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Principal/Tumuaki – St Hilda’s Collegiate School
Posted: Jan. 28, 2026
Dunedin, New Zealand
St Hilda’s Collegiate School, located in the heart of Dunedin, is a thriving, vibrant State-Integrated Anglican Girls’ School with a roll of approximately 470 students, years 7 -13 (285 day, 165 boarding and 20 international students). With a modern, future-focused campus and well-established boarding residence, St Hilda’s Collegiate offers an inclusive learning environment where ākonga can thrive in their teenage years. Individual achievement and excellence in academics, culture, arts, service and sport is valued and celebrated.
With a strong commitment to our Special Character and Anglican values within a modern context, our embedded school values guide everything we do – Be You; Can Do; Better Together; Explore Faith. We value individuality, encourage critical thinking, and celebrate diversity. Fostering belonging and connection through whanaungatanga, St Hilda’s strives to ensure our ākonga leave as confident, compassionate citizens, ready to make a positive contribution to the world.
We look forward to welcoming our next Principal/Tumuaki to build on the existing strong culture and excellent reputation of St Hilda’s Collegiate School.
Our Principal/Tumuaki will be:
• Strategic, visionary with proven success in educational leadership and school-wide initiatives
• Empowering, fostering leadership growth, with high EQ
• Skilled in leading change while respecting existing strengths
• Courageous, decisive, resilient, calm under pressure
• Approachable, engaged, authentically relational, representing the school with genuine care
• An excellent communicator with strong stakeholder engagement
• Able to handle difficult conversations, valuing the student voice
• Experienced in girls’ education, understanding adolescent female development
• Able to demonstrate genuine Christian faith
• Committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi with an understanding of Te Ao Māori and tikanga Māori
• Skilled in finance with business acumen.