Employment Opportunities
Frensham welcomes applications from outstanding educators and staff. We are located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales on a magnificent 300-acre rural campus and in an inspirational learning and working environment, 70 minutes from Sydney and easily accessible by freeway from all parts of New South Wales and key airports.
At Frensham, we have a commitment to excellence – continually evaluating and developing our ‘next practice’ using a research-based approach. Through innovative and adaptive approaches, we develop a spirit of enquiry and a love of learning with a future focus and the capacity to discern, so that students and staff experience the adventure of experiment and the excitement of breaking new ground.
The unselfish pursuit of excellence, intellectual rigour and contribution through personal and collaborative effort are key elements of a Frensham education. We want students to be ambitious academically in an environment that inspires intellectual growth, and to thrive in terms of character, leadership and wellbeing. We remain committed to providing an educational experience where every student is known individually and where we exceed expectations in meeting the professional needs of future-oriented teachers. In our approach to improvement, we embrace the challenge to benchmark ourselves against national and global standards.
Frensham aims to be the school of choice for outstanding educators. We prioritise recruitment and retention, acknowledging that truly great schools are underpinned by outstanding teachers. We constantly seek innovative ways to deliver learning – creating a culture designed to inspire intellectual and emotional growth and moving curriculum delivery beyond traditional structures.
There is a real sense of shared responsibility for the achievement of excellence – in all that we do. Teachers work as a team of professional colleagues and students accept responsibility to be the best they can be – they know they are expected to care and be purposeful.
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Frensham is a member of the UK Boarding Schools' Association
Positions Vacant
- NEW: Frensham Teaching and House Positions for 2019
- NEW: Mathematics – Senior Teacher (Leadership)
- NEW: Librarian (Teacher) – part-time
- NEW: Head of House
- NEW: House Assistant – Graduate Coach (Sport or Studies)
- Music Tutors ~ Violin, Viola
- Gib Gate - Preschool (Casual)
NEW: Frensham Teaching and House Positions for 2019
Located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales on a magnificent 178 hectare rural campus, Frensham is an outward-looking and forward-thinking boarding school that provides a rigorous and personalised academic programme, in a spectacular living and learning environment. With a reputation as one of Australia’s leading independent girls’ schools, Frensham is focused on ‘next practice’ – preparing students to be skilled and willing to make a positive difference in the world, beyond school. Frensham is also a school of choice for outstanding educators, delivering best-practice teaching through professional learning, alongside leading researchers and practitioners from around the world.
By prioritising the recruitment and retention of highly professional staff, Frensham acknowledges that truly great schools are underpinned by outstanding teachers.
Please note:
For teaching positions: Family or single accommodation on campus may suit
For House positions (residential): Accommodation within or connected to a House is provided as part of the role.
SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EACH POSITION IN THE TABS BELOW
Commencement: Term 1, 2019 (or by arrangement)
Applications: Applications [addressed to the Head of Frensham, Ms Julie Gillick] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email applications to: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing date for applications: Monday 3 December
Further information: Call Ms Rose Massey +61 2 4860 2000.
This position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, prior to employment at the School.
NEW: Mathematics – Senior Teacher (Leadership)
MATHEMATICS – SENIOR TEACHER (LEADERSHIP)
The Frensham Mathematics Faculty works collaboratively to promote Mathematics to students as a challenging, exciting field of learning. The department is very well resourced and all Mathematics classrooms are about to be renovated (for completion by the start of Term 1, 2019) to reflect contemporary practice needs. In summary:
- Teachers are fully engaged in individual support of students, both in and out of the classroom.
- Differentiation of programmes, assessment and teaching strategies are highly developed.
- Students are encouraged to undertake Mathematics at the highest level and are successful in this pursuit.
This position would suit an experienced teacher wanting to share their talents in a school where teachers rate our professional learning as world-class, and where students are highly motivated and love being at School.
Criteria for consideration:
- Exemplary skills as a mathematician
- Strong interpersonal and organisational skills
- Experience or ability to differentiate classroom programmes to suit the needs of all learners
- Personal commitment to on-going professional learning and best-practice in teaching Mathematics
- Flexibility and keenness to work as part of a professional team – including support of graduate coaches
- Commitment to the values and ethos of Frensham
Commencement: Term 1, 2019 (or by arrangement)
Family or single accommodation on campus may suit
Applications: Applications [addressed to the Head of Frensham, Ms Julie Gillick] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email applications to: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing date for applications: Monday 3 December
Further information: Call Ms Rose Massey +61 2 4860 2000.
This position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, prior to employment at the School.
NEW: Librarian (Teacher) – part-time
LIBRARIAN (TEACHER)
Part-time (up to 0.5FTE) for commencement 21 January 2019
Frensham Library is seeking an energetic and dynamic Teacher Librarian.
