General Studies Teacher

2 weeks ago


Villawood, New South Wales, Australia Serco Full time

General Studies Teacher - Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Full Time - Permanent - Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:00pm

$80,000 + Super negotiable depending on experience

About us - Serco & Proud

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone has a vital role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000+ globally and 14,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management & citizen services. To learn more please visit

About the Opportunity

As a General Studies Teacher, you will play an integral part within the Welfare and Engagement Team and will help to contribute with the overall success of welfare services available to detainees. You will plan, facilitate, manage and deliver structured and unstructured educational programs and activities for detainees, whilst also taking into consideration their special interests, skills and needs of diverse cultures.

This is an amazing opportunity to 'Start with a job and stay for a career' with extensive employment & growth opportunities across Serco's many contracts. At Serco we are committed to growing our team members with a large focus on professional development.

What you'll be doing

  • Delivering a wide range of different educational programs to detainees such as English, Maths and IT at a basic level.
  • Communicating effectively with staff and detainees regarding activities and events to ensure detainees can smoothly access educational programs of their choice.
  • Providing and managing detainee access to computers/IT systems and internet services as and if required.
  • Assisting detainees to develop and maintain independence in their personal and health care needs.
  • Providing skills-based learning around themes that relate to preparation for future lifestyle.

About you – Your ideal skills and experience:

  • Certificate IV qualification in Teaching other relevant teaching qualifications. (A degree in education would be desirable).
  • Hold and maintain HLTAID009 Provide CPR and HLTAID011 Provide First Aid certificates with at least 6 months currency on the certificate.
  • Maintain a current Working with Children certificate in accordance with the relevant state or territory child protection legislation (as required).
  • A minimum of two years' experience in the delivery of adult programs in an institution or community setting (desirable).

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a Federal police check as an essential selection component for this role.

Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.

Why Join Us

  • You'd be joining a company that delivers essential public services that make a difference in the communities in which we live
  • You'll get to make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers & action.
  • We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning & development opportunities – think skills based training, defined career pathways & fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group

If you're inspired to make a positive difference, apply now.

For any additional questions, or to learn more, please contact me – Jacob Varnish – TA Business Partner –

Serco's values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging



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