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Step into a Teaching Assistant role in Barberton and make your mark across Mpumalanga. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About the Opportunity
This Teaching Assistant role sits within the teaching jobs function in Barberton. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Mpumalanga.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Barberton team.
The role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Barberton also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day begins before the bell, with last-minute lesson prep, learner check-ins and a moment to set the tone for the classroom. Lessons follow the rhythm of the timetable, but no two are quite the same — you adapt explanations, encourage quiet learners, and gently redirect those who need it. Breaks are spent marking, planning or supporting colleagues, and after-school hours might bring a meeting, an extra-mural or a parent conversation. By the time you head home, you have shaped young minds in small but lasting ways.
In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Mpumalanga operations throw up the unexpected.
In addition, the Barberton office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Barberton.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Mpumalanga.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Working in Barberton
Notably, the role is based in Barberton, close to the Komatipoort border post. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Barberton and the broader Mpumalanga region.
Many candidates already living within reach of Barberton cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Mpumalanga economy.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Barberton, Mpumalanga.
Your Role
- Assess learner progress through formative and summative assessments
- Supervise extra-mural activities, study sessions and excursions
- Manage classroom resources, learner materials and digital platforms
- Contribute to the school’s enrichment programmes and community outreach
- Support whole-school improvement plans and quality assurance processes
- Foster a safe, inclusive and disciplined classroom environment
- Mentor student teachers and contribute to peer-learning initiatives
Candidate Profile
- 2+ years’ classroom experience (less for early-career roles)
- Experience integrating technology into lessons is an advantage
- Willingness to participate in extra-mural activities
- Strong collaboration with phase, subject and pastoral teams
- Working knowledge of the CAPS curriculum and assessment policies
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- Strong classroom management and discipline strategies
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.