Frensham’s magnificent Esther Tuckey Library is central to the life of the School. Open from 8.25am through to 9.00pm from Monday to Friday and at varying periods of time over the weekend, the Library serves as both a study centre and an information hub, to meet the needs of a large boarding community of students.
As the expert within a Library team, the Teacher Librarian is responsible for the setting of expectations for day-to-day operation of the Library, efficient operation of the library management system (Infiniti), and ordering and processing of new material.
We are seeking to appoint a colleague who enjoys working with young people, holds relevant qualifications in librarianship and is interested in current trends in libraries. Commitment to excellence in girls’ education is essential.
The successful applicant needs to have well developed digital, time management and interpersonal communication skills and be used to working efficiently both individually and as a team member.
Family or single accommodation on campus may suit
Applications: Applications [addressed to the Head of Frensham, Ms Julie Gillick] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email applications to: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing date for applications: Monday 3 December
Further information: Call Ms Rose Massey +61 2 4860 2000.
This position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, prior to employment at the School.
NEW: Head of House
HEAD OF HOUSE
This is a residential position which could combine teaching and House responsibility and is positioned at Leadership Level 1.
The position arises owing to the retirement of experienced colleagues who have created a high-functioning, welcoming House for our most experienced boarders – our senior students.
With over 250 boarders in a school population of 350 students, Frensham is a boarding school, not a school with boarders, preparing students to be skilled and willing to make a positive difference in the world, beyond School. The unselfish pursuit of excellence, intellectual rigour and contribution through personal and collaborative effort are key elements of a Frensham education.
Applications [to the Head of Frensham] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three current referees. Teaching qualifications essential.
Successful applicants will have proven skills and experience in inspiring students of all abilities to set the highest standards of drive and self-management in both their pursuit of academic excellence and their efforts to demonstrate a strong sense of purpose and responsibility as contributors to the full life of the School.
Criteria for consideration:
- Formal qualification in education, essential
- Strong interpersonal and organisational skills
- Personal commitment to on-going professional learning and best-practice in residential care
- Flexibility and keenness to work as part of a professional team
- Commitment to the values and ethos of Frensham
Commencement: Term 1, 2019 (or by arrangement)
Accommodation within or connected to a House is provided as part of the role.
Applications: Applications [addressed to the Head of Frensham, Ms Julie Gillick] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email applications to: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing date for applications: Monday 3 December
Further information: Call Ms Rose Massey +61 2 4860 2000.
This position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, prior to employment at the School.
NEW: House Assistant – Graduate Coach (Sport or Studies)
This is a full-time residential position which would suit a recent graduate with aspirations to teach or a graduate teacher recently qualified and seeking experience of working alongside outstanding colleagues. This position is designed to provide access for the House Assistant to the full professional learning programme for classroom teachers and offer insight into the overall management and support of students in a highly developed residential setting where girls ‘love to board’ and where academic care and leadership development are core.
Opportunities to add to the role will be contingent upon the skills and experience of the successful applicant. Keenness to lead by example in the wider life of the School is essential.
Criteria for consideration:
- Formal qualification in education
- Strong interpersonal and organisational skills
- Personal commitment to on-going professional learning and best-practice in residential care
- Flexibility and keenness to work as part of a professional team
- Commitment to the values and ethos of Frensham
Commencement: Term 1, 2019 (or by arrangement)
Accommodation within or connected to a House is provided as part of the role.
Applications: Applications [addressed to the Head of Frensham, Ms Julie Gillick] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email applications to: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing date for applications: Monday 3 December
Further information: Call Ms Rose Massey +61 2 4860 2000.
This position requires the successful applicant to have a Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, prior to employment at the School.
Music Tutors ~ Violin, Viola
FRENSHAM SCHOOLS ~ MUSIC TUTORS: VIOLIN, VIOLA
Frensham Schools is seeking peripatetic violin and viola tutors to commence teaching at Frensham and Gib Gate from Term 1, 2019.
Frensham and Gib Gate have a rich culture of musical excellence and students are supported in the pursuit of their musical studies by a committed team of professional teachers and music staff.
Criteria for consideration:
- experience teaching violin and/or viola to individuals at various levels from kindergarten to Year 12
- excellent tutoring credentials
- familiarity with the AMEB syllabus and examination requirements
- a demonstrated level of performance ability
- well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
- a valid Working with Children clearance
Commencement: Term 1, 2019
Applications: Applications [addressed to Ms Sabine Madden, Konzertexamen (Hons), MMus (Hons), BMus (Hons) Karlsruhe Germany, LMusA, AMusA, Coordinator of Music Tuition and Gifted & Talented Music] must include a statement of educational philosophy, curriculum vitae, university transcripts and the contact details of three referees.
Please email: frensham@frensham.nsw.edu.au
Closing Date for applications: Friday 26 October 2018
Further information: Ms Sabine Madden, smadden@frensham.nsw.edu.au