[2] In 1963, Noel Vose became the Principal and sole staff member of the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, a position that he held until 1991.
[2][3][4] In 1985, he became the first and only Australian appointed as President of the Baptist World Alliance, a role that he served in until 1990.
[2][4] Between 1989 and 1992, Vose led the Baptist World Alliance in theological dialogue with the Mennonite World Conference, marking a renewal of conversations between Baptists and Anabaptists that had ended amicably in approximately 1630.
[2][4] On 5 June 1990, his wife Heather Vose died unexpectedly during a visit to the United States.
Upon his retirement as principal in 1991 at 70 years old, Vose founded the Parkerville Baptist Church.