Teacher Assistant (Limited Tenure Parental Leave Contract)

Job description

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 noti…