Salary: $95k - $115k AUD + Superannuation (negotiable)
Employment status: Full or part-time, with flexible working policy
Job location: Work from home, co-working occasionally in Melbourne (if candidate is Melbourne based), travel required for workshops, training and school support
Application closing date: By 10pm, Tuesday 21st October 2025, AEST
Final interviews: Friday/Saturday 7/8th November 2025
Job start date: 27/01/2026 with some flexibility as required
We’re looking for an experienced leader of Teaching & Learning, particularly someone who has developed teaching through Instructional Coaching. You should be well versed in contemporary educational research, pedagogy and leadership. Experience of having participated in and/or led a whole-school teacher development programme is desirable. You should be as comfortable engaging in educational research around how teachers learn as you are working with school leaders and coaches.
Considerable experience in operations (logistics, administration, event organisation) is also desirable. As the fourth employee of Steplab Australia, this will be a diverse role requiring a flexible and fast-learning candidate.
At Steplab, we’re on a mission to transform the lives of young people by giving teachers, coaches and school leaders simple, effective and powerful tools to systematically improve. We use the best available research on teacher education and professional development to create content, build tools and share knowledge that helps schools implement PD that really works.
We are a web-based content, tools & systems provider, providing school leaders with with the content & tools to deliver high quality PD and improve their teacher development knowledge & skills. We provide leaders with exceptional data on the quality and content of their PD programs, along with systems to effectively improve the quality of the culture of their school.
Steplab is a UK based company now working with over 200,000 teachers. Steplab Australia launched in early 2023 and has seen phenomenal growth since.
By joining as an early-stage employee of Steplab Australia, you will be working closely alongside Steplab Australia Director, Ollie Lovell, and there will be significant opportunities for growth, development, promotion, and leadership opportunities as the organisation grows.
A large part of this role will involve meeting with school leaders to understand their needs and find solutions for how Steplab can help. Whether through our innovative platform or our training and support, your role is to ensure school leaders are provided with everything they need to fully understand the functionality and support offered by Steplab to help them implement great PD that really works.
Another significant aspect of your role will be co-running Steplab training, as well as supporting the implementation of the Certificate in Coaching Leadership and supporting participants within it.
In addition to this, you’d also have the opportunity to work on the following: