This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 3, 2025
Yanchep Rise Primary School (PS) is a modern public school located at 110 Moorpark Avenue in Yanchep. Officially opened in February 2021, the school was established to support the growing local community and to alleviate enrolment pressure on surrounding schools. It caters to students from Kindergarten to Year 6, providing a safe, inclusive, and nurturing environment where every child is supported to grow socially, emotionally, and academically.
The school is deeply committed to building strong partnerships with families, local organisations, and the broader community. These relationships are seen as central to creating a sense of belonging and shared purpose, and are actively fostered through open communication, collaboration, and regular engagement in school life.
Guided by its RISER values—Respect, Integrity, Safety, Excellence, and Responsibility—Yanchep Rise promotes a positive school culture where students are encouraged to be kind, resilient, and confident learners. These values are woven into daily routines and interactions, shaping a learning environment where children feel supported, valued, and inspired to reach their potential.
Find out more about our school by visiting yancheprise.wa.edu.au or Schools Online
The Role
We seek enthusiastic team members who show initiative in adapting tasks to meet student needs, who continually reflect on their practice and who are open to being observed and receiving feedback to guide their professional growth. Ideally, you will contribute advice and expertise; collaborating with staff to support and monitor student progress.
The role of the Education Assistant - Lead is to lead, mentor, coach, and model good practices for other Education Assistants. The ability to provide Professional Learning to staff is highly important. The successful applicant should operate collaboratively and be able to build and maintain effective team-based relationships. The successful applicant will ideally be highly professional, organised and display excellent communication skills, drawing on these attributes when working with staff and the school community.
It is desirable that the successful applicant contributes to the design and implementation of documented plans and provide solutions and support to teachers and education assistants, which promote positive student behaviour and improved educational outcomes in the classroom. Ideally, the successful applicant will be able to perform tasks which require discretion in problem solving, decision making and choosing methods and processes to achieve outcomes. It is highly desirable for the successful applicant to have experience in dealing with students with a range of learning needs including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and severe mental health diagnoses.
A displayed knowledge and understanding of our school vision and Business Plan is desirable. We have developed whole school approaches to student engagement through Positive Behaviour Support and an embedded application of our school values of Respect, Integrity, Safety, Excellence and Resilience. It is expected that staff joining our team will become RISERs. Applicants who are experienced in effective use of Classroom Management Strategies and Trauma Informed Practices would be desirable.
Want to know more?
Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Helen Demiris, Principal on (08) 95628340 or helen.demiris@education.wa.edu.au
During the school holiday period, please contact Helen Demiris on 0409 077 410
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
- consent to a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit.
Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
Application Instructions
Apply online in two easy steps:
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one (1) being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A CV of up to two (2) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A two (2) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF
- Demonstrated considerable knowledge and understanding of the delivery of education programs and/or behaviour management plans; and ability to identify problems and assist teachers and other Education Assistants in the development of strategies and solutions.
- Demonstrated well developed oral communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to lead, mentor, coach, induct and train other Education Assistants and professional teams, including providing advice and evaluating education programs.
- Demonstrated well developed written communication skills, including report writing, and the ability to coordinate, collect and present student data at a whole school community level in a meaningful way.
- Demonstrated well developed organisational skills, including the ability to coordinate staff rosters and relief to assist in the delivery of effective education programs.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS976711
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Friday, 25 July 2025
