Acting Primary Principal

The Opportunity

Carey Baptist College Harrisdale is inviting a visionary, strategic leader to guide our K to Year 6 Primary School through a meaningful season of transition. This interim 12 month role calls for someone who can lead and support with purpose, compassion, and clarity, ensuring excellence, continuity, and Christ centred care every step of the way.

The Acting Principal is more than an interim leader, they’re the spiritual and visionary anchor stewarding a Christ centred community where every child is known, valued, and empowered to thrive. With courage and humility, they champion academic excellence and wellbeing across a vibrant K to Year 6 school of over 650 students.

Reporting to the Director of Education and working closely with the wider leadership team, this role provides strategic oversight and management of the school, with a strong focus on spiritual leadership, faith development, and operational excellence. Embracing Carey’s broader vision, the successful candidate will actively engage with key stakeholders across the College to shape a Christ-centred learning community. With an integrated and forward thinking approach, the Acting Principal will lead a dynamic team, foster a thriving school culture, and ensure seamless alignment of systems, strategy and student wellbeing.

About Carey

• We are a community of people with a deep desire to play our part in the story of God in the world.
• We are a single community made up of different and complementary parts, operating across sectors, locations and industries.
• We have a big vision – to see a world transformed by the love of God.
• We are a people who strive to ‘attempt the extraordinary’ not for the sake of it, but because it matters.
  It is our staff who make the difference!

Working at Carey is more than just a career for our staff – it’s a vocation that reflects their passion to see students flourish. We will continue to employ outstanding staff, recognising that it is the quality of our teachers, administrators and support staff who will make the difference at Carey. For an essence of Harrisdale Primary, see our Prospectus.

Who you are

• You are a leader who achieves outstanding results with your people and can bring our values of Kindness, Courage, Respect, Humility and Integrity into everything you do.
• You are courageous, you are agile, and you believe leaders are learners.
• You have a vision for education in the future and a desire to creatively prepare towards that future.
• You see schools as not just places of learning, but as places of community where staff, students and families can find belonging and connection.
• You understand the power of a story to change perspectives and connect people.
• You are a leader who facilitates pathways for staff to achieve high outcomes for their students and themselves.
• You are passionate about driving improved ways of working to deliver meaningful and long-lasting impact.
• You are a committed Christian who understands and demonstrates servant-hearted leadership; you are intentional in nurturing and empowering your staff and in creating an environment where others flourish.

If this is you, we want to hear from you!

Application Package Available

To support you in submitting a well informed application, we invite you to request our comprehensive Application Package. It contains detailed insights into the school, the role, and the community you would be joining. We warmly encourage all prospective candidates to review this information prior to applying by contacting us at  joinus@carey.wa.edu.au