Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 3
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1508699
Our vision: Mount Waverley Secondary College is a proudly diverse learning community where everyone is empowered to strive for growth and excellence.
Our values:
I - Integrity
L - Learning
E - Excellence
A - Accountability
R - Respect
N - Nurturing
Mount Waverley Secondary College is a high demand state secondary co-educational college with approximately 1900 students across two campuses located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. The core purpose of our college is to provide a high-quality education that develops each student¿s potential to shape their future and contribute positively to their community. Our college is noted for the consistent academic success of its students and the dedication of our staff. Its outstanding reputation has been established through a commitment to teaching high quality academic programs, setting high expectations of students and staff, developing traditional values, instilling self-discipline, encouraging leadership and community values, and nurturing the individual.
The Junior Campus (Years 7 and 8) caters for students in their first two years of secondary schooling, allowing both development and consolidation of essential learning through a unique teaching and learning approach that is designed to differentiate for students' specific learning and developmental needs. The Senior Campus caters for Years 9 to 12 and offers opportunities for students to explore greater choices in a broad academic and co-curricular program that ultimately leads to the Victorian Senior Secondary Certificate, further education and other pathways.
Our college¿s extensive curriculum provides a wide range of opportunities for acceleration, enrichment, and extension. The co-curricular activities offer outstanding opportunities in instrumental music, the performing arts, study tours and student exchanges to Japan and Germany and student leadership, sport, camps and activities and community service. Our award-winning Wellbeing program has been recognised as exemplary both statewide and nationally. There is a genuine focus on student wellbeing, leadership and student voice and agency across the college, as we aim to develop independent, resilient, creative, and positive individuals
KSC1 Demonstrated passion, commitment, knowledge and skills that supports highly effective course/careers counselling and related careers programs.
KSC2 Demonstrated experience and capacity to support and plan genuine future pathways for individual students.
KSC3 Demonstrated capacity to develop procedures and guidelines relating to the work area.
KSC4 Demonstrate high level written and verbal communication skills and high level interpersonal skills including a capacity to develop relationships with students, parents and staff.
KSC5 Demonstrated ability to create and maintain links with a range of key stakeholders and external providers e.g. universities/past students.
KSC6 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.
Attendance is Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.06pm. Attendance is not required during the school holiday periods. ES Level 1 Range 3 annual salary is between $73,467.00 - $89,335.00.
Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.
Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.
The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3. Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility. Staff management issues will be resolved with minimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases. Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations.
This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years. Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered. Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
Under the direction of and working with the Careers Education Manager and the Student Support & Resources Manager:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview