[Hiring] HSC Physics Curriculum Lead @Contour Education

Role Description

As our State Subject Curriculum Lead, you’ll own the educational source of truth for Physics across NSW and strategically direct everything built from it.

• Map: Build and maintain the curriculum source of truth for your subject, mapping out NESA syllabuses, recurring exam questions, and common student pitfalls.
• Pace: Translate curriculum insights into live topic sequencing, question-type maps, and school-specific workshops kept 1-2 weeks ahead of local classrooms.
• Support: Design the targeted materials and support systems students need to conquer internal assessments, optimise their school ranks, and ace the HSC.
• Direct: Plan educational resources upstream from the source of truth, briefing and steering Resource Developers so production never bottlenecks on you.
• Govern: Act as the final quality gate, signing off on all subject materials with absolute polish while continuously pushing curriculum innovation.

Qualifications

• As a top graduate: 98+ ATAR with a Band 6 in HSC Physics. State ranks are ideal, but not compulsory.
• Or as an experienced teacher: you have taught HSC Physics at a school. If you’ve taught it, you don’t need the ATAR or band requirements above.
• Deep curriculum expertise and strong opinions on how the subject is sequenced, taught, and examined under NESA.
• Excellent documentation skills with a focus on building durable, written educational frameworks.
• Uncompromising attention to detail with an obsession for error-free work and polished formatting.
• High operational bandwidth to hit tight production deadlines and patch issues proactively.
• Comfort using modern software and AI tooling to accelerate documentation and drafting on top of your own craft (preferred).
• Alignment with Contour’s student-first mission and a passion for reshaping education.

Benefits

• Reshape How a State Learns: Your curriculum decisions become the course itself. Every sequencing call, every assessment strategy, every standard you set reaches real classrooms and real students from day one.
• Founding Role in NSW: Lead the charge in our newest state with our very first HSC cohort. Create an entire curriculum from the ground up rather than inherit one.
• Ownership & Autonomy: Freedom and trust to run the state’s curriculum your way, working directly with the national Head of Subject. No bureaucracy, no committees.
• Remote/Hybrid & Flexible: Work from wherever suits you, part-time, on a schedule that fits around your degree, teaching load, or career. We value your output, not the hours you clock.
• Elite Brand & Real Benefits: Join an organisation ranked #8 on the AFR Fast 100 in 2025 (our fourth consecutive year on the AFR lists), with an EAP, birthday/loyalty leave, lifestyle allowances, and covered subscriptions to Netflix, Spotify, Apple Music, Uber One, and Amazon Prime.
• Salary: $100,000 - $120,000 full-time equivalent + super, pro-rated to part-time hours.

How to Apply

If you care about reshaping education and empowering the next generation of students, we'd love to hear from you.

• Submit your written application (CV and study scores).
• Complete a technical assessment using resources we provide.
• Attend an interview, which includes Q&A and a live technical exercise.

The course you design here is the one a whole state of students will learn from. That’s the bar.