Sports Leader (Head Sports Coach) - St Teresa's Catholic College, NOOSAVILLE
Date: 13 Oct 2025
Location: NOOSAVILLE, QLD, AU, 4566
Company: Brisbane Catholic Education
About Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is a vibrant learning community within the Archdiocese, employing over 12,000 people across a diverse range of positions. As the largest provider of Catholic education in Queensland, BCE is dedicated to delivering high-quality education from Prep to Year 12. Through strong partnerships with parents, governments, and the wider community, BCE fosters social responsibility, self-discipline and Catholic values in all its students. We offer a supportive working culture where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. Arrive at work every day to a welcoming and compassionate environment, knowing that you'll be supported to take care of what's important to you. Learn more about Brisbane Catholic Education.
About our school
St Teresa's Catholic College with an enrolment of over 800 students, is nestled in the picturesque Noosaville on the Sunshine Coast, is a vibrant community committed to living out our Catholic faith through the Marist and Teresian charisms. As part of Brisbane Catholic Education, we offer a holistic education grounded in Christian values to our coeducational students from Years 7-12.
Our beautiful campus boasts state-of-the-art facilities that support both academic excellence and personal growth. With a strong sense of family spirit and connection, St Teresa's provides a nurturing environment where students can thrive. We offer a wide range of extracurricular activities, helping students discover their passions and find their place in our community.
For educators, St Teresa's presents an exceptional opportunity to be part of a dedicated team, making a meaningful impact in a supportive and faith-filled environment. Explore our school website to learn more about us.
Summary
Exciting opportunity to lead the support of teachers in creating impactful interventions that drive student success.
- Location: St Teresas College - Noosaville (S)
- Start date: 27/01/2026
- Work hours: 38.00 hours per week
- Salary: $84,620.00 - $103,022.00 + super (School Salary Scale)
- Status: Term Time Continuing
- Ad close date: 09/11/2025
- Contact: (07) 5474 0022
About the opportunity
The role of the Sports Leader is to support the mission of the College through leadership of sport offered to students in the College. This involves interacting with students, staff and parents in an appropriate manner as well as developing and implementing effective processes and practices in keeping with the values and ethos of the College and designed to accomplish the desired outcomes of College Sport. This role will involve interacting with personnel and organisations outside the College community and developing partnerships that enhance results for students.
In this position you will be responsible for:
• Plan, prepare and deliver effective sports programs and initiative for students across the College
• Advocating for and promoting sport, including celebrating achievements and successes within and outside the College community
• Lead the designated sport programs across the College by championing and leading the Colleges direction and strategic prioirtites for sports at the College
• Supervise Sports Assistants, Assistant Coaches and Sports Coaches and teachers engaged in sports throughout the College including Induction of new teachers/coaches within the program
• Deliver and advise on teaching methods, materials, and assessments to cater to the diverse learning styles and abilities and provide alternative ways for small groups or individual students to access and demonstrate their understanding of the content
• Develop and implement processes and practices for the coordination of College sporting carnivals and associated representative teams that emerge from carnivals
• Organising program activities including budgeting, financial and material resources, transport, operations and staff etc
• Maintain accurate attendance records and report on student absenteeism, providing insight and feedback to stakeholders
• Demonstrate open communication and collaboration with key stakeholders (student, parents, College staff and other personnel) including updates on student progress and performance
• Coach on rules, tactics and expectations within the sport programs
• Encourage camaraderie and sportsmanship amongst players and build a culture of pride and profile within the wider College community
• Assess and monitor the progress of students and identify learning areas to provide strategies for students requiring additional learning scaffolding, including students with learning disabilities
About you
To be successful in this position you will bring relevant contemporary skills and experience including:
- Experience in planning, delivering and implimenting sports programs for students that are aligned with the College's strateigc direction
- Stakeholder engagement - Abiltiy to collaborat with a variety of stakeholders
- Abiltiy to develop strategies for individual students within sports programs
- Coaching qualifications (degree with experience) and/or appropriate sporting discipline specific experience
- Support the vision and College's mission and its underlying Teresian and Marist values and ethos
- Leadership capacity - a broad vision of student welfare that extends beyond behaviour management, initiative, perseverance, acceptance of responsibility, effective organisational skills, ability to communicate appropriately and ability to foster cooperation and collegiality
- Empathy for young people and an ability to relate positively with them in the context of the Sports program within the College
- Professional activity through membership of professional associations and on-going professional development appropriate to the role
- For this position you are not required to be Catholic.
Eligibility and Safeguarding requirements:
- Eligibility to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment
- Hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement.
Why choose BCE
Join us and be part of the largest Catholic Diocese in Queensland, nurturing your personal and professional development goals. As a valued member of our organisation, enjoy these and other rewards:
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
- Competitive remuneration and flexible work arrangements (position dependent)
- Access to targeted AI tools and training with a focus on innovation and strong ethical standards. Learn more here: The Rome Call for AI Ethics and Microsoft Australia News Centre
- Salary packaging and salary-sacrificing options
- Active staff social club and wellness programs
- Personal support for our employees and families through the Employee Assistance Program.
Please note applications for this position may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.
Everyone at BCE models and fosters a commitment to the safeguarding of children and promotes a culture where student protection is everyone’s responsibility. The Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this position.
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