School Chaplain

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St Benedict\’s Catholic School, Shaw is seeking a dedicated School Chaplain. This role is a Fixed Term, Term Time position completing 8 hours per week. This position commences as soon as practicable and concludes 5 December 2025.

The Chaplain works to create opportunities for faith development of students and advance the religious life of the school community. The Chaplain will foster the experience of Catholic community within the school and engage the community in social justice and social action. The Chaplain encourages and facilitates connections with Church/faith communities and agencies.

Key Accountabilities

The Chaplain will represent the school in a professional, warm, friendly, and efficient manner. Duties include:

• Provide pastoral and spiritual support to students:
• Spend informal time with students (e.g., playground, classroom, and excursions)
• Mentor and provide practical support to students.

Engage students in opportunities for faith development:

• Coordinate and facilitate reflection and prayer experiences (e.g., reflection days, retreats, forums, meetings, and other similar experiences)
• Contribute to the organisation of major school liturgies and celebrations.

Advance the religious life of the school community:

• Contribute to the development and promotion of Catholic ethos within the college community.

Foster the experience of Catholic community within the school:

• Support events that promote the collegiate spirit of the school
• Under the direction of the Principal, initiate contact with families of the school community (e.g., families experiencing sickness, families new to the college experiencing hardship).

Engage the school community in social justice and social action:

• Make information available to students around issues of social justice support and resource service groups within the school community.

Encourage and facilitate connections with church/faith communities and agencies:

• Encourage student involvement in parish faith communities
• Facilitate ecumenical and inter-faith relationships and activities.

Undertake ongoing professional learning:

• Participate in TCE facilitated programs for professional learning
• Contribute to local cluster gatherings of Chaplains.

Generalist administration support:

• Maintain relevant records and data.

Any other tasks as reasonably directed.

Mandatory Criteria

• Current Working with Children Suitability Card – The successful candidate will require a paid Blue Card before commencement as per the No Card, No Start policy developed by Queensland Government.
• Certificate IV in Pastoral Care, Youth Work, or Chaplaincy & Pastoral Care, or an equivalent/higher qualification; and that qualification must include competencies in ‘making appropriate referrals’ and \’mental health\’.
• Current Driver’s Licence
• Ability to travel within the Catholic Diocese of Townsville
• Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role safely.
• Interest in ongoing professional development
• Experience in the education or Catholic sectors

What we Offer

• Competitive Salary Range
• Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Access to salary packaging options to maximise employee benefits and salary
• Modern facilities, equipment, and resources
• Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
• 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
• Deferred Salary Scheme
• Access to corporate health schemes
• Induction processes and professional learning programs
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Wellbeing programs and initiatives

Our Organisation

Townsville Catholic Education supports a diverse region extending from Townsville to the Burdekin and Whitsunday regions, north to Ingham and Halifax, south-west to Winton, and west to the border with the Northern Territory, including Mount Isa and several small, isolated western towns, and east to Palm Island. Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working environment where care for the individual is central to our ethos. We employ motivated people committed to achieving excellent outcomes for our students. Our staff are recognized as being central to our mission.

Townsville Catholic Education maintains standards of conduct to ensure a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks.

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