Teacher Librarian

Overview

Killarney Heights High School is inviting applications for a Teacher Librarian with a relocation support payment of $5,000 up to $8,000. The school is a comprehensive co-educational 1000-student community located near the northern beaches of Sydney. The role focuses on library leadership within a learning hub to support student literacy, research skills and cross-curricular collaboration.

Location

Sydney Region

Number of Positions

1

Remuneration

Total Remuneration Package: 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

Killarney Heights High School

Principal Network

The Forest

Staffing Area

Northern Beaches

FTE

1.000

Contact

Phone number 9451 7005 | Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

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

Job Category

Teachers

Organisation

Teaching Service

Position Information

Killarney Heights High School is a comprehensive co-educational school with a population of 1000 students, 43% EALD, located 20 minutes from the Sydney CBD in a bushland setting near the northern beaches of Sydney. At Killarney Heights High School, we empower students with the knowledge and skills required to thrive academically, vocationally and socially. Through a rounded approach to education which caters to the whole child - the intellectual, the physical and the emotional - we support each student to achieve their full potential, inspiring them to become ethical, creative and compassionate leaders within and beyond their community.

Specific Selection Criteria

- Approval to teach Library (Secondary) or currently undertaking, or enrolled in, Teacher Librarian qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education.
- Capacity to develop and refine library systems and processes and implement a creative and flexible approach to managing a library that functions as a learning hub to support resource management, connection to the school and critical thinking.
- Highly developed communication, and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with teachers across all subject areas to enhance student literacy and research skills to maximize student learning.
- Highly developed organisational skills including the capacity to promote and manage the Premier’s Reading Challenge and coordinate external testing schoolwide.

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

If applicable engagement will be temporary until successful completion of the Teacher Librarian qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 24 months.

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

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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