Job No: TCE4879

Commencement Date: as soon as practicable

Location: St Michael's Catholic School - Palm Island QLD

Salary Range: $42.67 - $51.95 per hour pending experience + super

Join our team as a Facilities Manager at St Michael's Catholic School, Palm Island!

We’re looking for passionate and dedicated Facilities Manager to work in a permanent, full time capacity completing 38 hrs per week (5 days per week). Open to part time opportunities should that better suit the right candidate.

In this role, you’ll take pride in creating a safe, vibrant, and well-maintained setting where our students can learn, play, and thrive. You’ll coordinate contractors, mentor our dedicated grounds and cleaning teams, and oversee campus facilities and fleet operations with care, reliability, and initiative. Aligned with the spirit and values of Townsville Catholic Education, your work will foster a sense of pride, safety, and belonging for everyone who steps onto our school grounds.

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.

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.

The successful candidate will require a paid Blue Card before commencement as per the No Card, No Start policy developed by Queensland Government.

For more information, please review the full position description.

Note: a pre-employment medical will be required for this role.

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

Applications close 19th August 2026.

About us

Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working environment 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
- Access to remote area benefits
- 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 available to the primary carer, regardless of gender
- Deferred Salary Scheme
- …and a range of other great benefits!

📌 School Officer (Queensland)
🏢 Townsville Catholic Education
📍 Queensland