Commencement Date: Monday 20 October 2025 (negotiable)
Employment Type: Full Time Permanent Position, 38 hours per week
Salary Range: School Officer - Level 5: $39.44 - $41.36 gross per hour plus 12.75% Superannuation
Closing Date for Applications: 5.00pm, Thursday 9 October 2025
The College is an initiative of the Diocese of Cairns and Catholic Education Services and offers individualised and adaptable multiyear secondary education programs for young people disengaged from mainstream schooling. The College is a registered Special Assistance School that is co-educational and currently has an enrolment capacity of 40 young people in Cooktown, 60 in Manoora and 90 in Edmonton. The Cooktown campus is the main college campus with associate campuses situated in Cairns suburbs. The Cooktown campus includes 2 sixteen bed residential units while the Cairns campuses are both day-only facilities.
The college provides a variety of innovative teaching and learning practices that acknowledges young people’s complex education and social needs and empowers them to identify and pursue individual transition to adulthood, further education, employment and importantly a connection to the community. Staff at Holy Spirit College are multi-disciplinary in response to the diverse needs of young people and their families.
Young people who attend include Indigenous and non-indigenous young people who are disengaged from mainstream education for a range of reasons and include those:
At present the enrolment of young people in the Cooktown boarding residences is one hundred percent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young women and men in age from 12 to 17 years.
Underpinning all the work of the College are three operating principles of right Relationships, Respect and Responsibility.
The role of the Finance Officer is to provide comprehensive support for the school’s financial and administrative services, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and contributing to the smooth operation of school activities. This includes managing accounts payable and receivable, maintaining financial records, supporting enrolment processes, and responding to enquiries via telephone and email. Additionally, the Finance Officer plays a key role in overseeing internal financial controls, preparing financial reports, and assisting in the development of school budgets.
For further information about the role, please download the Position Description 
ASOC Level 5 Finance Officer Position Description.pdf
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Lucas Felstead, College Principal
P: 4252 9100
E: principal.holyspirit@cns.catholic.edu.au
Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.
To understand our commitment and initiatives to truth telling, healing and reconciliation view our Reconciliation Action Plan
Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.
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