding documents, appropriate draft & due dates, revision sheets, constructive feedback on drafts and timely release of assessment results & feedback for improvement.
  • Keeping abreast of curriculum developments and subject area expertise to provide advice to supervisors in relation to on-going curriculum revision.
  • Conducting regular department meetings to discuss operational and curriculum matters, including assessment procedures, homework policy, monitoring of student work etc. and to initiate forward planning.
  • Promoting team-work within the department and building a positive collaborative team culture.
  • Overseeing the implementation of curriculum and assessment, and carrying out administrative duties pertaining to a specific subject area and ensuring teachers are aware of PD opportunities, QCAA briefs and resources.
  • Promote curiosity, innovation and problem-solving in Technologies, helping students develop resilience and confidence as they create, design, and test ideas.

 

Skills and experience required:

  • Registration as a teacher with the Queensland College of Teachers.
  • Demonstrated experience teaching in one or more Technologies disciplines.
  • Experience in teaching Design Technologies would be considered advantageous.
  • Proven leadership and management experience.
  • Strong curriculum knowledge.
  • A commitment to the vision and Christian values of the College – participation in the staff devotions roster is required in this role.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills,

 

Should you be interest in finding out more, please reach out to our HR Manager, Shelley Elliott at selliott@suncoastcc.qld.edu.au

How to apply: Please apply via our website and complete the short screening questionnaire as part of your application. Applications close 23 October 2025.