Commencement Date: Monday, 14 July 2025 (Semester 2)
Employment Type: Full Time, Fixed Term until the end of the 2025 teaching year
Salary Range: $84,077 to $121,092 FTE Gross per annum plus Tier 3 Allowance or substantive salary commensurate with experience
Closing Date for Applications: 6pm, Sunday 15 June 2025
Situated in the southern suburbs of Cairns, St Mary's opened in 1986 and boasts a proud reputation for providing quality Catholic co-education for the families of this exciting and dynamic region. Inspired by Mother Mary, our College is a place where individual strengths are nurtured and developed and where faith and a sense of “family” are fundamental to who we are. The College has a strong academic focus. We offer a stimulating academic and vocational curriculum, along with comprehensive co-curricular opportunities for our students to pursue their interest in sport, the arts, mission, and leadership. St Mary’s offers a broad technology rich curriculum delivered by quality and dedicated teachers. The College has many outstanding facilities, with exciting new building projects around the corner that will bring about more contemporary and flexible learning spaces to optimise student learning. Committed and dedicated staff work closely with parents to provide students with the supportive and caring environment essential for their spiritual, academic, social, and physical development.
The role of the Head of Science is to support the mission of the school through leadership of the learning and teaching program. This involves developing appropriate curriculum in line with national, state and local requirements; ensuring that appropriate pedagogies are developed and implemented at all levels; ensuring the quality of student learning and the effectiveness of teacher practice through appropriate supervision; utilising thorough analysis of current data to inform decisions; developing appropriate partnerships within and outside of the school; and prudently administering available resources.
The Head of Science role also has a teaching component.
As a Teacher you will:
Teachers are accountable to and under the direction of the school Principal or delegate.
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description 
Position Description - Middle Leader - Head of Science.pdf
Select 'Apply Now' to submit your application.
For current employees, apply via the 'Employee Login' tab on the homepage of the Careers website.
Please note applications will only be accepted via the Careers website.
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
Principal - Kerry Manders
P: 07 4044 4200
E: smw.principal@cns.catholic.edu.au
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