Current vacancies and demand areas

The Department of Education and Training needs high achieving and skilled professionals who are dedicated, enthusiastic, flexible and team-orientated to teach in our schools. All offers of employment as a teacher in a Queensland state school are vacancy driven and aim to match school needs with the expertise of applicants.

Opportunities for valuable experience and advancement are available for teachers who are willing to work in rural, remote and regional locations. These teachers can also access a range of additional benefits, including generous financial incentives, accelerated transfer points and subsidised accommodation.

Current areas of demand

The department currently has a considerable demand for teachers in the following specialist areas:

Chemistry
Home Economics
Industrial Technology and Design (ITD)
Junior Secondary
Language Studies, especially Japanese
Mathematics B and C
Physics
Senior English
Special Education

It is predicted that these will continue to be in demand in the future.

Queensland currently has a significant number of qualified primary teachers seeking employment each year. The majority of permanent vacancies for primary teachers are in rural, remote or regional locations.

Current vacancies

Offers of employment as a teacher in a Queensland state school are coordinated by Regional Human Resources teams, utilising the pool of teacher applicants.

The department considers temporary and casual teachers a vital component of its workforce and encourages teachers to consider this as an employment option. Offers of casual employment are coordinated by TRACER and individual schools.

In instances where there is a difficulty identifying an appropriate applicant for a specific temporary or permanent vacancy, the region may list the vacancy on the current vacancies list . This includes information about the location of the position and a regional contact person. In exceptional circumstances vacancies may also be advertised in local and interstate newspapers and at seek.com.au .

You can also search the Smart Jobs website for information about all non-teaching positions available with the Queensland Government .

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This page was last reviewed on 04 May 2011