This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 3, 2026.
Our vision is to offer students a caring, progressive and meaningful learning environment that enhances their self-confidence and promotes an interest in life-long learning and achievement.
We have a proud history of offering young people a high quality, comprehensive education suited to their strengths and passions. We provide comprehensive education pathways leading to the attainment of an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualifications or future employment. This broad curriculum sees our students graduate and go on to lead successful careers.
Our teachers are experienced at getting the best out of all their students. We respect the individual needs of each student and believe that with the right guidance and direction, they will not only succeed but achieve their highest expectations.
Eastern Hills Senior High School (SHS) offers an Engagement program which provides a learning environment and learning opportunities to students who require adjustments and supports beyond those available in a mainstream classroom setting. We also have a literacy centre that provides opportunities for students to engage in intensive literacy programs designed to bridge learning gaps and enable students to succeed in their courses.
Find out more about our school by visiting ehshs.wa.edu.au or Schools Online.
The Role
Eastern Hills SHS has an opening for the newly created position of Program Coordinator - Learning Support. This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative and experienced leader to play a central role in growing and embedding our culture of inclusion and in ensuring that our students with additional learning needs experience social and academic success.
In the role, you should provide specialist strategic and operational leadership across disability inclusion, the Engagement program, and mainstream literacy/numeracy intervention, ensuring coherent integration of curriculum, behaviour support, staffing and resourcing at Eastern Hills SHS. The successful applicant would lead the development and implementation of an approach that ensures that students at educational risk, including students with diagnosed and imputed disability, learning difficulties, and low literacy and numeracy progress, are supported through high-quality, evidence-based frameworks and practices that maximise engagement, achievement and post-school pathways.
The successful applicant will ideally provide critical leadership in growing and embedding the school’s culture of inclusive practice. You should work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve student engagement and outcomes. Using your specialist knowledge in disability-informed and evidence-based practice, you will work alongside staff in ensuring that students with disability and neurodiversity are well-supported and that we recognise, celebrate, and grow their strengths and abilities.
The Program Coordinator - Learning Support may be responsible for the following core duties:
- Developing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing documented plans for neurodiverse students and students with a diagnosed and/or imputed disability.
- Submission of Disability Resourcing application, reviews, and checklists.
- Case management of neurodiverse students and students with disability.
- Whole-school strategic planning in areas that support positive outcomes for neurodiverse students and students with disability, such as transition and professional learning.
- Monitoring of program effectiveness through data collection and analysis.
- Responsibility for school Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) processes.
- Supporting staff to plan, deliver, monitor, assess, and evaluate inclusive, differentiated teaching and learning programs that meet the educational needs of students who require intervention within a mainstream setting.
- Provide leadership and coordination of the Engagement programs, ensuring program structures and staffing support high levels of engagement and safety. This includes timetabling, behaviour management support, and operational leadership.
- Provide leadership in the performance development of Education Assistants, timetabling, and alignment of EA duties to student plans, classroom programs, and whole-school priorities.
- Line management and performance management of Engagement teachers.
- Coordination of external providers delivering on-site therapeutic support to students.
You will ideally display:
- A strong understanding of, and ability to apply, contemporary knowledge pertaining to working to achieve positive outcomes for neurodiverse students and students with disability.
- The proven ability to engage and support staff in implementing new pedagogical approaches based on meeting the needs of students with additional learning needs.
- Experience in planning and delivering effective professional learning programs tailored to the Eastern Hills SHS context.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust with colleagues, stakeholders and students.
Professional Benefits
Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions. Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personal benefits.
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 Scott Baker, Deputy Principal, on (08) 9573 0300 or by emailing Scott.Baker@education.wa.edu.au.
During the school holidays, please contact Scott Baker on 0488 579 308.
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.
- hold registration with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
- obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.
More information about employment eligibility can be found on our website or in the attached application package.
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 three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position.
- A four (4) page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide effective leadership in a diverse range of educational settings.
- High level of interpersonal and public relations skills that demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships to achieve planned outcomes.
- Demonstrated professional knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge to ensure a high level of educational outcomes for all students, (e.g. Aboriginal students, students from diverse ethnic backgrounds and students with special needs).
- Demonstrated capacity to manage physical and financial resources.
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/SA1049036
Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Friday, 24 July 2026.
