Position of Leadership - Learning and Teaching

Commencement Date: Monday 18 January 2027

Employment Type: Full-time, fixed term leadership position with a possible 0.4 FTE teaching load, until January 2030

This position holds a substantive permanent teaching position within Catholic Education, Diocese of Cairns.

Salary Range: Graduate $86,600 to Proficient 8 $124,724 FTE gross p.a + up to 4 PPOL Points ($13,024 gross p.a)

Closing Date for Applications: 5pm, Sunday 22 November 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so please apply as soon as possible

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 The role of the Position of Leadership - Learning and Teaching, is to support the vision and mission of the school through leadership of learning and teaching. This involves leading the development of appropriate curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting in line with national and local requirements. This will involve:

- ensuring that research based pedagogies are developed and systematically implemented across the school
- systematic delivery of the Australian Curriculum
- ensuring the quality of student learning and the effectiveness of teacher practice through appropriate support
- developing school wide assessment and reporting practices
- developing capacity for the thorough analysis of data to inform decisions
- developing appropriate partnerships within and outside of the school; and
- administering available resources.

Work Requirements

- Be registered or eligible to be register with Queensland College of Teachers
- Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education

What we offer

- Competitive Salary range: per annum pending experience
- ITAS Allowance
- 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 Early Career Teacher Support
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Access to Fitness Passport Membership

For further information about the role, please download the Position Description Primary Position of Leadership - Learning & Teaching Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child secure organisation.

Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.

Enquires

Principal

Paul Rayner

P: 4043 4100

E: [email protected]

📌 Position of Leadership (Learning & Teaching) - St Thomas of Villanova Parish School, Mareeba
🏢 Catholic Education - Diocese of Cairns
📍 Mareeba