Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Casuarina Senior College
Job title Faculty Coordinator - Science Designation Senior Teacher 1
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing commencing 25/01/2026
Salary $139,296 Location Darwin
Position number 50656 RTF Closing 05/10/2025
Contact officer Vincent Thorbjornsen on or
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment
process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the
merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures
plans, go to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
As part of the college leadership group, the faculty coordinator leads a faculty, providing educational leadership to staff in
the areas of curriculum, resourcing, staffing, and student welfare.
Context statement
Casuarina Senior College (CSC), is an independent public school, located in the Darwin northern suburbs. CSC has a student
enrolment of approximately 800 students, with 30 per cent identifying as Aboriginal. CSC caters for students in Years 10 to
12 by offering a wide range of Stage 1 and 2 NTCET subjects. The college is a centre for excellence in the medical and health
sciences and STEM (areas.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide pedagogical and curriculum leadership that maximises student engagement, retention and achievement within
the faculty.
2. Lead, coordinate and facilitate the faculty to provision and apply resources (including budgets), to optimise learning
outcomes for all students, in compliance with Northern Territory DET policies and college procedures.
3. Provide leadership in the areas of teacher professional practice, knowledge and engagement on an ongoing basis,
including DoE requirements.
4. Provide school-wide leadership through active involvement in whole school decision making, planning and revision of
procedures. This is demonstrated through active involvement within the college leadership group.
5. Undertake a teaching load to deliver subjects.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative senior years (Year 10 – 12) curriculum solutions to maximise
student engagement, retention and achievement.
1. Demonstrated ability to manage a faculty or work unit's physical, financial and human resources.
2. Proven ability to build the capacity of self, others and teams through high-level coaching or mentoring in the areas of
curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and the use of student data.
4. Proven knowledge and experience of student welfare and behaviour management strategies appropriate for a wide range
of students.
5. Demonstrated ability to build a shared culture of high expectations, while developing and maintaining effective
interpersonal and cross-cultural relationships within and beyond a school community.
Further information
The successful applicant must be registered with the teacher registration board of the Northern Territory and hold a current
working with children notice (Ochre card) from SAFE NT, prior to appointment.