Teacher Assistant (Limited Tenure Parental Leave Contract)

St Brendan-Shaw College

DEVONPORT, TAS

Learning Support / Teacher's Aide

Contract Type: Contract Position Part Time (0.67 FTE)

Applications Close: 2 August 2026

Applications are invited for suitably experienced persons for a Limited Tenure Teacher Assistant position to cover a period of parental leave. Contract Dates: Monday 24 August 2026 until Friday 20 August 2027 5 days p/week (0.67 FTE / 30hrs) for 2026, reducing to 4 days p/week (0.54 FTE / 24hrs) for 2027, Term time only

St Brendan-Shaw College has a Limited Tenure Part-Time position available to cover a period of Parental Leave.

Contract Details: Monday 24 August 2026 until Friday 20 August 2027, Term time only.

5 days per week (0.67 FTE / 30hrs) from 24 August until the end of Term 4, 2026, reducing to 4 days per week (0.54 FTE / 24hrs) from the start of Term 1, 2027, until 20 August 2027.

About us & the role

St Brendan-Shaw College is a Catholic, co-educational school located in Devonport, North West Tasmania, catering for students from Years 7 to 12. The College is seeking applications to cover a 12-month parental leave contract.

Teacher Assistants are accountable for providing effective, quality support to teachers in the delivery of defined educational programs and activities and interventions for students.

About you

Teacher Assistants are required to demonstrate that they are:-

• Able to relate to students with varying needs, exercising judgment and discretion in undertaking duties
• Able to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships
• Able to apply literacy, numeracy and reasoning skills to effectively undertake the role
• Able to use initiative to resolve problems and conflicts in a constructive manner
• Flexible and dependable

Parental Leave Employment is a period of employment for the purposes of replacing a current employee on Parental Leave. It is subject to variation or change in the event that the employee taking Parental Leave exercises their right to return to work earlier than stipulated. In that instance you will be given a minimum of four (4) weeks notice of termination of the Parental Leave Position.

Salary will be in accordance with the Tasmanian Catholic Education Single Enterprise Agreement 2024.

How To Apply

An Application Package is available at: www.sbsc.tas.edu.au/aboutsbsc/employment

Applicants must address the Selection Criteria to be considered for the role.

Applications are to be submitted via email to: Sign in to view email and must include a completed Application Package. Applications directly through Seek may not be considered.

For enquiries please contact Kirsty Ballantyne, HR Manager on (03) 6424 7622, or via email (above)

Applications Close: Sunday, 2 August 2026

Catholic Education Tasmania supports the rights of children and young people and is committed to providing a safe and supportive environment directed at ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The successful candidate will require satisfactory registrations relevant to child safety.

We demonstrate our commitment to Reconciliation by encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.