Secondary Teacher - Holy Spirit College

Job No: CER1221
Location: Mackay

Position: Secondary Teachers 
Start date:
January 2025
Employment Status:
Full-Time Permanent 
Salary:
 
$84,077 - $123,101 (pending experience)
Applications Close:
Friday, 22 November 2024

What we are looking for:

An exciting opportunities exist for qualified and enthusiastic educators to join the teaching staff of Holy Spirit College, Mackay. This is a full-time permanent positions, commencing from January 2025

Exciting opportunities exist for qualified and enthusiastic educators across various subject areas: 

  • Religious Education
  • Business 
  • Humanities 
  • Mathematics

We welcome applications from pre-service teachers, who may be interested in a Permission to Teach arrangement. 

Applicants who possess the following are encouraged to apply:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification
  • Appropriate qualities, knowledge and skills to provide a relevant and holistic education
  • Eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment
  • A desire to serve the communities located within the diocese of Rockhampton

About us

Holy Spirit College is a Catholic co-educational Years 7-12 college within the Diocese of Rockhampton, with an enrolment in 2023 of nearly 1200 students. At the heart of all that we do, is a commitment to Catholic values and the provision of a high quality education within an environment that is supportive and caring.

With a vibrant working environment, we provide excellent benefits for staff including professional and career development opportunities that build personal and organisational capability. We celebrate diversity in our workforce and value the knowledge and skills that a diverse range of employees bring to the workplace. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission and we have an emphasis on caring and supporting teachers in both their vocation in working with students and other aspects of their lives.

Mandatory Requirements 

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications and the ability to obtain approved Queensland College of Teachers Registration
  • Australian work rights

Generous incentives are available to successful applicants which include:

  • Competitive salary structure for Teaching staff - $84,077 - $123,101 (pending experience) 
  • Recognition of prior non-teaching service for salary purposes (on provision of Statement of Service)
  • Employer Superannuation Contributions of 12.75%
  • Access to salary packaging options to maximise employee benefits and salaries (based on eligibility criteria with RemServ)
  • 39 weeks of term time for a school year
  • Access to free Employee Assistant Program (24-hour counselling service)
  • Access to corporate health discounts with either Bupa or Westfund Health Insurance
  • Leadership development opportunities
  • Modern facilities and resources
  • Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
  • Deferred Salary Scheme
  • Induction process and professional learning programs

How to apply 

Please review our How To Apply Online Guide

  • Complete the application below by clicking Apply Now
  • Upload a Cover Letter (addressed Mr Michael McCusker, Diocesan Director) and Current Resume
  • Upload supporting documentation (ie. Prac Reports, Academic Transcripts)
  • Applicants must read, understand and accept, as an explicit term of contract, the requirements of the Statement of Principles for employment in Catholic Schools 
  • Upload written statement addressing the Selection Criteria  
  • Please refer to the Position Description when completing your application                  

Applications close: Monday, 6 January 2025 (unless filled prior)

Further information 

  • For a confidential conversation please contact Steve Nugent, Assistant Principal: Staff, Holy Spirit College, Mackay on 4994 8600.
  • To learn more about Accreditation, please view our Accreditation Information Sheet.
  • For a confidential conversation or for further information regarding the remuneration package, please contact Employee Support Services 07 4994 8086 or Employment@rok.catholic.edu.au 

Catholic Education is committed to best practice in student protection policies and procedures and is an equal opportunity employer. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

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Employment Collection Notice

In order to assess your application for employment, Catholic Education – Diocese of Rockhampton (CEDR) collects your personal information. If we cannot collect some of your personal information, we may be limited in our ability to assess your application.

We collect your personal information directly from you (including from your resume), as well as from other sources (such as your referees and Working with Children checks). We may keep your information on file if your application is unsuccessful in case another position becomes available. We are required to complete a Working with Children check to collect information under Child Protection laws.

If you believe that any of your personal information held by us is incomplete or inaccurate you have the right, in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy legislation, to notify us and make any updates or corrections. 

We will not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent unless otherwise permitted.

CEDR may use online or ‘cloud’ service providers to store personal information and to provide services to CEDR that involve the use of personal information, such as email services. Some limited personal information may be provided to these service providers to enable them to authenticate users that access their services and provide technical support. This personal information may reside on a cloud service provider’s servers which may be situated outside Australia. Further information about CEDR’s use of on online or ‘cloud’ service providers is contained in the CEDR Privacy Policy. The CEDR Privacy Policy, accessible on the CEDR website, contains details of how you may seek access to and correction of your personal information, as well as how you can make a privacy complaint and how we will handle the complaint.

If you provide us with the personal information of others (e.g. referees), we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to CEDR and why.

In submitting this application for employment you agree that you will not seek access to references provided by third parties or to confidential notes or reports made by us relating to your application for employment. We seek your agreement in this regard to ensure that referees are not inhibited from providing complete and accurate references as to your suitability for the position. Access to feedback on the selection process is available. 

If you register as a user of CEDR's digital application called DCEORocky, by creating an account with DCEORocky, you will provide information as part of your registration. This also applies if you complete an expression of interest to teach or work with us. The purposes for which we collect, use and disclose personal information includes:

  1. all of the purposes set out earlier in this information
  2. to manage our relationship with you including:
    • communicating with you via any of the methods you provide to us
    • push notifications to your mobile phone provided that you register to the job alert notification system in the DCEORocky app
    • providing information about employment opportunities at CEDR which we consider may be of interest to you
    • otherwise offering you assistance, including providing technical support
  3. if permitted or required by law
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  5. for purposes directly related to any one or more of the above

 

Applicant’s Declaration

I have read, understood and, if offered employment with Catholic Education with the Diocese of Rockhampton, accept the requirements of the Statement of Principles for Employment in Catholic Schools as an explicit condition of employment. I certify that the information in this application is true, to the best of my knowledge. I understand that I have a duty to disclose sufficient information to enable a prospective employer to make a properly informed decision about my employment.

I acknowledge that my failure to disclose all pre-existing injuries or medical conditions existing during the period of the employment process that could reasonably be expected to be aggravated by performing my employment related duties, I will not be entitled to compensation or damages under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (the Act), for any event that aggravates the non-disclosed pre-existing injury or condition.

I understand that if I am employed by Catholic Education with the Diocese of Rockhampton and any statement I have made or information I have provided with this application form are found to be false within my knowledge, that I may be liable for immediate dismissal.


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About Us

Catholic Education - Diocese of Rockhampton, is a large, dynamic and growing organisation with a current enrolment of approximately 18,220 students and a staff of approximately 3,400 in Kindergartens, Early Learning Centres, Outside School Hours Care Services, 31 Catholic Primary Schools and 8 Catholic Secondary Colleges. Catholic Education in the Diocese of Rockhampton serves communities from Bundaberg in the south to Mackay in the north and west to Longreach.

With a vibrant working environment, we provide excellent benefits for staff including professional and career development opportunities that build personal and organisational capability. We celebrate diversity in our workforce, and value the knowledge and skills that a diverse range of employees bring to the workplace. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission and we have an emphasis on caring and supporting teachers in both their vocation in working with students and other aspects of their lives.