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Social sciences teaching jobs in New Zealand
There are 55 social sciences roles in New Zealand right now, 78% permanent and 18% fixed-term; 6 are part-time. 71% are open to beginning teachers, well above the national share. Schools give a median of 21 days to apply. Hiring most: Aotearoa Infinite Academy (10), Cashmere High School (4), Long Bay College (3). Every listing comes from the Education Gazette and is updated hourly.
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor - Education and Counselling
Massey University · Manawatu/Whanganui
Tertiary·permanent·full time
Closes 15 Oct 2026
Closes 15 Oct 2026
History Teacher
Long Bay College · Auckland · roll 1,988
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 21 days
Closes in 21 days
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Financial Literacy and Business Studies Teacher Y 7-13
Coromandel Area School · Waikato · roll 213
Area school·Mixed year levels·permanent·part time
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
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Geography Teacher
Tauranga Boys' College · Bay of Plenty · roll 2,282
Secondary·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 16 days
Closes in 16 days
Teacher of junior social studies and mathematics and senior tourism
Otago Boys' High School · Otago · roll 856
Secondary·permanent·full time
Closes in 19 days
Closes in 19 days
Social Science Teacher (Geography and History)
Opihi College · Canterbury · roll 277
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 13 days
Closes in 13 days
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Humanities Teacher
Orewa College · Auckland · roll 2,291
Secondary·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 20 days
Closes in 20 days
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Social Studies/Geography Teacher - Fixed Term - starting 2027
South Otago High School · Otago · roll 487
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
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Geography Teacher
Takapuna Grammar School · Auckland · roll 2,282
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
Teacher in Charge, Religious Education
Queen Margaret College · Wellington · roll 764
Secondary·Mixed year levels·permanent·full time
Closes in 10 days
Closes in 10 days
Psychology and Social Studies Teacher
Mt Albert Grammar School · Auckland · roll 3,660
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 20 days
Closes in 20 days
Classical Studies and Social Studies Teacher
Mt Albert Grammar School · Auckland · roll 3,660
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 20 days
Closes in 20 days
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Social Sciences Teacher
Nayland College · Tasman/Nelson · roll 1,277
Secondary·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 11 Oct 2026
Closes 11 Oct 2026
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Teacher of Social Sciences - Geography
Epsom Girls Grammar School · Auckland · roll 2,332
Secondary·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 12 days
Closes in 12 days
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Teacher of Social Sciences - Philosophy and/or Psychology
Epsom Girls Grammar School · Auckland · roll 2,332
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 12 days
Closes in 12 days
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Head of Department - History
Burnside High School · Canterbury · roll 2,744
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 5 days
Closes in 5 days
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Social Sciences Teacher (Geography, History, Commerce)
Onewhero Area School · Waikato · roll 380
Area school·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 23 Oct 2026
Closes 23 Oct 2026
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Teacher - Social Sciences
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College · Auckland · roll 608
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Kaiako - Social Sciences (Classical Studies) (start term 1 2027)
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu · New Zealand (nationwide) · roll 8,952
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 13 days
Closes in 13 days
Geography Teacher
Wellington College · Wellington · roll 1,943
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 10 days
Closes in 10 days
Geography Teacher
Cashmere High School · Canterbury · roll 2,454
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 10 days
Closes in 10 days
Geography Teacher
Cashmere High School · Canterbury · roll 2,454
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 10 days
Closes in 10 days
Geography Teacher
Long Bay College · Auckland · roll 1,988
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Commerce/Economics Teacher
Cromwell College · Otago · roll 699
Secondary·Years 9–13·long term relieving·full time
Closes in 17 days
Closes in 17 days
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Teacher of Social Science
Matamata College · Waikato · roll 824
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full time
Closes in 11 days
Closes in 11 days
Senior Accounting/Commerce teacher
Palmerston North Boys' High School · Manawatu/Whanganui · roll 1,812
Secondary·permanent·full time
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
Commerce Teacher
Cashmere High School · Canterbury · roll 2,454
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 6 days
Closes in 6 days
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Teacher of Social Sciences
Mount Hutt College · Canterbury · roll 587
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 7 days
Closes in 7 days
History/Classics Teacher
Cashmere High School · Canterbury · roll 2,454
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 6 days
Closes in 6 days
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Head of Faculty- Social Sciences
Mount Hutt College · Canterbury · roll 587
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
Teacher of Geography
Auckland Grammar School · Auckland · roll 2,769
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Teacher of Geography and Social Studies
Auckland Grammar School · Auckland · roll 2,769
Secondary·Years 9–13·long term relieving·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Teacher of Social Studies
Howick College · Auckland · roll 2,265
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 21 days
Closes in 21 days
Geography and Social Studies Teacher
Otago Boys' High School · Otago · roll 856
Secondary·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 5 days
Closes in 5 days
Social Science Teacher
Aorere College · Auckland · roll 1,701
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 7 days
Closes in 7 days
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ECE Maternity Cover.
Little Discoverers · Waikato
Early learning·fixed term·full time
Closes in 14 days
Closes in 14 days
Tourism and Transitions Teacher
Southland Girls' High School · Southland · roll 1,082
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Head of Department Geography
Mt Albert Grammar School · Auckland · roll 3,660
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 7 days
Closes in 7 days
Media Studies Teacher
Long Bay College · Auckland · roll 1,988
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 4 days
Closes in 4 days
Geography/Humanities Teacher
Queen Margaret College · Wellington · roll 764
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full time
Closes in 5 days
Closes in 5 days
Head of Department Religion
Bishop Viard College · Wellington · roll 395
Secondary·permanent·full time
Closes in 13 days
Closes in 13 days
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Scale A Science Specialist Teachers (x2)
Tauranga Intermediate · Bay of Plenty · roll 1,220
Primary·Years 7–8·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 21 days
Closes in 21 days
Faculty Lead - Social Sciences
Nelson College For Girls · Tasman/Nelson · roll 962
Secondary·Mixed year levels·permanent·full time
Closes in 12 days
Closes in 12 days
Teacher of Social Sciences
Palmerston North Girls' High School · Manawatu/Whanganui · roll 1,328
Secondary·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 3 days
Closes in 3 days
Teacher of History and/or Geography
Rongotai College · Wellington · roll 707
Secondary·Years 9–13·fixed term·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes in 3 days
Closes in 3 days
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Online Business and Commerce Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·part timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Business and Commerce Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
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Online Psychology Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·part timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Psychology Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Geography Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·part timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Geography Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online History Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·part timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online History Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Social Science Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·part timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026
- AI
Online Social Science Teacher
Aotearoa Infinite Academy · New Zealand (nationwide)
Secondary·Years 9–13·permanent·full timeBeginning teachers welcome
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Closes 30 Nov 2026