Assistant Principal Religious Education - St Finbarr's Catholic Primary School, ASHGROVE

Job Reference 22903_17/09/24
Closing date October 1, 2024
Location Bethenden Terrace, Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia 4060
Type Full-Time
Status Contract

About this job

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) invites applications for this School Senior Leadership position with the capability to support the Principal in:

  • building the religious life of the school and a vibrant Catholic identity within the school community;
  • growing the engagement, progress, achievement and wellbeing of each student in the school; and
  • building a sustainable school community, ensuring stewardship of resources with transparency, accountability and compliance.


We're excited to offer this substantive APRE position in our dynamic leadership team of four as a full-time release role.

Our students are highly engaged. There is a focus on proactive positive behaviour for learning with minimal behaviour management support required. For the leadership team to support our school community well, it would be beneficial for this role holder to have strong IT skills and experience to lead IT support across the school or to have a background in the teacher librarian space. We are flexible though if you have another area of strength you can bring to our team.

At times, members of the leadership team may support in classrooms and will support planning.

We're a creative, innovative and hard-working team that aim to bring joy into our community as we work collaboratively to support everyone in our school of a hundred, thousand welcomes. Come join us!


About the organisation

BCE is a learning community of over 145 schools. We aim to provide quality teaching and learning outcomes for Prep to Year 12 students.

About our school

St Finbarr's, Ashgrove is a place of exceptional teaching and inspired learning. We are a school where every child is known by name and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. With 190+ students, co-curricular subjects like STEAM, The Arts, Japanese and HPE, as well as an extensive extracurricular program, ensure that we offer opportunities for all our students to shine. We have a high potential/gifted and talented learners' framework and actively look for ways to stretch and challenge our students. Think you'd love to be part of our team? Come and join us!   Explore our school website and Facebook page to learn more about us.  


Estimated Start Date: Commencing January 2025
Initial Contract Period: Initial 5 year contract phase with a further 5 years subject to satisfactory performance in the role
Salary and Range: $145,401 - $152,544 per annum plus Super
Campus: Primary School | 192 enrolments


Why work with BCE? Stronger connections today. Inspired people tomorrow. 
Belonging to something bigger allows us all to play a key role in building better communities for a future we will all be proud to be part of. You will quickly become a core part of a compassionate and professional team that values diversity of thought and a commitment to building and shaping future generations.

  • Meaningful work where you can make a difference
  • Up to 12.75% superannuation (with co-contributions)
  • Competitive remuneration with salary packaging and sacrificing options
  • Access to professional development


You will have a commitment to Safeguarding 

  • The Archdiocese of Brisbane 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 (WWC) and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk. 


Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Should you require specific adjustments to the recruitment process to equitably participate, we encourage you to contact us at the time of application.


NB: The Eligibility Criteria and Referee Statement proformas for this position are provided as attachments, and should be downloaded from this webpage prior to the commencement of your application (see below).


Contact Person: Chantel Murphy
Contact Telephone: 07 3033 7634
Contact Email: Chantel.Murphy@bne.catholic.edu.au

Closing Date:  01-Oct-2024