School Learning Officer
Commencement Date: Tuesday 28th January 2025
Employment Type - 21.5 hours per week for 2025 school year (15 hours per week are permanent)
Salary Range: SOF Level 3 - $33.17 - $34.58 gross per hour
Closing Date: 5pm, Thursday 21st November 2024
St Thomas' School - Mareeba
St Thomas Of Villanova Catholic Parish School catering for students from Prep to Year 6, is situated in the town of Mareeba in the Cairns Hinterland, approximately an hour’s drive west of Cairns. The town of Mareeba (a local indigenous word meaning ‘meeting of the waters’) and the surrounding shire is home to tropical rainforests, savannah woodlands, national parks, rivers, waterfalls, granite mountain tops, gorges, escarpments and limestone caves. Prior to European settlement, it was a meeting place for the local indigenous people of the area, the ‘Kuku Muluridji’. Presently our enrolments include a significant number of students with diverse cultural backgrounds including indigenous students. Catholic Education in the Mareeba district began more than a century ago founded by the Sisters of Mercy who continued a long tradition of working with religious from the Order of Saint Augustine. The influence of our Parish Community was manifested in the early 1950s when our school previously known as Good Counsel, took the name of the patron of our Parish, St Thomas of Villanova. The work of the many religious who enriched the faith life of our community is recognised in the names of our school sports houses: Phelan and O’Connor, named after the two longest serving Augustinian priests and Power and Mills, named after the founding Sister of Mercy and our last serving Sister and Religious Principal.
About the Role
Typical duties performed may include, but are not limited to:
• Assist student learning, either individually or in groups, where some discretion and judgement are involved in evaluating and assessing (under the supervision of an academic staff member(s)) the learning needs of students.
• Within routines, methods and procedures carry out liaison between the school, the student and the student’s family where some discretion and judgement are involved.
• Under direct and/or routine supervision, perform tasks of limited complexity, associated with classroom learning experiences, such as assisting teachers in preparing, implementing and supervising learning programs.
• Maintain appropriate behaviours when engaging with children.
• Support students in relation to their physical needs where some discretion and judgement are involved.
Work Requirements
* Hold a Working with Children Blue Card
* Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education
What we offer
* Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
* Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary
* 12.75% additional 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
* Access to Employee Assistance Program
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
Position Description: School Learning Officer Position Description