Position Information Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt Campus is a partially selective co-educational middle school which caters for students from Year 7 to Year 10 and is located in the inner west. The school has an enrolment of 850 students and includes a support unit for students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and autism. The student body consists of 4.7% students from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and 19% students from a non-English speaking background. A commitment to innovative curriculum and rigorous and evidence-based teaching and learning underpins the directions of the school. There are strong links to the broader community and a highly effective and involved P & C. All Sydney Secondary College Principals work together through the College Management Group to enact their responsibility for effective collegiate decision-making. The College fosters cross campus teaching opportunities for experienced and early career staff to work proactively together across middle and senior school settings. Selection Criteria Approval to teach careers or currently undertaking or currently enrolled in the Careers Adviser qualifications approved by the NSW Department of Education. High level interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to develop positive relationships with students, staff, and the wider school community. Demonstrated ability to engage community agencies, groups and parents in authentic partnerships required to support post-school pathway options for all students from diverse backgrounds including including Aboriginal students, and students with disabilities. Excellent working knowledge of university entry, school-based apprenticeships and traineeships, scholarship application processes, VET courses and TAFE options. Demonstrated ability to take on school wide roles such as transition coordinator and work collaboratively across the college to develop, support, and contribute to initiatives including primary links, transition to the senior campus and subject selection processes. 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 Careers Adviser qualifications as recognised by the NSW Department of Education, which must be completed within 12 months. 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 ( dandidet.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 .