Defence School Mentor Avrg

**Employment Type**: Temporary
**Employment Status**: Part-time
**Salary Range**: $76,468 - $88,852 (based on skills and experience) [paid pro rata for part-time appointments]
**Closing Date**:11.55 pm, Monday April 15

**About Us**
Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (CECG) plays an integral role in education in the ACT and NSW, operating 56 Catholic Systemic Schools and nine Early Learning Centres.

**About St Joseph's Primary**
St Joseph’s is a Catholic Primary School located in O’Connor ACT. Students attending our school come from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities. St Joseph's is a vibrant place of teaching and learning, where students and staff work towards individual and community goals that promote growth and improvement for all. Our vision gives shape to how we work together to support the development of our students and on which we are building our community.

**About the Role**
An excellent and rewarding opportunity exists to join our wonderful school to support and develop a range of activities for Defence students and their families to ease the impact of mobility and service-related parental absence.

**Benefits and Opportunities**
- A positive and collaborative workplace culture
- 24 weeks of paid parental leave (maternity/adoption)
- Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave (paternity/non-initial primary carer leave)
- Opportunities to transfer to other schools within the Archdiocese across ACT and NSW to support lifestyle choice

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assisting Defence parents and children to become familiar with the school and its facilities;
- Co-coordinating appropriate welcoming and farewelling activities for Defence children involving the school community;
- Supporting children at school during times of parental absence from home for service requirements;
- Monitoring Defence children’s personal issues such as friendship, peer groups and classroom difficulties;
- Contributing items of interest to the school newsletter;
- Providing opportunities for Defence families to meet other Defence families within the school community;
- Being a contact for new parents of mobile Defence children in the school;
- Maintaining contact with Defence families who are enrolled in the school.

**Essential Criteria**
- Must hold a relevant Working with Children registration (WWVP).- Sound communication skills both oral and written, and the ability tocommunicate effectively with primary school aged children, school principaland staff, parents, Defence Members and their families.-
- Demonstrated ability to organise own work, set priorities, meet deadlines, workindependently and as a team member and maintain confidentiality.-
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver activities and resources relating to theneeds of Defence families.-
- Ability to quickly acquire an understanding of the operations of the school.-
- Ability to organise and coordinate annual Defence related events, including ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day commemorations across the school.**Application Process**
Applicants are required to submit a cover letter and current resume including a statement of suitability against the skills, attributes, and experience as outlined in the Position Description.

For further information about the School please visit our website. Information about the Catholic Education Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn can be accessed here.

**Who are we?**:
Catholic Education, Canberra and Goulburn (CECG) plays an integral role in education both in the ACT and NSW, covering 88,000 square kilometres covering the whole of the ACT and extending from Pambula on the south coast, to Crookwell in the North, through to the western point of Lake Cargelligo. Operating 56 Schools and 8 Early Learning Centres Catholic Education Canberra & Goulburn is key to education of over 21,000 students within the Diocese and employing over 2,100 professionals.

As a diverse and inclusive workforce, Catholic Education offers career opportunities across the ACT and NSW regions including providing support and mentoring for graduate teachers as well as professional learning and career development programs tailored to individual needs.

**Our vision**:
Our strategic vision to deliver learning and experiences in Catholic Education that will shape a strong sense of spiritual self and wellbeing and equip students to be ethical, agile thinkers who strive to make a positive contribution in the world around them. Actively working to build strong partnerships between the Catholic Education Office, Schools, Students, Parents & Families and Parishes to deliver on this vision. We invite you to walk with us, to share this journey that paves the way for our children now, and in years to come, to flourish.

From early learning to College, a Catholic education provides an evidence-based academic, faith-filled learning journey.

Principals and teachers work with parents to grow happy, caring, compassionate young people.