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About this job
Position Information
Holroyd High School is an HPGE Partnership School with a current enrolment of 558 students in Years 7–12, including 86% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds. As a proudly diverse and inclusive institution, we place a strong emphasis on explicit teaching to build high expectations for all students, and Choice Theory to foster a culture of autonomy, collaboration, and responsibility, creating a safe and nurturing environment where all can thrive.
As part of our commitment as an HPGE Partnership School, Holroyd High School has made significant investment in creating enriched educational experiences for all students across the four domains of potential: intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical. Through innovative programs, targeted learning opportunities, extracurricular pathways, and strong community partnerships, the school is committed to ensuring every student is challenged, supported, and empowered to ignite their potential.
The school has an Intensive English Centre for newly arrived students from non-English speaking backgrounds and a support unit for students with intellectual disability and/or autism.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach careers or currently undertaking the Careers Adviser qualifications approved by the New South Wales Department of Education and experience providing high-quality career information and advice.
Demonstrated knowledge of career pathways and strong organisational skills to coordinate School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs), tertiary education pathways, TVET courses, work experience, and structured workplace learning opportunities for students.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with staff, students, parents, and key stakeholders such as employers, external agencies and training providers.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and implement careers programs and initiatives that support student engagement, pathway development, and post-school readiness.
Conditions
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
This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.
Please note:
• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if you are the recommended applicant.
• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the advertised role.
Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who 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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.