Located in Christchurch, St Andrew’s Collegeis an independent, co-educational school offering top quality education, cultural, arts and sporting activities to over 1600 day and boarding students from pre-school to Year 13. St Andrew’s has a proud Presbyterian heritage and long tradition of academic, sporting, cultural and leadership excellence. While tradition and history are fundamental to the spirit of St Andrew’s, the school has its sights firmly fixed on the future.

The College seeks an applicant with significant experience in the leadership of Outdoor Education. Based at Castle Hill, the Operations Manager will lead the College’s fully operational outdoor education centre and programme.  The Operations Manager will lead and develop a high functioning team of instructors who will be responsible for delivering outdoor programmes within the Castle Hill Basin and beyond to students across the College and specialised programmes to senior students, such as Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh. 

Reporting to the Deputy Principal – Operations and Co-curricular, responsibilities include: strategic planning, programme design, staff management, recruitment and professional development, management of facilities and equipment, health and safety and other programme offerings. The expectation is that the role is based on site at Castle Hill while the centre and programmes are in operation.   

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader in Outdoor Education seeking to impact positively on the lives of young people and to join a dynamic, forward thinking team in a middle leadership position. St Andrew’s College is committed to the ongoing professional development of its staff and offers significant benefits in addition to a supportive working environment.

This is a permanent, full-time position commencing 18 January 2027, or by negotiation.

For more information about St Andrew's College please visit the website: St Andrew's College – Christchurch co-educational school | St Andrew's College. You can read our StAC key publications here: http://stac.nz/StACPublications & the education programme here: https://stac.nz/CastleHillEducationProgramme

To view the position description please click on the following link- https://stac.nz/CastleHillOpsManager

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected] by 8 November 2026.

For more information please contact Hamish Bell, Deputy Principal – Operations and Co-curricular, email: [email protected]