Work-Force
Posted recently. Role: Teaching Assistant. Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng. 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 Johannesburg. The role forms part of how the business keeps its teaching jobs portfolio strong in Gauteng.
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.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Teaching Assistant is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Gauteng is consistently high and consistently fair.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Johannesburg teams, and the new Teaching Assistant will feel that from the first week.
A Typical Day
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.
The rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Johannesburg.
Importantly, the Johannesburg 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.
About Johannesburg
Working in Johannesburg means a place minutes from the Sandton CBD, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Gauteng region, and the Johannesburg office benefits from those long-standing connections.
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 Johannesburg.
Many candidates already living within reach of Johannesburg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Gauteng economy.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
About the Team
Beyond that, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Johannesburg office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Gauteng operations get busy.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Beyond that, the team structure and working relationships for this role in Johannesburg will be explained during the hiring process.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Inclusive recruitment is part of the organisation’s employment practices. Applicants are assessed on relevant qualifications, skills and experience for this role in Johannesburg.
Notably, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Gauteng.
On top of that, inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Johannesburg.
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.
Daily Duties
- Implement school disciplinary procedures fairly and consistently
- Maintain SACE registration and engage in continuous professional development
- Support whole-school improvement plans and quality assurance processes
- Integrate technology and active-learning strategies into lessons
- Foster a safe, inclusive and disciplined classroom environment
- Manage classroom resources, learner materials and digital platforms
Minimum Requirements
- Child-protection clearance where required by law for work with learners
- Ability to support learners with diverse learning needs
- Willingness to participate in extra-mural activities
- Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) or PGCE in the relevant phase
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills appropriate to the role
- Strong classroom management and discipline strategies
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.