Student Engagement and Behaviour Support Project Officer
Position: Student Engagement and Behaviour Support Project Officer
Commencement Date: 10 March 2025 or as negotiated with the successful applicant
Employment Status: Full Time Continuing
Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Salary: $152,594 - $169,547 (pending experience) inclusive of 12.75% superannuation
Applications Close: Monday, 10 February 2025
About us
Catholic Education - Diocese of Rockhampton (CEDR) is a leading educational institution dedicated to providing quality education to students across Central Queensland. With a commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment, we strive to empower our students to reach their full potential.
Your Role
An exciting opportunity exists to join the team at Catholic Education Office in the position of Student Engagement and Behaviour Support Project Officer, commencing on 10 March 2025 or as negotiated with the successful applicant. This is a full time continuing position for 40 hours per week.
The role will assist school communities to create safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning environments. The Student Engagement and Behaviour Support Project Officer will collaborate with leaders and teachers to foster practices and routines that nurture respectful relationships and provide essential supports for students, helping them to develop behaviours that enable them to self-regulate and successfully engage in learning.
Typical duties include, but are not limited to the following:
* Assist schools to align trauma-informed principles with whole-school approaches, learner-centred teaching practices, and classroom management routines that support engagement, wellbeing, and positive behaviour.
* Apply specialist knowledge and professional judgement to assist schools in the selection and implementation of evidence-based behaviour support approaches.
* Provide schools with practical and direct support for student engagement and behaviour through coaching and modelling of evidence-based practices.
* Build staff knowledge, responsiveness and capacity to provide consistent, fair and equitable responses to behaviours of concern.
* Assist in the development of individualised student support plans using the CEDR process for accessing intensive support for students demonstrating behaviours of concern.
* Contribute to capacity and capability building initiatives such as delivery of staff training and the provision of information, strategies, and resources.
* Assist in reviewing or creating policies and procedures at school and system levels.
* Maintain professionalism and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility.
* Maintain relevant documentation required by the role.
* Maintain currency and expertise through ongoing professional development and learning.
* Provide consistent, accurate, well-informed advice to schools in support of attendance concerns.
Mandatory Requirements
* Relevant tertiary qualifications and the ability to obtain approved Queensland College of Teachers Registration.
* Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role in a safe manner, including some travel to schools within the Diocese.
* Applicants must read, understand and accept, as an explicit term of contract, the requirements of the Statement of Principles for employment in Catholic Schools.
* Upload acurrent resume and cover letter that addresses the skills, attributes and experience in line with the requirements of the role.
Further information
* For a confidential conversation please contact Carmel Kriz, Assistant Director: Teaching and Learning on 07 4994 8000.
Applications Close: Monday, 10 February 2025
Catholic Education is committed to best practice in student protection policies and procedures and is an equal opportunity employer. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
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