Secondary Teacher - Graduate Talent Pool - 2025 / 2026

Position : Secondary Teacher (Graduate)

Start date : Applications accepted all year round. To be considered for positions commencing in 2025, please apply as soon as possible.

Employment Status : Full-Time and Part-Time

Hours per week : Various

Salary : $86,600 - $124,724 (pending experience)

Are you a recent or soon to be graduate looking to start your career in education? We're currently seeking talented and enthusiastic graduate teachers to join our team! As a graduate teacher with us, you'll have the opportunity to work with experienced educators and gain valuable experience in the classroom. Apply today and take the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career in education!

Each year Catholic Education in the Diocese of Rockhampton appoints a number of graduate teachers to our Catholic Kindergartens, Primary Schools and Colleges commencing at the start of each year. Our Graduate Program is a rolling process with vacancies and offers of employment occurring throughout the year. Catholic Education - Diocese of Rockhampton serves communities from Bundaberg in the south to Mackay in the north and west to Longreach at 17 locations across Central Queensland.

Applications are now open for full-time Secondary teaching positions for 2025.

Applications are welcome from anyone who would support the school's ethos and possess the following are encouraged to apply :

• Relevant tertiary qualification (or eligible to graduate)
• Evidence of successfully passing the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
• Appropriate qualities, knowledge and skills to provide a relevant and holistic education
• Eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment
• A desire to serve the community of Central Queensland

We look forward to receiving your application and are sure that you will find a career with Catholic Education in the Diocese of Rockhampton very rewarding.

Generous incentives are available to successful applicants which include :

Rural and Remote incentives are available subject to location preferences which include :

Mandatory Requirements

How to apply

Please review our How To Apply Online Guide

Further information

Applications accepted all year round.  To be considered for positions commencing in 2025, please apply as soon as possible.

Catholic Education is committed to best practice in student protection policies and procedures and is an equal opportunity employer. Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

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Employment Collection Notice

In order to assess your application for employment, Catholic Education – Diocese of Rockhampton (CEDR) collects your personal information. If we cannot collect some of your personal information, we may be limited in our ability to assess your application.

We collect your personal information directly from you (including from your resume), as well as from other sources (such as your referees and Working with Children checks). We may keep your information on file if your application is unsuccessful in case another position becomes available. We are required to complete a Working with Children check to collect information under Child Protection laws.

If you believe that any of your personal information held by us is incomplete or inaccurate you have the right, in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy legislation, to notify us and make any updates or corrections.

We will not disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent unless otherwise permitted.

CEDR may use online or ‘cloud’ service providers to store personal information and to provide services to CEDR that involve the use of personal information, such as email services. Some limited personal information may be provided to these service providers to enable them to authenticate users that access their services and provide technical support. This personal information may reside on a cloud service provider’s servers which may be situated outside Australia. Further information about CEDR’s use of on online or ‘cloud’ service providers is contained in the CEDR Privacy Policy. The CEDR Privacy Policy, accessible on the CEDR website, contains details of how you may seek access to and correction of your personal information, as well as how you can make a privacy complaint and how we will handle the complaint.

If you provide us with the personal information of others (e.g. referees), we encourage you to inform them that you are disclosing that information to CEDR and why.

In submitting this application for employment you agree that you will not seek access to references provided by third parties or to confidential notes or reports made by us relating to your application for employment. We seek your agreement in this regard to ensure that referees are not inhibited from providing complete and accurate references as to your suitability for the position. Access to feedback on the selection process is available.

If you complete an expression of interest to teach with us, you will provide information as part of your submission. The purposes for which we collect, use and disclose personal information includes :

if permitted or required by law otherwise with your consent or for purposes directly related to any one or more of the above

Applicant’s Declaration

I have read, understood and, if offered employment with Catholic Education with the Diocese of Rockhampton, accept the requirements of the Statement of Principles for Employment in Catholic Schools as an explicit condition of employment. I certify that the information in this application is true, to the best of my knowledge. I understand that I have a duty to disclose sufficient information to enable a prospective employer to make a properly informed decision about my employment.

I acknowledge that my failure to disclose all pre-existing injuries or medical conditions existing during the period of the employment process that could reasonably be expected to be aggravated by performing my employment related duties, I will not be entitled to compensation or damages under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (the Act), for any event that aggravates the non-disclosed pre-existing injury or condition.

I understand that if I am employed by Catholic Education with the Diocese of Rockhampton and any statement I have made or information I have provided with this application form are found to be false within my knowledge, that I may be liable for immediate dismissal.