Location: Tuggeranong, ACT 
Employment Type: Permanent  
Employment Status: Full-time  
Salary Range: ACT $80,184 to $130,910 full-time equivalent plus superannuation. Salary is determined based on years of teaching service.   
Start Date: Wednesday 29 January 2025
Closing Date: 11.55 pm, Monday 25 November 2024 

About St Mary MacKillop College

St Mary MacKillop College is Canberra’s largest secondary school, operating across two campuses. Years 7 to 9 are based on the Padua Campus (Wanniassa) and Years 10 to 12 are based on the St Peter’s Campus (Isabella Plains). MacKillop College is part of the Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (CECG), which operates 56 Catholic Systemic Schools and nine Early Learning Centres across ACT and NSW.

The College has a wide range of talented teachers at various stages of their career and with different cultural and educational backgrounds. Many of our teachers have completed PhDs, are elite athletes, published authors, experienced builders, artists, chefs, lawyers, scientists, musicians, and more. The breadth and knowledge embedded in the College enables a friendly and supportive work environment, a wide range of curriculum options, extensive facilities, great teachers and a large number of co-curricular choices.

MacKillop is able to provide many employee benefits, including pathways to formal leadership roles, access to professional learning and resources, access to wellbeing programs, flexible working arrangements to suit your personal or family needs, and support to transition from primary to secondary teaching.

MacKillop prides itself on its inclusive and welcoming community, its safe and supportive environment, its culture of quality teaching and learning, and the wide range of opportunities and experiences it can provide for its students.

About the Role 

St Mary MacKillop College is seeking to appoint a highly effective and passionate teacher of Careers Education. The successful applicant will bring the ability to:

• Facilitate and manage a safe and supportive learning environment
• Apply pedagogical practices in the area of Careers Education to motivate and engage students to achieve their best
• Differentiate instruction to challenge and extend students of diverse abilities
• Build and maintain relationships of trust and respect with students
• Analyse and reflect on student learning data to maximise learning growth for all students
• Contribute to an inclusive environment for students and staff
• Work collaboratively with colleagues as a member of team
• Utilise strong literacy skills, particularly in written communication
• Employ highly developed organisational skills and a commitment to ongoing professional learning

The position of Careers Education Teacher will support students to develop skills in career planning so that they may experience success in future education, employment and/or training. Students will be supported through a curriculum in career development, job seeking and interview skills, preparing for work experience opportunities and being an effective employee in the workplace.

Benefits and Opportunities 

• A positive and collaborative workplace culture 
• Extensive training in our high-quality professional learning program, Catalyst 
• Access to curriculum resources that support evidence-based, high-impact teaching practice 
• 24 weeks of paid parental leave (maternity/adoption) 
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave (paternity/non-initial primary carer leave) 
• Support for professional development and study opportunities 
• Opportunities to transfer to other schools within the Archdiocese across ACT and NSW to support lifestyle choice 

Qualifications  

• Bachelor of Teaching or Master of Teaching.
• Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) and/or Working with Children Check (WWCC) registration.
• Teaching Quality Institute (TQI) and/or NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) registration.

Application Process 

Applicants are required to submit a current resume and a cover letter that addresses the selection criteria as outlined in the Position Description. 

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment in accordance with CE policy. 

Other Eligibility Criteria 

For further information about the School please visit our website. Information about the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn can be accessed here. 

Position-specific queries: Please contact Michael Lee on 02 6209 0100 or via email michael.lee@mackillop.act.edu.au.  

Application queries: Please contact the Recruitment team on 02 6234 5427 or via email recruitment@cg.catholic.edu.au. 

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