Teacher Special Education Hearing Impairment

Job Description - Teacher Special Education Hearing Impairment ($20k Recruitment Bonus plus $5-8k Relocation Support Payment) - St Ives High School (0000B1RQ)

Location

Sydney Region

Advertisement Number A900148019

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $151,704.00. Base salary ranges from $87,550.00 to $133,846.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

School Name: St Ives High School

Principal Network: The Forest

FTE: 1.000

Contact: 0403 648 380 | School Admin: 99999999

Closing Date

24-Sep-2025, 6:00:00 AM

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

St Ives High School is a comprehensive coeducational high school located on the upper North Shore with a current enrollment in excess of 1780 students. The school boasts two longstanding Hearing Support Units alongside an Autism Unit within an inclusive education faculty. The unit’s education model has students studying English, Maths and HSIE within the support unit, whilst other subjects are integrated into the mainstream cohort. Students range from Year 7 through to Year 12, and are most often taught in individual year groups within the unit.

Specific Selection Criteria (Qualifications)

- Approval to teach hearing impairment and have demonstrated experience teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

- Experience in adapting the curriculum and teaching methodology to meet the diverse needs of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively, proactively and professionally with students, parents, colleagues and key stakeholders to create positive learning outcomes for students.

- Capacity to provide specialist advice, professional learning and mentoring to mainstream classroom teachers with a focus on catering to the diverse needs of students in their class.

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.

Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

Successful applicants may be entitled to a Recruitment Bonus of $20,000 (Conditions Apply). The Recruitment Bonus will be paid on a pro rata basis for permanent part-time teachers and executive staff. The maximum recruitment bonus available for a position is $20,000, including any job share arrangements.

A Relocation Support Payment of $5,000 up to $8,000 will be available for eligible applicants.

Special Notes

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 and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion. New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.

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