English Teacher

Role: English Teacher. Location: Welkom, Free State. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

What This Role Involves

This English Teacher role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Welkom. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the teaching jobs pipeline across Free State.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the teaching jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Welkom much easier.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the teaching jobs group in Welkom.

Career Growth

Career progression for this teaching jobs role in Welkom depends on the hiring organisation’s policies, role requirements and business needs in Free State.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Welkom team member.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Welkom have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Free State.

Your Workplace

The environment is school-based, with structured timetables, a strong focus on learner well-being and a culture of professional collaboration across phases and subjects.

Crucially, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Equally, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Free State.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Welkom site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

About Welkom

Welkom continues to grow as an employment hub in Free State, with in the Welkom gold fields. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.

Many candidates already living within reach of Welkom cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Free State economy.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Welkom, Free State.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Welkom.

Diversity and Inclusion

In addition, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across Free State, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.

Notably, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Free State.

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.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Welkom.

Core Functions

• Foster a safe, inclusive and disciplined classroom environment
• Participate in subject moderation and departmental planning meetings
• Mentor student teachers and contribute to peer-learning initiatives
• Maintain SACE registration and engage in continuous professional development
• Assess learner progress through formative and summative assessments
• Support whole-school improvement plans and quality assurance processes

Essential Criteria

• Child-protection clearance where required by law for work with learners
• Working knowledge of the CAPS curriculum and assessment policies
• Current SACE registration or proof of application
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the role
• Commitment to safeguarding and learner well-being
• Strong collaboration with phase, subject and pastoral teams

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.