Finding employment as a teacher in New Zealand
Useful job seeking information
In New Zealand, schools, kura and early childhood education services are responsible for employing their own staff. There is no central staffing agency and no government department responsible for staff placement. You apply to schools, kura and early childhood education services directly and do all the paperwork yourself. All applications should be made therefore, to the employing school. In early childhood services, teachers are employed by the licensee or owner of the service. The links below will help you find where teaching vacancies are advertised.
You can also find work through the Ministry of Education preferred teacher recruitment agencies. Their services are free to teachers. You will still have to pay relevant immigration, teacher registration and qualifications evaluation service charges.
Some ways teaching positions are advertised in New Zealand:
- TeachNZ website - also has useful information about working and living in New Zealand
- Education Gazette Online - Ministry of Education's publication and main source of teaching vacancies in New Zealand
- Websites such as Jobseek and Trademe
- Advertisements in "Situations Vacant' in large daily newspapers (most commonly on Wednesday and Saturday) although many of these are also on the job section of the Trademe website.
- Auckland-based Relief Teachers website
- TRS -Teacher Recruitment Services