Job Description
About the Role:
Looking for an exciting teaching opportunity starting Term 1, 2025? Tradewind is proud to partner with a dynamic and expanding school in Werribee, offering a Junior Secondary English and Humanities teaching role. This full-time position invites an enthusiastic educator to join a forward-thinking, collaborative team dedicated to academic excellence and student engagement.
With a strong focus on innovation, staff voice, and professional autonomy, this growing school provides a supportive environment where your ideas and expertise are valued. Supported by dedicated leadership, you'll have the chance to shape evolving curriculum initiatives and inspire students in their critical thinking, literacy, and understanding of the world.
Join a progressive learning community where work-life balance, professional growth, and creativity take center stage, helping students achieve their potential through engaging and meaningful learning experiences.
Key duties:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive English/Humanities curriculum aligned with Victorian curriculum, covering various topics such as literature, writing, grammar, history, geography, and social studies.
- Create engaging and differentiated lesson plans that cater to diverse learning styles and abilities, incorporating a combination of lectures, discussions, activities, and projects to enhance students' understanding and critical thinking skills.
- Encourage students to think critically, analyse information, evaluate evidence, and draw informed conclusions about humanities topics and issues. Promote inquiry-based learning and research skills to develop students' intellectual curiosity and independent thinking.
- Collaborate with colleagues in English, history, geography, and other humanities disciplines to create interdisciplinary projects, units, and activities that integrate multiple subject areas and foster cross-curricular connections.
- Engage in continuous professional development activities to stay updated on best practices in humanities education, teaching methodologies, curriculum developments, and technology integration. Attend workshops, seminars, and conferences relevant to humanities teaching.
Skills & Experience:
- Must hold unrestricted working rights in Australia
- Current VIT registration is essential
- Proven experience teaching secondary English/Humanities 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 working with students in years 7-8 in English/Humanities domain
- 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 $78,000 to $116,000
- 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?
The Benefits:
- Work with an organisation that is relentless in securing quality opportunities in a personalised way
- Relevant and real information about roles
- No joining fees/other fees
- Resume and Key Selection Criteria assistance
- Interview tips and preparation provided
- Professional development by two Principal mentors on a consistent basis
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 for providing high-caliber teachers with fantastic contract opportunities and helping them to pursue rewarding careers. Our aim is to cultivate an excellent ongoing relationship with you throughout your growing career.
How to apply:
To apply, please submit your application by clicking the APPLY NOW button. Applications will be reviewed and screen upon submission.
For any queries regarding the position or application process, contact Tahlia Schueren on Education 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 backgrounds and people with disability and lived experience to apply.
