Kaiako/Teacher

Southern Health School; Southland; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursed for travel

Job summary

Southern Health School in Invercargill invites an experienced Secondary School Kaiako to deliver and assess student learning aligned with the NZ Curriculum across Years 1–13. The role involves teaching in community classrooms, homes, and health facilities and requires collaboration with whānau, schools, and health professionals.

Based in Invercargill with regular travel throughout Southland, the position supports learning, wellbeing, engagement, and transitions.

Qualifications

• Full Teaching Council registration and a current practising certificate.
• Eligibility to teach in New Zealand.
• Experience delivering high-quality teaching aligned with the national curricula.
• Ability to teach across Years 1–13.
• Learner-centred, inclusive, and culturally responsive approach.
• Strong communication, assessment, and reporting skills.
• Ability to work independently across flexible settings.
• Sound digital capability and professional judgement.
• Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Current full New Zealand driver licence.
• Experience supporting ākonga with health, additional learning, behavioural, or complex wellbeing needs is advantageous.
• This role is not suitable for beginning teachers.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, assess, and evaluate individualised learning programmes aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum / Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
• Teaching takes place across community classrooms, homes, health facilities, and other approved locations.
• Work collaboratively with ākonga, whānau, colleagues, schools, and health professionals to support learning, wellbeing, engagement, and positive transition outcomes.
• The position is based in Invercargill and requires regular travel throughout Southland. Where a school vehicle is unavailable, you may be required to use a private vehicle, with mileage reimbursed under school policy.

Skills

Teaching registration

NZ teaching eligibility

NZ curriculum experience

Cross-year teaching

Learner-centred approach

Communication skills

Digital literacy

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

NZ driver license

Professional judgement

Job description

Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura
English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Vacancy number: 2026/18 Location: Invercargill / Southland Employment type: Permanent, full-time Commencement: By negotiation

About us

Southern Health School (Te Kura Whaiora ki te Tonga) is a state special school providing education for ākonga in Years 1–13 whose health needs prevent regular school attendance. We work alongside whānau, schools of enrolment, and health professionals to maintain learning and support successful transitions back to school or onward pathways.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and committed Secondary School Kaiako / Teacher to join our Invercargill | Southland team.

You will plan, deliver, assess, and evaluate individualised learning programmes aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum / Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Teaching takes place across community classrooms, homes, health facilities, and other approved locations.

You will work collaboratively with ākonga, whānau, colleagues, schools, and health professionals to support learning, wellbeing, engagement, and positive transition outcomes.

The position is based in Invercargill and requires regular travel throughout Southland . Where a school vehicle is unavailable, you may be required to use a private vehicle, with mileage reimbursed under school policy.

About you

You will have:

• full Teaching Council registration and a current practising certificate
• eligibility to teach in New Zealand
• experience delivering high-quality teaching aligned with the national curricula
• the ability to teach or adapt your practice across Years 1–13
• a learner-centred, inclusive, and culturally responsive approach
• strong relationship, communication, assessment, and reporting skills
• confidence working independently across flexible settings
• sound digital capability and professional judgement
• commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• a current full New Zealand driver licence.

Experience supporting ākonga with health, additional learning, behavioural, or complex wellbeing needs is advantageous.

This role is not suitable for beginning teachers.

Employment is covered by the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement. Appointment is subject to satisfactory Police vetting.