Job Description

Mt St John's Primary, Dorrigo

Mt St John’s, Dorrigo is a small Catholic school located on the Dorrigo Plateau near the edge of the New England escarpment above the Bellinger Valley. We acknowledge that Mt St John’s resides on the lands of the Gumbaynggir people, the traditional custodians of this land.

Dorrigo is a quiet rural town surrounded by rich agricultural lands which are predominantly used for farming. The area is noted for its large number of waterfalls, bushwalks and National Parks. Students at Mt St John’s are drawn from the local area including North Dorrigo, Megan, Ebor, Bostobrick and Dundarrabin. At Mt St John’s, the staff have high expectations and a core belief that all students can learn given the right time and support.

The Literacy and Numeracy Instructional Leader (K-2) works in collaboration with the school’s leadership team, especially the Principal, Assistant Principal, Leader of Pedagogy, with particular responsibility for Years K-2 to act as a ‘catalyst' for change working with teachers to build their capacity to raise students’ literacy and numeracy outcomes.

We invite suitably qualified teachers to apply for the following position:

Literacy & Numeracy Instructional Leader K - 2 + teaching load

Position Type: Part time temporary

Hours / FTE: 0.8FTE

Commencement date: 28 January 2027

Term of Appointment: Term 1, 2027

Applicants must:

• have a current NSW Working with Children Check
• full accreditation with NSW Educational Standards Authority (NESA)
• compliance with the Accreditation to Work Teach and Lead Policy upon appointment

Teacher Accreditation:

Teachers who are appointed to a leadership position, whether new to the position or applying to be re-appointed, should have begun, or will begin to make a commitment to the requirements of the diocese Accreditation to Work Teach and Lead document, Category C (Category E for positions of Catechesis and School Evangelisation), during this next triennium cycle.

To be eligible to apply for a (Co2) position a teacher would normally be classified Step 3 Proficient on the Teacher's Standards Classification.

Each teacher in a leadership position (Co2) will participate in an ongoing performance review in accordance with the Diocesan Policy & Procedures for Performance Review of Coordinators.

Key Tasks and responsibilities:

• Contributes to building the capacity of teachers
• Contributes to the development of leadership
• Manages the K-2 school data required to demonstrate evidence-based teaching
• School-specific role and responsibilities:

Criteria:

• Relevant teaching qualifications to the position
• Experience in leading literacy and numeracy in K-2
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead processes to improve student performance based on analysis of data

Your application should address the above criteria including the nomination of two (2) referees. Parish Priest, Priest or Minister reference required for primary schools.

Enquiries to the school: 02 6657 2552

Role description available here

Accreditation to Work, Teach and Lead

Clarence Region

Applications must be received by 3pm Friday 27 November, 2026.

Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Limited is committed to creating Child Safe Schools.

Child Protection Legislation requires successful applicants to be subject to employment screening.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.