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This is a current vacancy. Role: Teaching Assistant. Location: Barberton, Mpumalanga. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
An experienced Teaching Assistant is needed to support operations in Barberton. The role forms part of how the business keeps its teaching jobs portfolio strong in Mpumalanga.
Communication runs both ways. Managers across the teaching jobs team in Mpumalanga make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.
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 Barberton.
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 Barberton much easier.
Diversity and Inclusion
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.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Barberton.
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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Mpumalanga.
Why Join Us
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Barberton contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the teaching jobs space in Mpumalanga.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Mpumalanga.
The company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Barberton keep progressing.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Barberton teams.
Working in Barberton
Barberton continues to grow as an employment hub in Mpumalanga, with near the Kruger Lowveld tourism belt. 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 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.
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 Barberton.
Your Future Here
Equally, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the teaching jobs team in Barberton have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Barberton have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Mpumalanga.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Barberton team member.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Where You’ll Work
Practically speaking, 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.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Barberton site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Equally, 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.
A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Mpumalanga. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.
Daily Duties
- Participate in subject moderation and departmental planning meetings
- Contribute to the school’s enrichment programmes and community outreach
- Foster a safe, inclusive and disciplined classroom environment
- Mentor student teachers and contribute to peer-learning initiatives
- Provide individualised support to learners with diverse needs
- Implement school disciplinary procedures fairly and consistently
Candidate Profile
- Working knowledge of the CAPS curriculum and assessment policies
- Experience integrating technology into lessons is an advantage
- Ability to support learners with diverse learning needs
- Clear criminal record and child-protection clearance
- Current SACE registration or proof of application
- Commitment to safeguarding and learner well-being
- Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) or PGCE in the relevant phase
Equally, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.