Executive Director – Education (Newcastle Anglican)
Location: Newcastle, NSW
Newcastle Anglican is a significant faith-based, for-purpose organization with a long and deeply embedded presence across the Hunter, Central Coast and broader New South Wales communities. Through its diverse ministries and services, Newcastle Anglican supports thousands of people across education, aged care, retirement living, social services, community housing and parish life.
Education is a core pillar of the organization’s mission, with Newcastle Anglican operating a network of schools and early learning services that emphasise holistic development, academic excellence and Christian formation. As the organisation continues to strengthen alignment across its services and build organisational maturity, there is a clear opportunity to evolve its Schools portfolio into a more unified, high-performing and strategically aligned system.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and operating as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Executive Director Education will provide enterprise-level leadership across the school's portfolio. This includes four Anglican schools and associated early learning services, with responsibility for driving educational excellence, strengthening system alignment, enhancing governance and supporting sustainable growth.
This is a highly visible executive leadership role, acting as the critical link between Principals, the Executive, and diocesan leadership, including the bishop. The role requires strong educational credibility, strategic judgement and the ability to lead through influence, bringing together a group of established and autonomous school leaders into a more cohesive and aligned system.
This is a compelling opportunity for an experienced education leader to shape the next phase of Newcastle Anglican’s Schools portfolio. The successful candidate will lead the transition from a more decentralized model to a consistent and integrated system, establishing common frameworks, strengthening performance accountability, and embedding a clear and shared approach to education across all schools.
Newcastle is the preferred location for this role, given the importance of strong on-the-ground leadership, visibility and connection with school communities and broader diocesan stakeholders. Flexible working arrangements will be considered, with an expectation of meaningful presence across the school's portfolio.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the strategic direction and performance of the school's portfolio, ensuring high standards of educational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Driving system alignment across schools, including consistency in structures, operating models, governance, and reporting frameworks.
- Partnering with Principals to strengthen leadership capability, accountability, and collaboration across the portfolio.
- Providing oversight of educational delivery, curriculum direction, and school performance within relevant regulatory frameworks.
- Ensuring robust child safety, safeguarding, and compliance frameworks, in line with legislative and organizational requirements.
- Supporting sustainable enrolment growth, financial stewardship and long-term viability of the school's portfolio.
- Acting as a key interface between schools, the CEO, Executive and the Bishop, representing the school's portfolio internally and externally.
Ideal Candidate:
Newcastle Anglican is seeking an executive with a strong background in education leadership, ideally with experience as a Principal or in a senior system-level role, and a demonstrated ability to lead across multiple schools or complex education environments. Candidates will bring proven capability in system leadership, stakeholder influence, governance and organizational alignment, along with sound judgement in areas of child protection and compliance.
An appreciation for, and alignment with, the values and ethos of Newcastle Anglican is essential. Experience within faith-based education systems will be highly regarded.
For a confidential discussion or to request the Candidate Information Pack, please contact:
Grace Tan or Caitlin Pang from Korn Ferry on ED_Education_NA@kornferry.com
To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter to ED_Education_NA@kornferry.com or through Korn Ferry Job Portal
Applications close at 11:59pm, on 17 June 2026.
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