Education Specialist

5 days ago

Preston, Australia MacKillop Family Services Full time

**About the role**:
An exciting opportunity to join the team at MacKillop is available, we are currently seeking a part-time (4 days per week), Education Specialist based out of our Preston office.

Our vision at MacKillop Education is to ensure equity and access to learning for all children and young people who are vulnerable and disengaged from education. As an Education Specialist you will develop strong, supportive professional relationships to engage students and provide a safe and stimulating environment for learning.

In this role you will support young people living in Therapeutic Residential Care (TRC) settings to engage in education, experience success in learning and enhance the learning outcomes. You will be working with support services to plan and deliver high quality trauma-informed engagement strategies.

**This is a**_Permanent Part-Time (30.4 hours per week - 0.8 EFT)_** opportunity based in North Metro within our MacKillop Education and Engagement Programs. The position reports to the Education Specialist Team Leader and commences in mid-January 2026.**

Our Offer:

- _ Generous salary and leave entitlements in line with the Catholic Education Multi-Enterprise Agreement 2022._
- _ Salary packaging up to $18,500 (helps increase your take home pay)._
- _ Discounted workplace health and fitness program available to you and your family._
- _ Paid on-site training that contributes to your professional development._
- _ Regular supervision._
- _ Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges._

Key Requirements:

- Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check; OR a valid VIT registration
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Appropriate experience and qualifications in education.
- Experience working with children and young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.
- A sound understanding of how trauma impacts on learning.
- Experience in developing, implementing, and reviewing individual education plans.
- MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age._
- It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities._

**Child Safe Standards**

MacKillop Education and Engagement Programs are committed to providing child-safe environments. Our programs actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all participants, and all staff are dedicated to protecting individuals from abuse or harm, in line with legal obligations, including adherence to child safe standards.

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