Teacher Geography - Bourke High School ($5-8K Relocation Support Payment)

Permanent full-time job at Bourke High School (Bourke, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B3E4

Closing date November 12, 2025 (AEST)

Location 34 Tarcoon St, Bourke 2840 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Kay Dunbar 02 6872 2522

About this job

Position Information

Bourke is located in the Northwest region of NSW and is a historic outback town on the banks of the Darling River, famed for welcoming travellers. Bourke offers relaxation, heritage landmarks and a rich Indigenous culture, as well as thrilling outdoor adventure in the nearby national parks.

Bourke High School has an enrolment of 124 students, with 86% of students identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school is located 370 km northwest of Dubbo and has well-maintained grounds and a strong focus on student wellbeing, community engagement and quality teaching and learning. The school features a strong vocational education and training focus in all years. Its basic purpose is to offer a strong, inclusive and comprehensive academic and vocational curriculum while still providing sporting, social and cultural opportunities for all.

Bourke High School is a Connected Community School. Connected Communities is a strategy to drive improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people. The strategy positions schools as community hubs that broaden the influence of the community and school leadership in the delivery of key services that support children and young people from birth through school into further training, study and employment.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach Geography years (7-12) and willingness to teach Aboriginal Studies.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the faculty, whole school, and the wider learning community, to develop a culture of high expectations.
• Proven ability to differentiate curriculum and develop innovative, engaging teaching and learning programs, that cater for a diverse range of students, including low-socio-economic and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Conditions

Successful applicants may be entitled to a relocation support payment of $5,000 to $8,000 for eligible applicants.

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

Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

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.