Head of Department - Humanities and Social Sciences

This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2027

Lakeland Senior High School (SHS) is a thriving school community. Extracurricular programs are in abundance and after school homework classes are well attended. Staff are highly committed and seek to develop friendly and supportive working relationships with students. A major school goal is to become the school of choice for most of the youth living in the district. In working towards this goal, the school has excelled in many areas and developed programs that engender success.

Lakeland SHS provides a calm and friendly atmosphere where students are encouraged to succeed and take pride in what they achieve. The school has two very successful approved Specialist Programs in Music Technology and Lakeland Empowering Athletes Program (LEAP) in Touch Football & Sports Science.

Find out more about our school by visiting lakelandshs.wa.edu.au or Schools Online

The Role

The successful applicant will ideally possess highly effective organisational skills especially in Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) learning area management, strong leadership skills and have the ability to work collaboratively with an enthusiastic team of teachers to support best practice in the classroom. The ability to teach to an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) level and across all levels from years 7 to 12 will be highly regarded.

As the HASS Head of Department, you should utilise a strong working knowledge of research based high impact teaching strategies to work closely with students, teachers and the community for an unrelenting focus on …