National Recruitment Allowance
A National Recruitment Allowance of $2,500.00 (including GST) may be payable to the recruiting board where a teacher has been approved for a National Relocation Grant for an initial appointment of 20+ teaching weeks (or two school terms) or more, or a teacher has been approved for a National Relocation Grant for an initial appointment of 6–19 teaching weeks and their contract has extended to 20+ teaching weeks (or two school terms) or more.
Eligibility
The board must actively recruit a teacher living in New Zealand to a teaching position of 20+ teaching weeks (or two school terms), that is full-time for primary schools or 0.5 FTTE or more for secondary schools.
The allowance is only available to:
- schools with automatic Priority Staffing Status – these are decile 1-4 schools in Northland, Auckland, Tokoroa, Wairoa, Gisborne and West Cost (South Island); and
- schools where teachers receive with Primary Priority Teacher Supply Allowance, Secondary High Priority Teacher Supply Allowance, Secondary High Priority Principal Allowance, Area Schools Priority Teacher Supply Allowance or Area Schools High Priority Principals Allowance; or
- approved Discretionary Priority Staffing Status (DPSS) teaching positions.
Application process
Schools should apply for the National Recruitment Allowance on the National Relocation Grant Form, Section C. This form is available at www.minedu.govt.nz/resourcingforms.
Principals will be required to certify in writing, on the teacher’s completed NRG form, that costs were incurred by the board in the recruitment of the teacher.
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Amount of allowance
An allowance of $2,500.00 (including GST) is payable.
Extension of teaching position
Where the teacher was initially approved for employment of 6-19 teaching weeks duration and the teacher’s position becomes permanent, or they remain employed by the same school for 20 teaching weeks (or two school terms) or more, the board may apply for payment of the Recruitment Allowance.
The board will need to re-apply in writing and attach a copy of the teacher’s letter of appointment confirming the new terms of employment.
Payment of allowance
If the teacher has been approved for the National Relocation Grant, or has been reimbursed for Transfer and Removal expenses under a Teachers’ Collective Agreement or an Individual Employment Agreement, and the school’s National Recruitment Allowance application has been approved, the payment is made by direct credit into the board's bank account.