Department Lead – Technology

Job description

Permanent, full-time · Aotearoa Infinite Academy · Includes a teaching component · Start Term 1, 2027 Build a Technology department for the way young people will live and work. Aotearoa Infinite Academy, New Zealand's first online charter school, is a thriving community growing to 2,000 students in 2027. To bring our goals for our learners to life, we're creating new leadership roles, including a Department Lead for Technology. You'll shape how our learners design, code, make and solve problems, and show what world-class technology education looks like online. What you'll lead Department vision. Set the direction for Technology from Year 9 to Year 13, across digital technologies, design and hard materials as relevant. Course design. Lead innovative online courses and projects that build design thinking, computational thinking and real-world problem solving. Pathways. Connect learning to NCEA, micro-credentials, tertiary study and industry, including partnerships with tech and design organisations. Teaching team. Lead, coach and appraise the teachers in your department, and grow a culture of experimentation. Assessment and achievement. Oversee assessment, moderation and achievement data, and act on what it shows. Resourcing. Manage the department budget, software and tools, working with IT on platforms and access. Who you are We want people who are loyal to our vision, passionate about doing things differently, hard-working and unafraid of change and innovation. You'll also bring: A registered teacher with a full practising certificate and specialist expertise in technology or digital technologies. Leadership experience, or a strong record of leading programmes and colleagues. Current knowledge of emerging technology, including AI, and ideas for using it well in learning. Confidence designing and teaching hands-on, project-based learning online. A network in, or appetite to build links with, industry and tertiary providers. What we offer A newly created leadership role with the freedom to build a department from the ground up at a thriving, fast-growing school. The role includes a teaching component, PLD support and a collaborative leadership network. Competitive remuneration.