Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Leading Teacher - Range 3
Occupation: Leading teacher
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1483551
Walcom Ngarrwa Secondary College is continuing to grow and expand. We are excited to offer both teaching and leadership opportunities to candidates excited to contribute to a new school, and the development of a positive school wide culture that supports the learning and wellbeing of students and staff.
We are seeking dedicated educators who are committed to ongoing growth and development within a culture of collaboration and support.
Why wait until 2026 to pursue your leadership aspirations? We have a position ready and waiting for you, for an immediate start.
The successful candidate for this role will form part of our School Improvement and Wellbeing Teams and fulfil the essential portfolio of Head of Junior School (Year 7/8).
About our School:
Walcom Ngarrwa Secondary College is a new school that opened in Werribee in January 2024. On opening Walcom Ngarrwa, welcomed 177 Year 7 students to the school community. Over the coming years, the school will add a new year level every year through until 2029, when we will have students from Year 7-12.
At Walcom Ngarrwa we are on a mission to provide the best education we can for our students by delivering high impact, evidence-based practices in learning and wellbeing, within a culture of high expectations for success. Healthy, happy and curious students and staff bring our vision and values to life.
Walcom Ngarrwa Secondary College builds bright futures for the young people of the local communities. Achievement, Belonging and Curiosity underpin the development of an aspirational and inclusive school community that supports each student on their learning journey to a pathway through and beyond school. We foster strong connections with community to ensure today¿s learners can thrive as generous, active and informed citizens.
In 2025 our school community is made up of 430+ students in total, across Year 7 & 8. Four percent of our students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 32 percent of students had English as an additional language. Our staff team comprised 1 Principal, 3 Assistant Principal, 4 Leading Teachers, 2 Learning Specialists, 21 Classroom Teachers, 2 Para Professionals, and 16 Education Support Staff.
In 2026 we are excited to be delivering a Year 9 program for our students.
Additional information can be found at www.wnsc.vic.edu.au
If you are ready for the next challenge in your career in education and enjoy working collaboratively to enable student success and achievement, feel free to contact Principal Brad Moyle, either via phone or email to discuss the role further.
Our Facilities:
Stage 1 state of the art educational facilities are now complete and includes:
Stage 2 funding has just been announced in the latest state budget and is due for completion by the start of the 2027 school year. This will include an additional Learning Neighbourhood, Administrative Building that includes admin, library and wellbeing spaces, and school playing field.
SC1 Demonstrated expert knowledge of the relevant curriculum. Demonstrated ability to lead and manage the implementation of school priorities, and the teaching of literacy and numeracy skills across the curriculum.
SC2 Demonstrated ability to lead the planning and implementation of high impact teaching strategies that respond to student learning needs. Demonstrated ability to support teachers to evaluate the impact of learning and teaching programs on student learning growth.
SC3 Demonstrated exemplary ability to monitor and assess student learning at a class, cohort or whole-school level and use this data to lead improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to support others in using data to inform teaching practice and to provide feedback on student learning growth and achievement to students and parents.
SC4 Demonstrated exemplary interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead collaborative relationships with students, colleagues, parents and the broader school community focused on student learning, agency, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Demonstrated ability to model behaviours and attitudes consistent with Department values and support colleagues to adopt these behaviours and attitudes. Demonstrated ability to reflect upon their own, others and whole-school practice and contribute to the provision of whole-school professional learning.
Leading teachers will be highly skilled classroom practitioners and undertake leadership and management roles commensurate with their salary range. The role of leading teachers is to improve the skill, knowledge and performance of the teaching workforce in a school or group of schools and to improve the curriculum program of a school.
Typically, leading teachers are responsible for coordinating a number of staff to achieve improvements in teaching and learning which may involve the coordination and professional support of colleagues through modelling, collaborating and coaching and using processes that develop knowledge, practice and professional engagement in others.
Leading teachers are expected to lead and manage a significant area or function within the school with a high degree of independence to ensure the effective development, provision and evaluation of the school's education program.
Leading teachers will be expected to make a significant contribution to policy development relating to teaching and learning in the school. A leading teacher has a direct impact and influence on the achievement of the school goals.
Leading teachers are usually responsible for the implementation of one or more priorities contained in the school strategic plan.
The Leading Teacher: Head of Junior School will work to champion a junior school environment that is built on mutual respect, positive regard and an uncompromising disposition towards capturing and supporting student success. The Leading Teacher will work with colleagues and students to develop and embed Tier 1 practices that support maximising student learning and wellbeing across the sub-school. They will specifically lead a team of Year Level Coordinators and play an active role in supporting student engagement in both learning and our school community. Further specific details are detailed below:
Position specific focus
Professional learning
Policy and compliance
Team Development
Other
Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.
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.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, 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 family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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
Please ensure that your application (online via School Jobs Victoria) includes:
Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Where we take this action, we will notify you of our intention.
Applicants wishing further information about the college or this position, are encouraged to contact the Principal, Mr Brad Moyle prior to the closing date of applications.
To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching. In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonstrate that they have passed the literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education (LANTITE) requirements. This condition is satisfied where the LANTITE requirement is part of the Victorian Initial Teacher Education program completed by the person.