Head Teacher Welfare

Overview

Job Description - Head Teacher Welfare - Grafton High School (0000B1UC)

Head Teacher Welfare - Grafton High School - 0000B1UC

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Location

Regional NSW

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $164,024.00. This position attracts a base salary of $144,717.00, plus leave loading and employer/'s contribution to superannuation.

School

Grafton High School

Staffing Area Clarence/Coffs Harbour

FTE 1.000

Contact

Phone number: 02 6642 3355

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

01-Oct-2025, 6:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Grafton High School is a large comprehensive secondary school of over 750 students, located on the traditional lands of the Bundjalung people on the North Coast of NSW. The school contains a support unit with 8 classes and is partially selective, with a selective class in each of Years 7 to 10. The school is the oldest public high school on the North Coast and has a long-standing reputation for academic, cultural and sporting achievement. 18% of students identify as having an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background. All students participate in a wide range of cultural recognition and learning experiences focusing on local Bundjalung culture, language and dance.

The school/'s permanent staffing entitlement in 2025 is 67.2 teaching staff and 18 non-teaching staff. The school employs a number of additional teaching and non-teaching staff from school base and equity funding; including a Business Manager, Transition Adviser and Head Teacher Administration. Our executive staff is stable. Our teachers are diverse in both skills and experience, with approximately 20% in their early career. The Head Teacher Welfare leads a team consisting of year advisors, assistant year advisers, student support officer, student wellbeing office and school counsellors.

Responsibilities

- Lead and manage the wellbeing team to develop and deliver whole-school wellbeing programs that cater to diverse student needs.
- Design, implement and evaluate evidence-based, data-driven wellbeing initiatives aligned with whole-school improvement and student outcomes.
- Build authentic connections with community providers and external agencies supporting student wellbeing and development.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria

- Specific Selection Criteria: Proven capacity to lead the wellbeing team strategically and collaboratively; design and evaluate evidence-based wellbeing programs; build community partnerships.
- General Selection Criteria: Successful teaching experience, knowledge of curriculum and student welfare, educational leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, resource planning, and commitment to Aboriginal education policy.

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

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

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 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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