Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 1548414
John Fawkner College takes pride in uniting learners from a diverse community within a respectful and adaptive environment that fosters enjoyment in learning and the motivation to achieve excellence. John Fawkner Secondary College is a growing co-educational secondary college, which operates within a distinct geographical area with a diverse cultural mix.
In 2026, JFC opened the new STEAM centre, including a new Art centre, sound studio, Science rooms, Theatrette with green screen, and media centre. The second building to open in second semester is the hospitality grade Food Tech centre and school cafeteria.
Melbourne Victory Football piloted a team in 2024 and continues to offer a popular and thriving program to students in years 7 - 10. The program includes an all-girl soccer team, the first of its kind for the club in schools, and junior and senior teams for boys. The success of this program has attracted students from a range of areas and backgrounds and compliments our diverse community.
The school is in an improvement stage and has shown considerable growth across curriculum, learning, and wellbeing. The School Strategic Plan has a strong focus on improving learning through the use of our well documented and viable curriculum and the revised and improved JFC Instructional Model.
Strong leadership is a crucial factor in the transformation of the college and over the past year, we have consolidated a robust, stable leadership team, with an exciting vision for the next generation of young people. Staff are encouraged to take positions of responsibility such as student learning mentors and Domain leaders, which develop their leadership and teamwork skills and open doors to future leadership possibilities. Our staff is stable and collegiate, and fosters a learning environment of collaboration and professionalism. We run regular PD sessions, led by the leadership team.
Student wellbeing and engagement is supported by the SWPBS framework, and this is reflected in the school values. The college boasts a strong wellbeing team, consisting of a full-time wellbeing leader and part time mental health practitioner. The college has a strong focus on improving Literacy and Numeracy, and students are identified for support through the MultiLit program. Students are identified for support through the wellbeing team and student learning mentors.
Students at all year levels are supported by a dedicated Student Learning Mentor and supported by an overall leader of engagement. Our VM program is well established and in 2026, we added a VPC strand for students at years 10 and 11. The VM program is characterised by a small and dedicated teaching team and a vast network of connections in the community. Many students take a VET subject from year 10 onwards. The VCE starts at year 10 for those students who want to accelerate their progress through the senior school and offers a broad range of subjects. The students from years 7-10 study the Victorian Curriculum and electives. At year 10, students are counselled to appropriate pathways and select from VCE/VM to continue their final years of schooling. All VM students do a Vet subject one day a week, and there is the potential to study a SBAT whilst at school.
Our growing areas currently are in Science and STEAM and our partnership with the Science Centre of Excellence at Melbourne University guarantees all students the opportunity to explore their interests in this area. Our students are encouraged to apply for positions of leadership at each year level and this group meets regularly to plan school activities. Our daily practice is informed by the Human Rights for all students at JFC.
The staff at JFC is collegiate, dynamic and collaborative, led by an executive principal and two assistant principals. The focus is on the future for the students in this area and we seek vibrant, innovative, committed teachers and leaders to join us in our journey of improvement and success. Tours are welcome from prospective employees. Please refer all enquiries and copies of applications to the principal.
The Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) initiative was announced by the Minister for Education in late 2018 to expand mental health and wellbeing support in government schools. The initiative provides for a suitably qualified mental health professional in all government secondary school campuses and specialist school (with secondary-aged enrolments) settings.
Operating in collaboration with the relevant Department of Education Regional Mental Health Branch, this role has the following functions:
Education support class level 1 range 4
The successful applicant will be an experienced professional who will carry out their duties and responsibilities, relative to their professional discipline, with a high level of autonomy and with minimal reliance on professional supervision. The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and implementation of professional support programs within an educational environment, including guidance to other professional staff.
As an education support class position, this role supports the educational services being provided to students, but will not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic).
For more information on the responsibilities of an Education Support class level 1 range 4 employee, please visit the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/industrial-agreements/resources
Please note: Continued professional development is a registration requirement under the National Law, which governs the operations of the National Boards and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Required
Desirable
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
Information for Applicants
In addition to applying through Recruitment Online, please email CV, cover letter and Selection Criteria to the principal, Lisa Vinnicombe.
This position is for 2 days per week. Days are negotiable.