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St Catherine's Catholic College Singleton is seeking a permanent full-timeMinistry Coordinator to join the team in 2025.
St Catherine's Catholic College draws its students from the Singleton local Government Area. Singleton is approximately 73 kilometres from Newcastle, close to attractions such as historical villages of Morpeth and Wollombi and a 30minute drive from the beautiful vineyard area of the Hunter Valley. The College is a co-educational school offering a comprehensive curriculum for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Nestled in the beautiful Hunter Valley, St Catherine's has a proud history of excellence and achievements in academic, sporting and cultural pursuits and offers a seamless transition for your all students in their educational journey. St Catherine's is a Visible Wellbeing School focused on high expectations for all students. We have a Gifted Education Program and provide differentiated curriculum for students with diverse learning needs, both intervention and extension.
Ministry Coordinators (MCs) are members of the school executive team and are significant religious leaders for the school community.MC's support the Principal in promoting and affirming the Catholic culture, identity and mission of the school. They work in partnership with the Principal and Parish Priest to provide religious leadership for the school and wider community, and representing the school in the community.
Desired Skills and Experience EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA Practising Catholic active in the life of a Eucharistic community, with an understanding of their baptismal call to share and witness the good news of Jesus Christ A demonstrated commitment to assisting and supporting parents as the first educators of their children in faith An outstanding Religious Education classroom practitioner who ultilises and leads contemporary, relevant and appropriate pedagogies, is able to embue other Key Learing Areas with Catholic Principals and Gospel values, with a proven capacity for student improvement and learning Demonstrated understanding of the importance of formation and ability to lead the development and implementation of a Formation Framework which reflects keys elements as outlined by the NCEC Formation for Mission Framework A demonstrated ability to participate, monitor, think strategically, imagine, develop, ultilise data and implement, in shared guardianship with the Principal, the Catholic life of the school through the Catholic Identity and Mission Domain of the School Improvement Plan and relevant frameworks, not only in response to compliance High level communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to imagine, develop and sustain constructive and respectful relationships with the Parish Priest and parish community and to nourish the Catholic life and culture of the school in its Ecclesial context Participation in MC Assembly Days and engaging with Professional Practice and Development (PP&D) whilst keeping up to date with the Faith, Mission and Theology required for leading a Catholic community Proven capacity to work as a team member and lead (Desirable) Proven capacity to lead the provision of formative pathways, ritual, prayer and Catholic liturgy(Desirable) Proven capacity to mentor colleagues through the PP&D process(Desirable) Proven capacity to manage Continuum Of School Improvement in both curriculum and non-curriculum areas(Desirable) Capacity to review liturgy, prayer and social justice practices using multiple sources including feedback and data from the whole community(Desirable) Understanding of the Curia(Desirable) Proven capacity to be pastorally present to staff, students and their families and to continue to work with the School's Pastoral Team in implementing pastoral care initiatives within the school and Wellbeing Policy(Desirable) QUALIFICATIONS Four-year trained teacher classification with at least four years successful teaching experience consistent with the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers NESA Teacher Accreditation Working with Children Clearance number Completion of anaphylaxis training AWTL appropriate to your current position CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Salary is in accordance with New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Catholic Systemic Schools Enterprise Agreement 2023.
Work in quality schools where students are nurtured, challenged and encouraged to excel and grow A corporate fitness program through Fitness Passport Employee assistance program (EAP) Training and staff development programs Paid parental leave for eligible employees Access to long service leave after just five years for eligible employees. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact Lauren Carlson, Acting Principal on Tel: (02) 6578 9600or via email:
TO APPLY, CLICK ON THE APPLY BUTTON BELOW AND Please provide a cover letter along with your resume Within your cover letter address each of the selection criteria as listedunder EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA above and ensure your response to each criteria isno longer than 300 words. Applicants should provide a reference from your Parish Priest.Please provide them with thisreference form for completion. Please note, not adequately addressing the selection criteria may result in your application not being shortlisted.
Additional information The Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons and preventing those in our care from suffering abuse or neglect. It is committed to implementing and maintaining compliance with the NSW Child Safe Standards and the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards and takes a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of children or vulnerable persons. All who work in the name of the Diocese must comply with the Diocesan Safeguarding Framework Policy and act in accordance with the Diocese's Code of Conduct which includes the Diocese's Safeguarding Commitment Statement.Employees are required to undergo a National Police Check and retain a valid NSW Working with Children Check where necessary, in accordance with legislation.
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