School Chaplain
Job No: TCE4609
Commencement Date: 23rd March 2026
Location: Townsville
Salary Range: $39.44 to $41.35 per hour pending experience + Super
Join our team as a School Chaplain at St Clare's Catholic School, Burdell!
We are seeking a caring, faith-filled, and community-minded School Chaplain to join our dedicated team on a Fixed Term, term time basis completing 25 hours per week (5 days per week). This position commences on 23 March 2026 and concludes on 4 December 2026. This is a meaningful opportunity to support students’ spiritual and emotional wellbeing, strengthen our Catholic ethos, and foster a sense of belonging across our vibrant school community.
As Chaplain, you’ll provide pastoral and spiritual care to students and staff, create opportunities for faith development, and promote Catholic values through social justice initiatives, reflection experiences, and community engagement. You’ll work closely with the school leadership team, classroom teachers, families, and the wider parish to nurture a faith-filled and compassionate school culture.
Guided by Catholic values, you’ll embrace the mission of St Clare's Catholic Catholic College - supporting the holistic development of each child and helping to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment where every student is known and valued.
Set on the tropical coast of North Queensland, Townsville blends the energy of a thriving regional city with the warmth of a welcoming community. With Magnetic Island just a short ferry ride away and the Great Barrier Reef on its doorstep, you can spend weekends exploring palm-lined beaches, vibrant markets, and lively cultural events - all while enjoying the relaxed, outdoors-focused lifestyle that makes Townsville such a rewarding place to live and work.
Townsville Catholic Education has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all staff. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
For more information, please review the full Position Description.
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Applications close 3.00pm Monday, 16 February 2026
About us
Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working environment where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. We employ motivated people who want to work together to produce excellent outcomes for our students. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission.
We value your hard work and dedication, and we’re proud to offer a range of benefits designed to support you both professionally and personally:
1. Competitive Salary
2. Annual Leave at 17.5% leave loading
3. 12.75% Superannuation employer contribution
4. Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
5. Salary packaging options
6. Up to 14 Weeks paid parental leave
7. Deferred Salary Scheme
8. …and a range of other great benefits!
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