The Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the Board for the strategic leadership, sustainability and performance of BlendED National Ltd.

As the inaugural CEO, the role is responsible for establishing the organisation’s national operating model, securing and maintaining regulatory approvals across jurisdictions, building executive capability, and ensuring long-term financial and mission sustainability.

The CEO will:
• Lead and implement the national strategic plan endorsed by the Board.
• Ensure effective governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks.
• Oversee multi-jurisdictional school registration and regulatory engagement.
• Establish sustainable financial and operating models across states.
• Build and lead a high-performing national executive team.
• Serve as the primary interface between management and the Board.
• Represent BlendED with regulators, Catholic Education authorities, government agencies and partners.
• Safeguard child safety, Catholic identity and educational quality across all operations.

The CEO must balance mission integrity with operational rigour, ensuring that growth is both values-driven and financially sustainable.

The successful candidate will combine educational credibility with enterprise leadership capability.

They will demonstrate:
• A genuine, deeply embedded Catholic faith and clear commitment to the values and teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Significant senior executive experience in Catholic education, special assistance schooling, flexible learning, or similarly complex mission-driven environments.
• Proven ability to establish or scale education entities across multiple sites or jurisdictions.
• Strong financial stewardship experience, including oversight of substantial budgets and long-term sustainability planning.
• Experience operating effectively in partnership with a Board of Directors.
• Capacity to lead organisational growth and reform with clarity, calm authority and integrity.
• Deep commitment to trauma-informed and inclusive education.
The CEO must possess the gravitas to represent BlendED nationally while remaining relational, collaborative and mission-aligned.

Further information is available in the CEO Position Description.