Permanent full-time job at Strathfield South High School (Enfield, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000B1RX
Closing date September 24, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Hedges Ave, Enfield 2136 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Rebecca Tham
02 9642 4422
About This Job
Position Information
At Strathfield South High School we pursue excellence and equity through a commitment to every student meeting and exceeding their potential through setting high expectations of and for students and staff, and employing innovative and differentiated curriculum structures. We aspire for our students to embrace their learning journey at school and beyond. We aim to be recognised for our focus on continued improvement in collaboration with our aspirational community.
We are an inclusive and proud comprehensive public high school with a Support Unit which has 12 classes, located in Sydney's inner west. Our school community reflects modern Australia, with students from all corners of the world. The school population of approximately 600 with 80% of students from a non-English speaking background. We cater for international students who elect to attend Strathfield South High School to take advantage of the learning opportunities available. We have a large Support unit of 8 Autism and 4 Hearing Support classes supported by a Deputy Principal Inclusion and Support. We celebrate and champion diversity, and work collaboratively with our community to ensure all students develop a deep understanding and empathy for the cultural backgrounds of themselves and others.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach - Hearing Impairment (Secondary) is needed to teach Deaf and/ or Hard of Hearing students.
- Capacity to develop and implement an inclusive curriculum that caters to students across a range of disabilities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the capacity to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams that include students, staff, families, community members and external agencies to create positive outcomes for students.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the learning and wellbeing of students with diverse and challenging behaviours and implementing positive behaviour support strategies.
Conditions
Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (Conditions Apply). The Recruitment Bonus will be paid on a pro rata basis for permanent part-time teachers and executive staff. The maximum recruitment bonus available for a position is $20,000, including any job share arrangements.
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About The NSW Department Of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here.
To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.