Waikato Diocesan School For Girls Waikato

Director of Boarding

Waikato Diocesan School for Girls is an integrated Anglican day and boarding school located in Hamilton. The school is committed to personal excellence, with a strong emphasis on pastoral care. We have built an enviable reputation for outstanding academic, cultural, and sporting performance and achievement. 

Reporting to both the Principal and Associate Principal (Pastoral Care, Staff and Student Wellbeing), we are looking for an energetic and caring person to work in the friendly family environment of our Boarding establishment. Nurturing our girls and helping them to reach their full potential is the key focus of this role.

You will be required to provide strategic direction and lead the boarding team and facilitate positive links with the day school. Key responsibilities for this role include ensuring students are cared for physically, emotionally and spiritually, providing them with a boarding experience that is positive and conducive to their learning and development. 

The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills with the ability to foster positive harmonious relationships with key stakeholders, and the girls and their families. Previous experience in a school or boarding facility is required.

The successful applicant, if a registered teacher, may also be required to teach allocated classes (please state teaching subjects on application, if applicable). Commitment to the school's special character is essential.

On-site accommodation will be provided. 

Remuneration will be negotiated subject to skillset, qualifications and experience.

You must be eligible to work in New Zealand and satisfactorily pass New Zealand Police vetting.

Waikato Diocesan School for Girls promotes equal opportunities by applying our EEO framework to all relevant school policies and procedures, particularly those relating to employment, e.g., recruitment and selection, training, professional development and promotion.