School Officer - Assisting Student Learning
- Cranbrook, QLD
- $32.50-33.20 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
Per Hourly Range: $32.50-$33.20 per hour pending experience
Tenure: Permanent, Term Time
Hours: 25 Hours per week across 5 days
Commencing Date: Monday 7 October 2025
Closing Date: Monday, 15 September 2025 unless filled prioris a place where children learn and find strength - the Spirit. As a Catholic co-educational primary school located in Cranbrook, Holy Spirit has an enrolment of 685 students from Prep-Year 6. The dedicated staff continuously strive for educational excellence based in the Catholic tradition, underpinned by the school’s motto is 'Strength in the Spirit'.About the roleHoly Spirit Catholic School, Cranbrook is seeking a dedicated School Officer - Assisting Student Learning (ASL) to commence 7 October 2025. This role is term time, permanent across 5 days.The School Officer – Assisting Student Learning (ASL) works under the direction and supervision of a teacher to provide learning and classroom support to all students including students who have identified additional needs to access and participate in schooling. This role requires the School Officer to provide support to students with complex communication needs, engaging in communication in non-verbal formats. Providing support in all areas of the students needs including toileting, transfers and signs of medical attention required. The School Officer is willing to work in a team to provide adequate support.Typical Duties * The typical duties of the role may include:
- Providing support to individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to participate in learning and school activities
- Assisting students (either individually or in groups) with specific learning needs including scribing, reading and providing feedback and observations to the classroom teacher(s)
- Supporting student engagement by reinforcing appropriate student behaviour
- Providing practical assistance to students in using classroom technology
- Performing administrative tasks of record maintenance, producing resources (eg. Printing, laminating etc) and other classroom administrative support
- Maintaining a clean and tidy classroom environment/learning space including storage facilities and assisting in setting up appropriate classroom/learning space
- Providing support to students in relation to their physical needs (eg. mobility support) and personal care (eg. toileting, feeding)
- Current Working with Children Suitability Card - The successful candidate will require a paid Blue Card before commencement as per the No Card, No Start policy developed by Queensland Government.
- Current Driver’s Licence
- Ability to travel from time to time within the Catholic Diocese of Townsville
- Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role in a safe manner.
- No formal qualification is required, however, a Cert III in School Based Education Support or equivalent.
- Competitive hourly rate
- Annual Leave at 17.5% leave loading
- Salary packaging options
- Modern facilities, equipment and resources
- Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
- Up to 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
- Deferred Salary Scheme
- Corporate health insurance
- Induction, professional development and learning opportunities
- Wellbeing programs and initiatives
- Upload a current resume
- Upload a cover letter addressing the skills, attributes and experience to support the key accountabilities of the role identified in the position description
- Complete the application form including your two nominated professional referees (name, position title and email address)