Head of English

2 months ago


Sydney, Australia St Andrew's Cathedral School Full time

**What is the Role?**

St Andrew's Cathedral School are seeking a passionate, enthusiastic, experienced secondary school educator to join our committed and professional staff as the Head of Department, English. This is a full-time, permanent position, commencing Term 1 2025.

**Who will the successful applicant be?**
- Experienced in leadership in curriculum development and implementation of syllabus
- Enthusiastic about English, with the ability to inspire secondary age students
- Flexible in working with a range of student abilities
- Outstanding in interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with the wider English Team
- Confident in the use of technology and a willingness to embrace it to enhance learning in the classroom
- Understanding of and having a commitment to the School’s Christian mission, values, and ethos

Previous experience teaching International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) is highly desirable.

**Please see the attached Position Description for more detail.**

**Applications close: 4:00pm, Wednesday 20 November 2024**

**Why St Andrew's Cathedral School?**

St Andrew’s Cathedral School received Voice Project's Best Workplace Award for staff satisfaction and engagement in 2020, and was recently awarded 5 Star Employer of Choice 2022 by The Educator for positive employee experience. This is an amazing achievement, representative of a supportive, collegiate culture where every staff member is known, valued and equipped to excel in their role.

**Who are we?**

St Andrew’s Cathedral School (SACS) is an independent, Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican school located in two high-rise buildings in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The school offers students a strong academic program and extensive opportunities to be involved in sport, music, drama and outdoor education.

As an authentically Christian school in the Anglican tradition, Christian values are embedded in all aspects of daily life, with honesty, integrity, humility, respect and service being foundational to the richness of relationships at SACS. We seek to develop students who think critically and creatively and have hearts that love, minds that grow and lives that give.

Reflecting our Christian foundations, we are a strong and hopeful learning community that nurtures the individual strengths of each student in our care. We always seek to care for the whole child - considering their intellectual, physical, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing and development. We are committed to providing a child safe environment by implementing policies, procedures, practices and training which foster the safety, care and wellbeing of our students.

It is a condition of employment that all new Staff at the School must sign a written statement or complete an electronic acknowledgement that they have read and understand our Child Safe Policy and the Child Safe Codes of Conduct prior to commencing at the School.

Prior to employment at the School, this position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

For more information on Working with Children Checks, please visit the **NSW Office of the Children's Guardian website**.


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