Primary Teacher 2025 Appointment
Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Full Time
Applications Close: 15 January 2025
Araluen Christian College is a passionate and committed Primary Teacher to join NT Christian Schools in Alice Springs. Now is the perfect time to contribute your experience and expertise for education to a Kingdom cause. Influence the future generations of the Territory with Northern Territory Christian Schools.
<p><strong>About this role</strong></p><p>One of the key roles of the teacher is to cultivate a thriving, strengths-based learning environment for students within the school. Teachers play a vital role in creating a supportive partnership with parents, other staff and the broader community to provide our students with the care and opportunities they deserve as they step-out and grow in their God given gifts to achieve their full potential.</p><p>NT Christian Schools exists to advance the Christian religion through the provision of education and religious instruction. For the purposes of upholding the Christian ethos of our schools, it is a genuine occupational qualification of this role that applicants be able to teach religious education, lead, and otherwise assist in, religious practices and observances and personally adhere to, uphold, and authentically model the religious beliefs of NT Christian Schools.</p><p>All employees for NT Christian Schools are to be committed to ensuring child safety, health and wellbeing practices are followed and upheld. These practices are embedded in NT Christian Schools policy and culture as guided under current legislation.</p><p><strong>What we offer</strong></p><p><i>“At Araluen Christian College, our community of learning is intentionally shaped by people who acknowledge that how we live our lives, including our vocation, is part of how we worship God. Students engage with learning that forms their whole being as they grow and discover their identity in Christ. Our staff, in positive partnership with each other, with parents and the broader community, foster learning that is dedicated to the pursuit of educational excellence and the spiritual growth of the whole college community.” -<strong>Rob Pople, Principal, Araluen Christian College</strong></i></p><ul><li>6 weeks of annual leave + stand-down. </li><li>11.5% Super Contribution on top of salary.</li><li>Long Service Leave, pro-rata, after five (5) years of continuous service (as opposed to ten). </li><li>Fifteen (15) days per year of personal sick or carers leave, two days discretional leave per year.</li><li>Up to eight (8) weeks paid maternity leave for eligible employees in addition to government.</li><li>Continued professional development in-person conferences and online e learning.</li><li>Subsidised educational opportunity to study with the National Institute of Christian Education.</li><li>Tuition Discounts for your children if they attend an NTCS schools.</li><li>Financial and practical assistance to relocate to the Territory.</li><li>Salary Sacrificing and BUPA Health Care subsidy. </li><li>Access to counselling assistance with the employee wellbeing program.</li></ul>