**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Part time
**Salary**: Salary not specified
**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
**Occupation**:Health and allied health
**Location**:Melbourne - Southern suburbs
**Reference**:1486027
**Location Profile**:
- Birranga College sits in a rapidly growing residential area in the suburb of Clyde North. The school will work in partnership with the community to provide authentic learning opportunities and the best academic and personal outcomes for all students. Birranga College is a new secondary school opening in January 2026 with Year 7 enrolments only. Subsequent year levels will be added each year. Neighbouring schools are relatively large and the school is expected to grow quickly to meet residents demand for excellence in education, consistent with the vision for the Education State.
- Birranga College will provide students with state of the art facilities in STEM, Visual Arts, Physical Education and Performing Arts spaces to cater for the learning needs of all students.
**Teaching and Learning**
- Our community creates rich and rigorous learning experiences that empower us all to participate with curiosity, purpose and insight.
- This will be achieved through the implementation of an innovative curriculum and an Instructional Model, to guide us in implementing more consistent, high quality, assessment, teaching and learning practices with clear expectations for staff, students and parents.
Commitment to Excellence
- The school will deliver the highest quality of education for all learners.
Our school will demonstrate a strong commitment to outstanding post school outcomes for all students, be that University or other further study, apprenticeships, traineeships or full-time work.
**School Vision and Values**
- Birranga College fosters a love of learning. We respect inclusion, diversity and indigenous heritage. We strive for continuous improvement in all our students as they grow into adulthood. We will live by our motto, 'Belong, Believe, Become'.
We look forward to our students emerging as resilient and productive members of the community.
- Our educational philosophy extends beyond textbooks and embraces our vision of** 'Belong - Believe - Become'**
**BELONG**
- Inclusive Community: Fostering a sense of belonging through house systems, peer mentoring, and community-building activities
- Cultural Respect: Celebrating diversity and promoting understanding of different perspectives
- Positive Relationships: Creating meaningful connections among students, staff, and families
- BE compassionate
BE grateful
BE empathetic
**BELIEVE**
- Character Education: Developing integrity, empathy, resilience, and responsibility
- Growth Mindset: encouraging persistence, effort, and embrace of challenges
- Student Voice: Empowering students to contribute to the school community and their own learning journey
- BE curious
BE responsible
BE confident
**BECOME**
- Leadership Development: Creating pathways for every student to discover and develop their leadership potential
- Social-Emotional Learning: Building self-awareness, relationship skills, and decision-making abilities
- Community Service: Age-appropriate opportunities to make a positive impact locally and globally
- Environmental Stewardship: Fostering care and responsibility for our planet
- BE a leader
BE self-aware
BE an upstander
**Position Specific Information**
- As a staff member of the college this position provides a unique opportunity to help develop a wellbeing program for the college from the ground up. This is an incredible opportunity for a motivated and committed individual, dedicated to supporting students to be the best they can be.
- Applicants are welcome to contact Nick Hamer-Smtih, Principal, to discuss the advertised role. Please text 0488395633 and indicate the role you are interested in for a call back.
**Selection Criteria**:
- SC1 'Content of teaching and learning'. Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
- SC2 'Teaching practice'. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing or learning.
- SC3 'Assessment and reporting of student learning'. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing or learning by developing and maintaining connection with external services.
- SC4 'Interaction with the school community'. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, other employees and the broader school community to focus on student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
- SC5 'Professional requirements'. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy-in and ownership for ideas, gaining agreement to pr