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About this job
Position Information
Menai High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school located in Illawong, Sutherland Shire on the southern outskirts of Sydney region with an enrolment of 1,061 students in 2025. The student population is comprised of approximately 35% LBOTE, 13% EALD and 34 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
Menai High School offers an extensive curriculum with a focus on academic excellence, student welfare and extra-curricular programs. Areas of focus for the school plan 2025-2027 are the explicit teaching of literacy and numeracy across the school, student learning culture and community engagement. Our students are highly motivated learners who excel academically across the curriculum. The school prides itself on its academic record and on-going commitment to high standards of student improvement.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Technology Mandatory, Industrial Technology - Timber and Design and Technology
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and inclusively across the school environment.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to establish positive working relationships with students, staff, and parents to improve student learning outcomes.
Proven capability to manage practical workspaces to ensure student safety, maintain high levels of engagement, and address individual student learning needs so they can reach their full potential
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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.