Primary Teacher- Art (North Ward)

Primary Teacher- Art (North Ward)

Primary Teacher- Art

Job No: TCE4537

Commencement Date: Monday 19 January 2026

Location: Townsville, QLD

Salary Range: $55.32- $79.67 per hour pending experience + Super

Join our team as a Primary Art Teacher at St Joseph's Catholic School Townsville!

We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated Grade 6 Teacher with tertiary qualifications and registration (or eligibility) with the Queensland College of Teachers. This position is a Part Time, Fixed-Term commencing 19 January 2026 and concludes on 4 December 2026. This role is completing 24 hours a week (across 4 days)

As our Primary Art Teacher, you’ll join a passionate team that partners with families to spark imagination and creativity in every child. With your flair for contemporary teaching and ability to adapt to diverse learners, you’ll help students feel valued, confident, and inspired to express themselves through art. Together, we’ll create a joyful learning environment where curiosity, colour, and creativity thrive.

In your classroom, you’ll ignite curiosity and a love of creativity by designing vibrant, hands-on lessons across music, visual arts, dance, and drama. With clear expectations and a reflective approach, you’ll keep evolving your practice to bring out the best in every learner. By weaving together diverse tools, techniques, and artistic disciplines, you’ll celebrate each child’s progress, nurture their confidence, and provide feedback that helps their imagination, expression, and skills truly thrive.

Guided by Catholic values, you’ll embrace the school’s mission, prioritise student safety and wellbeing, and help create a welcoming, supportive environment where every learner feels they belong.

Set on the tropical coast of North Queensland,



Townsville blends the energy of a thriving regional city with the warmth of a welcoming community. With Magnetic Island just a short ferry ride away and the Great Barrier Reef on its doorstep, you can spend weekends exploring palm-lined beaches, vibrant markets, and lively cultural events - all while enjoying the relaxed, outdoors-focused lifestyle that makes Townsville such a rewarding place to live and work.

Townsville Catholic Education has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all staff. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.

For more information, please review the full Position Description.

We’d love to hear from you! Please click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts.

Applications close 3.00pm Monday, 15 December 2025.

About us

Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working workplace where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. We employ motivated people who want to work together to produce excellent outcomes for our students. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission.

We value your hard work and dedication, and we’re proud to offer a range of benefits designed to support you both professionally and personally:

- Competitive Salary
- Annual Leave at 17.5% leave loading
- 12.75% Superannuation employer contribution
- Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
- Salary packaging options
- Up to 14 Weeks paid parental leave
- Deferred Salary Scheme
- …and a range of other great benefits!

📌 Primary Teacher- Art (North Ward)
🏢 Townsville Catholic Education
📍 North Ward