Deputy Principal – Ethical Digital Fluency & Safeguarding

Keep our learners safe and help them use technology, including AI, wisely. 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 expanding our senior leadership team from two to six deputy principals, each leading a strategic portfolio shaped by the Golden Circle. This is a HOW role: in a school where learning happens online, you'll lead digital citizenship, online safety and child protection, and welcome our new Year 9 students. Includes a teaching component Start: Term 1 2027 What you'll lead Digital citizenship and AI. Set our AI-use guidelines and acceptable use agreements. Safeguarding. Be our child protection lead, managing disclosures, procedures and staff training. Online incidents. Respond to any cyberbullying and harmful digital communications, liaise with Netsafe and other partners. Use data to design pro-active programmes in order to reduce and eliminate cyber issues. Privacy and student data. Work with IT Manager to vet platforms and ensure Privacy Act compliance. Learning platforms. From a safeguarding perspective, collaborate with DP Curriculum, to oversee the safe student use of the LMS and learning platforms with IT. Community education. Run online safety evenings for whānau and staff. Year 9 pastoral. Lead transition from contributing schools, orientation, dean management and cohort attendance follow-up and strategies. *please note this is not exhaustive and may be subject to change View our job description online for more details. Please apply via our website in the footer, under the "Join Our Team" link.