Student Engagement Teacher

Townsville Catholic Education • Shaw, DC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Join our team as a Student Engagement Teacher at St Benedict's Catholic School, Shaw. We’re looking for a passionate and dedicated Student Engagement Teacher with tertiary qualifications and registration (or eligibility) with the Queensland College of Teachers. This is a Full Time, Permanent position commencing Term 3, 2026. You’ll join a supportive team of committed teachers who work together in partnership with the parent community to create the best possible learning experience for every student. Your understanding of contemporary teaching practices, and your ability to adapt and support a diverse range of learners, will help every child feel included, valued, and confident. The School Engagement teacher plays a vital role in fostering positive student engagement, pastoral care and promoting social emotional development for students with a focus on early intervention, building strong relationships with students and families and implementing evidence-based practices to support all students to engage positively. 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.

Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications
• Registration (or eligibility) with the Queensland College of Teachers
• Understanding of contemporary teaching practices
• Ability to adapt and support a diverse range of learners
• Working with children checks and background referencing

Responsibilities

• Fostering positive student engagement
• Pastoral care
• Promoting social emotional development for students with a focus on early intervention
• Building strong relationships with students and families
• Implementing evidence-based practices to support all students to engage positively
• Prioritising student safety and wellbeing
• Helping create a welcoming, supportive environment where every learner feels they belong

Benefits

• 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 available to the primary carer, regardless of gender
• Deferred Salary Scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level