Contract Date: 18 January 2025 to 14 January 2028

Employment Type: Full-Time, Fixed Term (30 hours per week)

This position holds a permanent Teaching position within the Diocese of Cairns

Salary Range: Graduate $84,077 to Proficient 8 $121,092 FTE Gross per annum + 3 POL Points $9 486 FTE gross per annum+ 12.75% super!

Closing Date for Applications: 5pm, Sunday 13 October 2024

St Michael's School, Gordonvale

The education we offer at St Michael’s is a holistic one that focuses not only on curriculum and the academic basics of a good education, but also has a spiritual and personal focus and a particular emphasis on social and emotional wellbeing. Our high quality and reflective teaching practices, together with the nurturing of school-wide positive relationships (our behaviour framework in action) are qualities that are highly valued by our families.

St Michael’s is a two stream school that is constantly seeking to improve facilities, resources and the quality of service it provides to families.

St Michael’s School is located at 58 Mill Street in Gordonvale; a rural, country town on the fringe of the city of Cairns, in Tropical Far North Queensland.

About the Role

Student diversity is fundamental to the ethos of Catholic schools. The Position of Leadership – Diversity works within whole-school initiatives to address the diverse needs of students through a culture of inclusiveness.

The Position of Leadership (POL) – Diversity works closely with teachers to plan and implement teaching strategies and programs that identify and respond to the individual needs of students. The POL– Diversity communicates with parents as key partners in the educational outcomes of students as well as liaises with visiting specialists, including Therapists and Inclusive Education Teachers to support student learning.

The POL – Diversity is supports by Catholic Education Diocese of Cairns (CEDC) to enhance school capacity in catering for diversity.

The POL – Diversity is expected to attend regular Professional Development sessions to stay engaged with system process and initiatives across the Diocese of Cairns. Personnel in this leadership position must demonstrate a commitment to proactively engage in developing their own skills in the areas of pedagogy and practice in inclusive education and catering for diverse learners in order to provide leadership in the developing of capacity within their school communities.

For further information about the role, please download the Position Description  PoL Diversity Position Description.pdf

Mandatory Requirements

• Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relationships
• Demonstrated commitment to the wellbeing of members of the school community.
• Skills for building community including facilitation, delegation and consultation.
• Registered or eligible to register with Queensland College of Teachers.
• Experience working with students who have diverse learning needs and those requiring learning support in a school setting.
• Capacity to understand and implement Duty of Care and Workplace Health and Safety requirements.
• Current drivers licence
• A strong demonstrated commitment to the objectives, vision, and ethos of Catholic Education
• Promote child safety at all times
• Formal qualifications at Degree level are required, along with relevant post graduate qualifications or extensive and relevant experience as required by the employer

What we offer

• Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary 
• 12.75% Employer Superannuation Contributions
• Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
• 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
• Professional development and Career Support
• Access to Employee Assistance Program

Enquiries

For all enquires please contact:

Jacqueline Jackson- Principal

(p) 4258 4100

Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.

Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.