Pastoral Care Officer - Catholic Schools Office
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Job no: 496075
Work type: permanent, full time
Location: Tweed Heads
Categories: Officer
Catholic Schools Office
The Catholic Schools Office (CSO) provides a range of services to support approximately 2,500 staff in 45 vibrant and dynamic Catholic school communities that serve more than 18,000 students. The CSO assists schools to build teaching and leadership capabilities in communities of professional educators who share responsibility for school improvement and for achieving the best outcomes for our students.
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Pastoral Care Officer
This position will be located in Tweed Heads
Full time, permanent position. Commencing as soon as possible.
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The Rewards:
- Salary: Attractive salary dependent on skills and experience + 11% superannuation
- Additional benefits: company car, laptop, mobile phone, fuel card, credit card
- Working hours: 7-hour working day, 35-hour week
- Flexibility: Achieve both work-life balance and the benefits of face-to-face collaboration with your peers with our hybrid working model
- Staff wellbeing: An absolute focus on our peoples’ safety and wellbeing, and access to free counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
- Growth: Learning and career development opportunities.
Work Requirements:
- hold a valid NSW Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain
- a current/valid Australian Driver’s License and eligibility to work within Australia for the period of the appointment
- requirement to travel between locations.
Qualifications:
- Qualifications to teach
- Relevant Postgraduate qualifications desirable.
Work Experience:
- At least five years’ experience in a school wellbeing role with demonstrated capacity to support student learning and wellbeing outcomes across a whole school
- At least eight years’ experience in a teaching role
- Experience in a leadership or middle leadership role in a school
- Detailed knowledge of contemporary issues and approaches relating to Learning and Wellbeing.
Key Capabilities:
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise, negotiate, advocate, and resolve conflicts
- Demonstrated experience in using school data to review and renew systems within a school in response to changing needs and contexts
- Experience in providing support to school communities during and post critical incidents
- Demonstrated experience in identifying strategies that lead to increased student engagement and enhanced wellbeing
- Ability to support school leadership teams to identify and develop educational, social and emotional initiatives to support children and young people who are vulnerable or at risk
- Well-developed organisational and time management skills with the capacity to work effectively both independently, as well as part of a multidisciplinary Pastoral Care team
- Ability to design and facilitate high-quality professional learning to support ongoing skill and knowledge development of staff and that aligns to system priorities.
Plus, the following generic criteria:
- Knowledge of WHS and equity principles in the workplace
- Respect and uphold the ethos and teachings of the Catholic Church and the values of the Employer.
Your cover letter must address the key capabilities listed above.
Additional information:
Enquiries: recruitment@lism.catholic.edu.au
Applications close: 3.00pm, Thursday 9 May 2024
Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Limited is committed to creating Child Safe Schools.
Child Protection legislation requires preferred applicants to be subject to employment screening.
An equal opportunity employer.
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Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
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