Education Assistant - Lead

This is a permanent full time position commencing Term 4, 2026

Highgate Primary School (PS) is an Independent Public-School catering to approximately 1000 Kindergarten to Year 6 students.

Highgate PS is a great place to work. The staff are committed, hard-working, and willing to go above and beyond for each other and for the students. We all share ownership, accountability, and responsibility for the school community and the progress of our students. We work hard to create a great school with a healthy internal culture.

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

The Role

The successful applicant, should ideally have great people skills, well-developed emotional intelligence, have a great sense of joy, humour and fun, and be loyal, hard-working and flexible in your mindset.

You would be an important member of our amazing student services team, made up of three Special Needs Education Assistant (SNEA) Lead, school psychologist, learning support teachers, deputy principals and a student wellbeing officer. You would provide a flexible and supportive response to individual students emotional, social and educational needs. You would be expected to model best practice and guide teams of Education Assistants to provide high quality and consistent care to high needs students.

You should build trust-filled, quality relationships with students, parents and staff. Ideally, you will have the skills to be able to support and encourage the students to participate in the educational program at Highgate, and achieve aims articulated in the Highgate PS vision.

If you are innovative, emotionally intelligent, proactive and an enthusiastic individual, who has a proven ability to solve problems of students, help students de-escalate, help students deal with trauma and are full of common sense we encourage you to apply.

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 Stephen Ivey, Principal on (08) 9253 27***or ************@education.wa.edu.au

Agency Referrals: Public sector agencies seeking to refer surplus employees should contact Recruitment at ***************@education.wa.edu.au during the advertising period.

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 Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.

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 four (4) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position.

Short listed applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the selection criteria outlined in the attached JDF assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process.

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 41***for assistance.

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS1061330

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 Monday, 24 August 2026