Are you looking for a unique lifestyle? Great work-life balance and the opportunity for camping, boating, fishing, hiking, climbing and general exploring in Cape York, a location with a rich history!

Commencement Date: Term 3, 2025 - asap to 3 October 2025
Employment Type: Full Time, Fixed Term
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience - Graduate $86,660 FTE Gross per annum to Experienced Proficient Teacher $126,795 FTE Gross per annum + 12.75% super
Closing Date for Applications: 5.00pm, Friday 5 August 2025 (unless filled prior)

Please note applications for this role may be reviewed as they are received, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible if you are interested in this opportunity.

Located in Cooktown, only a 4-Hour drive from Cairns, this opportunity is ideal for a Teacher seeking a rewarding remote opportunity with accommodation provided (if eligible), plus a range of financial incentives!  Remote Area Incentives Fact Sheet.pdf 

Holy Spirit College - Cooktown

The College is an initiative of the Diocese of Cairns and Catholic Education Services. The College offers individualised and flexible multiyear secondary education programs for young people disengaged from mainstream schooling. The College provides a variety of innovative teaching and learning practices that acknowledges young people’s complex education and social needs and empowers them to identify and pursue individual transition to adulthood, further education, employment, back to a mainstream school setting and importantly a connection to the community. Staff at the College will be multi-disciplinary in response to the diverse needs of young people and their families.

The College is a registered Special Assistance School across three campuses located within Edmonton. Manoora and the main campus in Cooktown. Cooktown has an enrolment for 38 young people in. The Cooktown campus includes a 32-bed years 7 to 12 residential unit for weekly boarders. While Manoora and Edmonton provide alternative educational pathways via day schooling for young people in years 7 to 12.

Young people who attend Holy Spirit College include Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people disengaged from mainstream education for a range of reasons including:

• with a history of complex trauma;
• with a history of extended periods of unexplained absences;
• who are highly mobile;
• who have had contact with the juvenile justice system;
• in the care of the Office of Children and Families;
• with mental illness or at risk of engaging in self-harming behaviours or substance abuse;
• who have been excluded or repeatedly suspended from school;
• who are homeless;
• with a generational history of early school leaving and/or unemployment.

About the Role

The Teacher works with and supports young people, their families, college staff in assisting young people to develop their skills for taking the next steps in their lives. The position requires an extraordinary commitment to serving marginalised and disengaged young people who may have a range of personal and social issues including social emotional, cognitive, sensory or physical disability. Many of the young people are impacted by complex trauma experiences. The position requires a strong respect and non-judgemental attitude to disengaged young people and their family/guardian’s needs in preparing for the next phase of their lives. Teachers are expected to manage positive relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Holy Spirit College is seeking applications for an experienced Teacher.

As a Teacher you will:

• Plan, prepare and deliver effective learning and teaching programs
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the school objectives and school planning
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a supportive school environment

Teachers are accountable to and under the direction of the school Principal or delegate.

For further information about the role, please download the Position Description  2024.04.18_Teacher.pdf

Work Requirements

• Be registered or eligible to be register with Queensland College of Teachers
• Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education
• Current Queensland drivers licence at LR or above or willing to obtain within 3 months of employment

What we offer

• ITAS and IPRASS Allowances 
• Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Level 7 remote area incentives - further information available for interested applicants
• Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary 
• 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

To Apply

Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume to [email protected]

Enquiries

Jo Martin-Cameron, Acting Principal

P: 4252 9100
E: [email protected]

Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.

Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.