Current Opportunities
Employment at MGGS
MGGS is your future
Melbourne Girls Grammar is about shaping the future. We are a people centric, aspirational, and collaborative organisation dedicated to recruiting, developing, and retaining the best educational professionals who are passionate about shaping the future of our Grammarians.
As an equal opportunity employer, MGGS upholds the principles of child safety, merit-based selection, equality, diversity, and procedural fairness. We follow a rigorous and transparent selection process to ensure we hire individuals who share the commitment to excellence. Every stage of our hiring process from application and selection to reference and pre-employment compliance checks – is designed to identify highly motivated individuals who align with the School’s mission and values.
Employment with Melbourne Girls Grammar is subject to adherence to school policies including the Staff Code of Conduct, Child Safety Policy, Child Safety Code of Conduct and MGGS Statement of Commitment to Child Safety. You need to read these before applying.
Teaching Applicants must be eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and must hold a current Police Check or be in the process of obtaining one, in order to work at Melbourne Girls Grammar. Professional Support Staff Applicants must hold or prior to commencing employment, be willing to obtain a current and valid Victorian Working with Children’s Check (Employee Type).
All applicants are subject to reference and identity checks, and verification of Working with Children Check Card or VIT Registration as part of the recruitment process.
If you can’t find the role you’re looking for, submit an Expression of Interest.
Emailed applications will not be considered.
All enquiries regarding employment at Melbourne Girls Grammar can be addressed to employment@mggs.vic.edu.au or please call +61 3 9862 9200.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instructions on how to register with the MGGS Recruitment Portal can be found here.
Note: Please check Junk Mail and Spam folders if an email message is not received within ten minutes.
- Applicants must submit a comprehensive curriculum vitae including relevant roles, education and qualifications.
- Along with a cover letter addressed to the Principal, Dr Toni E Meath summarising how their qualifications and experience align with the role and evidence that matches the Key Selection Criteria. Applications that do not contain a cover letter will not be considered.
- Completed ‘About You’ Employment Application Form.
- Name, contact number, personal email address and title of three (3) professional referees. NOTE: no referees will be contacted unless permission has been sought after interview stage
Documents uploaded should be in pdf format and should not exceed 5 MB.
You need to ‘Register for Recruitment’ in the MGGS recruitment portal to receive ‘Job Alerts’ for positions that match your interests. Once logged into your account select ‘add‘ in the Job Alert area, populate your interests, click ‘save’. This will ensure you receive email notifications for positions that become available.
Once you have an MGGS Recruitment portal account. You can change your personal details at any time by following the steps below:
- Click ‘Login‘ and enter your e-mail address. If you can’t remember your password, click ‘Forgotten your password?’ and follow the prompts.
- Enter your password.
- Click the ‘Personal Details‘ button at the top of the screen.
- Select the ‘Personal Details‘ from the drop down menu option.
- Edit your details.
- Click the ‘Save‘ button.
On the MGGS Recruitment portal:
- Click the ‘Login‘ menu option.
- Click the ‘Forgotten your password?‘ link.
- Enter your email address.
- You will be emailed a verification code to your personal email address.
- Enter this unique verification code on the portal.
- Create a new password and re-enter this password.
- Click ‘reset’ button.
If you are still experiencing issues with your account, please reach out to Employment@mggs.vic.edu.au
You will receive an automated email confirming we have received your application.
We will aim to respond to all applicants within two weeks of the advertised closing date.
If you are shortlisted, we will contact you to arrange an interview.
If you are not shortlisted, you will receive an email notification to let you know your application will not progress to the next stage.
There are 10 steps within the Application process. You must complete each step in order to submit your application successfully.
Step 7 has an ‘About You‘ questionnaire, you must select the type of role ‘Teaching or Non-Teaching role‘, then click the next page Page 1 of 2 > to complete the questionnaire.
Once this is complete, continue through each step in the application.