Indigenous Community Engagement Officer - The Centre Education Programme

Job No: ICEOCEP01
Location: Kingston
Employment Status: Fixed-term, Full-time
No. of Vacancies: 1
Closing Date: 23 Jan 2026 AEST

Indigenous Community Engagement Officer - The Centre Education Programme

  • Fixed-term, Full-Time
  • Start date:  to be negotiated as soon as possible with successful applicant
  • End date: 15 December 2027
  • Salary: School Officer Level 5 $78,204 - 82,008 per annum
  • This is an identified position


ABOUT THE ORGANISATION:

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools Ltd educates over 2,200 young people in 22 Flexible Learning Schools (12 based in Queensland and 10 other schools across Australia) and serves young people who experience complex educational, social or psychological situations which demand unique responses. We enable young people to engage in education in a supported learning environment through a methodology based on trauma informed practice, in which the principles of operation (Honesty, Respect, Participation, Safe & Legal) are embedded.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The role of the Indigenous Community Engagement Officer (ICEO) is to nurture and support the cultural identity of First Nations students and support them to re-engage with education. This work involves engagement with young people, families, elders, staff and community members.

This support involves:

  • Engagement, wellbeing and social inclusion responses and program activities for the school that directly enhance engagement, educational achievement and post school transition pathways.
  • Intensive case management and wrap-around support to highly vulnerable Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander young people.
  • Assist young people to explore, understand, and strengthen their cultural identity, including assisting them to learn about their culture and connections to community and mob, especially where this knowledge is limited or unknown.
  • Facilitate opportunities for connection and relationship-building between First Nations young people across schools to strengthen cultural belonging and peer networks.
  • Engage young people in culturally significant programs and activities that promote cultural pride, identity, and meaningful participation.

To perform this role, it is essential that the person who holds the position be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 that applicants are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.


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ABOUT YOU

Essential:

Cultural Knowledge and Capability

  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander societies and cultures, including awareness of the diverse circumstances and contemporary issues impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively, including appropriate negotiation and consultation with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in matters relevant to the delivery of education services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.

Qualifications and Professional Values

  • Qualifications at Certificate level or equivalent relevant to Youth Support Work or demonstrated knowledge and experience sufficient to successfully carry out the duties of the position.
  • Strong understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of social justice.

Youth Work Knowledge and Practice

  • Understanding of current youth work practice, trends, and issues in service provision for marginalised young people, particularly within the alternative education sector.

Communication, Administration and Technology

  • Sound verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to participate effectively in meetings, undertake report writing, complete case notes, and engage in negotiation processes.
  • Competency in computing skills, particularly word processing and internet use, and the ability to develop skills in database systems as required.

Teamwork and Professional Independence

  • Proven ability to work effectively under limited supervision while contributing collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Compliance and Licensing Requirements

  • Current and valid Blue Card, or the ability to obtain one.
  • Current and valid Queensland Driver’s Licence.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

  • Edmund Rice charism
  • Salary sacrificing benefits, including FBT exempt payments of up to $15,900 p/a
  • Induction, Wellbeing and Professional Development Opportunities
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

HOW TO APPLY (Please upload documents in PDF format) 

To apply for a position, please complete the application form below. To support your application, you will be required to provide a current CV and Cover Letter highlighting your qualifications, experience and suitability for the role.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact Tracie Pratt, Head of Campus, EREA Flexible Schools Ltd., on 0409 430 146 or via email tracie.pratt@flexi.edu.au 

 

Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

The successful applicant must possess (or be eligible to obtain) and maintain a current Working With Children Check.

All applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures. These checks are consistent with EREA’s commitment to child protection policies and procedures.

Edmund Rice Education Australia is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

Edmund Rice Education Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

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Privacy Acknowledgment

EREA Flexi Schools Ltd is part of Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA), which is an organisation consisting of schools, entities and offices offering a Catholic education in the tradition of Blessed Edmund Rice.

  1. EREA Flexi Schools Ltd school’s collects personal information, including sensitive information about job applicants. This includes information provided in your job application, in the course of conversation or as collected from third parties on your behalf, such as employment referees. The primary purpose of collecting this information is to enable the school to consider your application for employment with the school.
  2. Some of the information the school collects is to satisfy the school’s legal obligations, particularly to enable the school to discharge its duty of care to enrolled students.
  3. Laws governing or relating to the operation of a school require certain information to be collected and disclosed. These include relevant Education Acts and Public Health and Child Protection laws.
  4. In order to consider your application for employment and to facilitate and manage your employment relationship with the school, you consent to our collecting personal information about you from recruitment agencies, law enforcement agencies for criminal checks and working with children checks, educational institutions to verify your qualifications, and other individuals or businesses we contact for the purpose of reference-checking as agreed with you.
  5. The personal information that is collected about you will be stored securely in a recruitment record. If you are successful and become an employee then an employee record will be created and the personal information we have collected will be stored in this file. Employee records are exempt from the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988.
  6. If you are not offered a position or if you decline an offer of a position at the school the information stored in your recruitment record will be stored for 12 months, unless you advise us to destroy the records at an earlier time. At this time, the school will take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify the information as appropriate.
  7. The school may disclose personal and sensitive information for administrative, educational and support purposes (or may permit the information to be directly collected by third parties). This may include to: government departments; people providing administrative and financial services to the school; anyone you authorise the school to disclose information to; and anyone to whom the school is required or authorised to disclose the information to by law, including under child protection laws.
  8. Failure to provide the information to the school will affect the school’s ability to evaluate your application and may result in the recruitment process not proceeding.
  9. The school may also use cloud computing service providers to store personal information (which may include sensitive information) on their servers in the 'cloud'. These servers may be located in or outside Australia. This may mean that personal information may be stored or processed outside Australia.
  10. EREA’s Privacy Policy contains further information about its use of cloud and other third-party service providers.
  11. EREA’s Privacy Policy is accessible via the school website or from the school office. The Policy sets out how job applicants and employees may seek access to, and correction of their personal information which the school has collected and holds. However, access may be refused in certain circumstances such as where access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others or may result in a breach of the School’s duty of care obligations. Any refusal will be notified in writing with reasons if appropriate.
  12. EREA’s Privacy Policy also sets out how job applicants and employees can make a complaint about a breach of the APPs and how the complaint will be handled.
  13. If you provide the school with the personal information of others, such as other employment referees, doctors or emergency contacts, we encourage you to inform them you are disclosing that information to the school and why, that they can request access to and correction of that information if they wish and to also refer them to EREA’s Privacy Policy for further detail about such requests and how the school otherwise handles personal information it collects and complaints it receives.

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Edmund Rice Education Australia

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools Ltd is a child safe organisation committed to the protection of children and has a zero tolerance of abuse of children. We are committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people therefore, all applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures.

These checks are consistent with EREA’s commitment to child safeguarding policies and procedures. This includes complying with our Child Safeguarding policy and code of conduct.
EREA Flexible Schools Ltd is an equal opportunity employer that promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.