MELBOURNE PRIVATE TUTOR - Great pay, flexible hours & rewarding work!

Help students succeed. Earn excellent pay. Design your own schedule. Work in your local area.

Alchemy Tuition is searching for enthusiastic individuals across Melbourne to join our team of Private Tutors, providing lessons in students’ homes or online. We deliver personalised, one-on-one support from Prep through Year 12 in every subject; building confidence, boosting grades and sparking a lifelong love of learning.

We’re seeing a huge number of student enquiries throughout Melbourne, so if you have strong subject knowledge, great communication skills and a passion for helping young people, we’d love to hear from you to get started this week!

Why tutors choose Alchemy:

Top rates with room to grow - earn $40/hr+ for in-person sessions, increasing to $55/hr or more as you continue with your students. Prefer online? Start at $30/hr and grow to $45/hr+. Get paid within 48 hours after every lesson.
Work when and where you like - you set your timetable and select the suburbs you want to travel to.
Pick your students - we introduce the families and you accept only those who fit your availability.
Ongoing support - access thousands of ready-made resources plus a friendly support team to back you up.
Freedom to freelance - no exclusivity clauses; you can also teach private students or work with other companies (many other companies don’t allow this!).
Vibrant community - optional monthly tutor catch-ups and networking events.
Constant demand - every year more Melbourne families request Alchemy tutors than we can provide, and we invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in marketing to keep opportunities flowing.
Rewarding work - tutoring changes lives and looks fantastic on a CV.
Don’t just take our word for it; thousands of families and tutors have shared verified 5-star reviews on our website.

We look for tutors who:

Are positive, dependable and enjoy working with school-age students.
Communicate clearly and have strong knowledge in the subjects they teach (you choose which).
Completed high school in Victoria with an ATAR, giving you firsthand understanding of the VCE curriculum.
Are Australian residents with (or able to obtain) a valid Working With Children Check (WWCC) for paid employment.
Operate as independent contractors that are to hold or obtain an ABN (no minimum hours—work as much or as little as you like).
Recent Year 12 graduates are welcome! This role is perfect for Melbourne uni students seeking flexible, well-paid work!

The hiring process:

No lengthy cover letters required—we value personality over paperwork. Our short, fun application lets you tell us about yourself without a CV. If you’re a match, we’ll arrange a brief online interview.

This is not a one-off gig; we look for tutors who can commit to weekly sessions with their students for the long term.

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Alchemy Tuition is a child-safe organisation. All tutors must hold a valid Victorian WWCC and be Australian residents. Additional security checks are conducted on all tutors. For child-safety reasons, online lessons must be conducted within the same state as the WWCC.

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Job Types: Subcontract, Freelance, Contract

Pay: $40.00 – $55.00 per hour

Benefits:

Employee mentoring program
Professional development assistance
Work from home
Work Location: On the road