How to submit a vacancy
Read this before you complete the Submit a vacancy form. It gives details on how to complete the form.
Education providers use the submit vacancy online form.
Vacancy descriptions must be under 55 words for each job title. However, if the position is in a special character school (tagged) or the description is in Māori the limit is 70 words.
The word count does not include application and contact details.
How it works
Please fill in all boxes on the ‘Submit vacancy’ page, then click ‘Preview vacancy’. If all details are correct, complete the spam filter box and click ‘Submit vacancy’.
Include the authorising person’s name and daytime phone number because the vacancy can’t be accepted without it.
Vacancies will appear on the Education Gazette website within two working days, and in the print Education Gazette on the date/s specified.
Use the ‘Special information’ box to communicate with Education Gazette staff. It will not show in your advertisement.
Mātaraunga Māori
Use the Mātaraunga Māori section if you are a kura kaupapa Māori or school advertising management or teaching positions that are Māori medium or have a strong emphasis on teaching in te reo or tikanga Māori. Schools with strong kaupapa Māori can use this section for English-medium positions.
Vacancies in Māori have a 70 word limit, and contact details are not included in the word count.
For 'tagged' positions where special requirements must be stated, the maximum word limit is 70 words per position, but schools are encouraged to be as succinct as possible. Integrated advertisements not stating a tag should observe the usual 55 word limit (and contact details are not included in the word count).
School types
School types are indicated by a letter code on the title line. State schools are uncoded. These letter codes are: (A) Area schools; (I) Integrated schools; (I, A) Integrated Area schools; (R) Registered Private (Independent) schools.
Integrated schools
Location is indicated on the title line for integrated schools, because of large numbers of similarly named schools.
Abbreviations
We use these abbreviations in vacancy adverts in Education Gazette.
| 0.2 |
Equivalent to one full day's work |
| BOT |
Board of trustees |
| FTTE |
Full-time teacher equivalent |
| HOD/HOF |
Head of department/Head of faculty |
| LTR |
Long-term relieving |
| MU |
Management unit |
| RTLB |
Resource teacher of learning and behaviour |
| Scale A |
A full-time teaching position with no additional responsibility |
| SDA |
Special duties allowances |
| SIA |
Staffing incentive allowance |
| U |
Principal's grade for different roll ranges (e.g. U1 = principal grade 1-50) |
| Y |
Year (e.g. Y4 = Year 4 students). |