Sports Coordinator - Middle Leadership

About the role

Catholic Education Cairns is recruiting a Sports Coordinator for Good Counsel College, a small, growing Catholic co-educational secondary school (Years 7-12) in Innisfail, Queensland. The position is a full-time, permanent teaching appointment with a three-year fixed-term Middle Leader term (16 January 2027 to 11 January 2030), which may be renewed after successful review and appraisal. Applicants must state the subjects they are qualified and experienced to teach.

Key responsibilities

• Support the College's mission by coordinating and managing sporting activities for students
• Organise and run College carnivals (swimming, athletics, cross-country)
• Coordinate student participation in school representative sporting teams
• Work with key staff, particularly the Learning Leaders, to manage student engagement across all areas of college life

Required profile

• Registered or eligible to be registered with the Queensland College of Teachers
• Full support for the ethos of Catholic Education
• Commitment to creating and maintaining a child-safe organisation

What we offer

• Salary commensurate with experience: graduates $86,600 to proficient level 4 $107,988 FTE gross per year, plus a Tier 2 Middle Leader allowance of $13,026; proficient level 5 and above $137,750 FTE gross per year
• ITAS and IPRASS allowances (remote area incentives)
• Annual leave with 17.5% loading
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• Long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
• 14 weeks' paid parental leave after 1 year of continuous service
• Professional development and Early Career Teacher Support
• Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport membership

Applications close on 23 November 2026 and are submitted through the Catholic Education Cairns careers website.