DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TEACHER RECRUITMENT SYSTEM
USER GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS
ACRONYM
NT
DoE
TRS
CDU
WWC
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EXPLANATION
Northern Territory
Department of Education
Teacher Recruitment System
Charles Darwin University
Working With Children Clearance Notice
Mandatory Field
When you first click on to the Teacher Recruitment System, you will find the following
screen:
You will need to click on Register to create a new account; fill in the required fields and
click the Register button.
You will receive an email with instructions on how to complete your registration.
From this point on the system will remember who you are and you will automatically reach
the home page of the TRS. This page will now reflect Current Vacancies available and you
can click on specific vacancies for further information or search using the available search
parameters.
The Menu button on the top right of your screen provides you with access to the following:
 Home
 Change Account Details
 Online Application
To continue, click on Online Application.
Your online application requires that you complete the following steps. You will be
prompted to save the information in your application at the end of each step before you
progress to the next step.
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-2STEPS
1. Personal Information
INFORMATION REQUIRED
Basic Personal Information
Residential Address
2. Identification
Postal Address
Citizenship and Residency Status
Teacher Registration – depending on your response to
your Teacher Registration status you may be required to
provide some further information. While teacher registration
is not necessary at this stage to progress your application it
is essential prior to any offer of employment.
Working With Children Clearance Notice (Ochre Card) depending on your response you may be required to provide
some further information. While an Ochre Card is not
necessary at this stage to progress your application it is
essential prior to any offer of employment.
Previous Employment with the Northern Territory
Department of Education
Employed in another State or Territory
3. Employment
Preference
Teaching Couple – this information can be relevant if you
have a preference for remote teaching positions where
housing is provided or where the Department has identified
two vacancies.
General – if you tick the relief teaching button another
section will be available for you to complete
Relief Teaching Preference – in completing this section,
you can make your information available for Principals to
view your availability. Principals also have the facility to book
relief teachers within the TRS.
Urban School Preference – you can choose from a list of
urban schools if you have a preference
Remote School Preference – this tab will appear if you
ticked the Remote Teaching Location Preference box in the
general section and this also allows you to indicate your
preferences. This screen also provides some remote related
questions which are essential information for teaching
placements in remote communities.
-34. Teaching Preference
Teaching Preference
Subject Preference
5. Qualifications
Qualifications – once you have completed your qualification
information click on the Add New Qualification button for the
information to be reflected in the Added Qualifications section.
Additional Uploaded Files – choose one of the options to save
your document prior to uploading- TRS will not allow Word docs
to be uploaded. If you click on the uploaded document you have
further access as follows:
Additional information – this is an opportunity for you to provide
any further information that may support your application or may
be required in the future eg birth certificate/passport; visa;
statements of service; transcripts.
6. Employment History
Add all relevant employment history and your list of employment
history will be displayed at the right hand of the screen. Use the
Add New Employer button at the bottom to add individual
employers.
7. Referees
As referee statements are a crucial part of the assessment for
eligibility for teachers, it is essential that you provide relevant
referee contacts.
Acceptable referees should comprise Principal, Assistant
Principal or equivalent and your most recent employer will be
contacted.
Once your application has been submitted, the TRS automatically
generates an email to your referee/s requesting a referee report.
If no response is received within two weeks, the TRS will send a
reminder email to your referee/s.
If no response is received within the following week a final email
reminder to you will be generated by the TRS. If no referee
statements are received, your application will not be progressed
to the next stage.
You may provide names of additional referees.
-48. Declaration Questions
and Statements
Declaration Questions
Declaration Statements
Equal Employment Opportunity – this is an optional area but
does assist the Department of Education to understand the
diversity of its workforce.
Submit Application – when you get to this stage and have
clicked on the Submit button, the TRS will indicate if there are any
mandatory areas that you have not completed and you will need
to go back to the particular step to complete before submission.
These will be well defined as below:
Once you have completed your application, click on the submit application tab and the following
screen will appear:
Click on the “Submit Application” button to complete the process. The system will
automatically generate an email advising of receipt of application and that your referees
will now be contacted (see Step 7 for further information regarding referees).
At any stage you are able to access your application to amend/add any further information.