Family and Community Engagement Officer (Identified) - Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct

Are you passionate about building strong relationships between schools, families, and communities? Do you believe in the power of collaboration to create a supportive and enriching environment for students to thrive? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

We are seeking a Family and Community Engagement Coordinator (Identified) to join our school’s vibrant team. In this role, you will serve as a bridge between the school, students’ families, and the broader community, fostering a culture of trust, inclusion, and shared purpose. This position is offered on a temporary full-time basis until 12 December 2025 unless otherwise determined.

About The Department

The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to delivering responsive services focused on equity and excellence to Queenslanders and their communities. We promote equity and excellence by our commitment to respect, protect and promote human rights. Our objectives are: a strong start for all children, every student realising their potential, fair and safe workplaces and communities, capable people delivering our vision.

About Spinifex State College

Our school aims to develop clever, skilled and creative learners. To achieve this aim, we provide students with access to quality curriculum programs and learning opportunities.

About The Role

As the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator you will:

• Enhance community and family integration within the school ensuring effective partnerships and support networks as a means of increasing attendance through the Student Wellbeing and Attendance project.
• Identify and understand the influences of non-attendance and develop and implement strategies to address non-attendance, enhancing the likelihood of students attending regularly.
  
  
  

Responsibilities Include

• Undertake extensive liaison activities, incorporating ongoing research and analysis of issues relevant to student wellbeing and attendance at the school.
• Build and sustain positive trusting relationships with students, parents, community and elders, and provide input into local decision ensuring optimum outcomes for venerable and at-risk students and their families.
• Provide data analysis, and prepare reports and submissions on the student wellbeing and attendance project, progress, performance and expenditure.
  
  
  

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

Mandatory Requirements for and Identified Role:  

It is a genuine occupational requirement for Identified roles that the position be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the  Anti Discrimination Act 1991  for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.  

Verification of Aboriginality and/or Torres Strait Island heritage  

For administrative purposes, in relation to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role, an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is either:  

• of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; 
• accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in which he or she lives.  
  
  
  

By definition a person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role.  

Applicants to this position may have to provide confirmation of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Requesting proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from applicants helps to make sure that this intention is honoured.

To Apply

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page response to the How you may be assessed section of the attached role description.
  
  
  

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace.  Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.

Occupational group Education & Training