If you are looking for a sea change, clean air and amazing wilderness, look no further than working on the West Coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania. It is remote, raw, untamed and like nowhere else.
On your days off, find your kind of adventure. Climb a mountain, chase a waterfall, cruise the waterways, ride the trails, go fly fishing. Explore the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Or slow right down. You choose.
Moving to the West Coast can change your life.
Our schools on the West Coast
We have four schools on the West Coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania:
These schools are community focused and are committed to the goal that every student has the opportunity to learn and to have a bright life and positive future.
Work in a supportive environment where you can build on your quality teaching practice, pave a career path and reach your full potential while empowering students to reach theirs.
Teaching within these areas will provide career progression and professional development opportunities that are not always available at urban schools.
If you choose to work in a West Coast school, you may get additional benefits on top of your salary, including:
- a settling in payment of $5,000 when you need to relocate and commit to a minimum period of two years at the school.
- additional payments:
- $3,138 upon commencement of permanent employment and completion of your first year
- $3,275 at the completion of your second and third years of continuous employment
- $6,281 upon completing four, five and six years of continuous service.
- Fixed-term employees will receive payment of the additional salary at the completion of the year. Part-time employees will be paid at a pro-rata basis according to the allocated workload.
- paying only $10 per week for department owned school accommodation (subject to availability).
- eight days paid time over a two-year period to attend to urgent business which is unable to wait to the school holidays period.
- meals and accommodation covered if you need to attend specialist medical appointments that require overnight travel.
- an experienced teacher allowance of $3,250 per annum pro-rata on a fortnightly basis, once you’ve worked 12 months or more at Band 1 Level 13 and remain at the school.
- a higher commencing salary for beginning teachers (Band 1 Level 8, instead of the usual Band 1 Level 5).
More information
Do you have questions, need more information, or want to find out more?
Send your resume to teacher.recruitment@decyp.tas.gov.au Register your interest to hear from our team!