Junior Secondary PE Teacher

About the Role:
Want to join a Growing School in 2025 as a Junior Secondary PE Teacher? Tradewind is thrilled to partner with an expanding school in Werribee, welcoming Year 8 students in 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated Junior Secondary Physical Education teacher to join a forward-thinking and vibrant team in a full-time capacity.

The school offers an environment where educators can take an active role in shaping its evolving culture, academic programs, and physical education initiatives. With an emphasis on staff voice, professional autonomy, and fostering a balanced work-life ethos, this is a place where your ideas and input are valued. Supported by a collaborative leadership team, you'll contribute to creating engaging PE programs that inspire students to stay active, develop teamwork, and build lifelong health habits. Be part of crafting the school's future and helping students thrive through sports and physical education.

Key duties:

• Designing and implementing engaging and developmentally appropriate PE lessons that align with the Victorian Curriculum.
• Providing clear instruction and demonstration of movement skills, sports techniques, and fitness exercises.
• Teach a range of topic related to physical education including health and well-being, nutrition, mental health and personal development.
• Conducting physical fitness assessments to evaluate students' strength, flexibility, endurance, and cardiovascular fitness levels.
• Ensuring a safe and supportive learning environment by implementing appropriate safety procedures and risk management strategies during physical activities and sports.
• Organizing and maintaining PE equipment, sports gear, and facilities to ensure they are safe, functional, and accessible for students.
• Integrating health education components into PE lessons to promote students' understanding of health-related topics such as nutrition, hygiene, mental health, and the benefits of physical activity.
• Assessing students' progress and achievement in PE through various forms of assessment, such as skill demonstrations, performance tasks, fitness tests, and written assignments.

Skills & Experience:

• Must hold unrestricted working rights in Australia
• Current VIT registration is essential
• Proven experience teaching secondary PE in a school within Australia preferred
• Graduates are welcome to apply and will be supported
• Ability to provide two education-based references from the last 5 years (student-teacher mentors are acceptable)

Offering:

• A full-time, ongoing position
• Scope for teachers to choose/have significant input into chosen texts
• Work amongst enthusiastic teachers who together, are building a new school!
• Join a new school that is actively growing- introducing year 8 for first time in 2025
• Working with students in years 7 and 8 with additional year levels added in the coming years
• Leadership actively focused on staff wellbeing and work/life balance
• Salary aligned with demonstrated expertise, ranging from $75,000 to $115,000
• Continuing opportunities for professional development and leadership in the near future

The School:

• New school opened in 2024 with the introduction of year 7. Expanding to Year 8 in 2025
• Brand new, modern facilities
• Warm, inclusive school environment with enthusiastic teaching staff and management adamant with creating excellent practices for students and teachers and a dedication to staff well being

Why work with Tradewind?
Tradewind Australia is a specialist, education recruitment agency and is the preferred supplier of teachers for many schools across the greater Melbourne / Victoria region. We have a strong reputation of providing high calibre teachers with fantastic contract opportunities and helping to pursue a rewarding career. Our aim is to cultivate an excellent ongoing relationship with you throughout your growing career.

How to apply:

To apply, follow the link provided or apply on our website

For any queries regarding the position or application process, contact the Tahlia Schueren at the Permanent Team on 03 9110 0091 or email

TRADEWIND AUSTRALIA IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER.

We welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the organisations we partner with, and the people they support. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability and lived experience to apply