The Regional Community Education Counsellor (Identified) plays a critical leadership role in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary students to engage, participate and succeed in their education.

The role provides culturally informed counselling, strengthens school-community relationships, and ensures students receive coordinated, culturally safe support.

This position is based at either the Bundaberg or Maryborough Regional Office.

Job details

Why this Role?

The Regional Community Education Counsellor (Identified) provides strategic and culturally grounded leadership to strengthen educational participation, wellbeing and engagement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary and secondary students across the North Coast Region.

This role leads the delivery, coordination and continuous improvement of culturally responsive counselling and support services, working in close partnership with schools, families, Elders, community organisations and government and non-government agencies.

The position plays a critical role in building system capability, supporting school leadership and guiding the work of school-based Community Education Counsellors (CECs) to ensure consistent, high-quality and culturally safe practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement and coordinate support service programs that promote the educational participation, engagement and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary and secondary students, including state and Commonwealth funded school-based and regional initiatives.
• Manage the provision of educational counselling and support services, including regional oversight of student case management to ensure coordinated, timely and culturally responsive support for students and families.
• Lead and strengthen NCR student case management processes, including consistency, accountability, monitoring and quality assurance, with a clear line of sight from individual student need to regional decision-making.
• Build the capability of school-based Community Education Counsellors through professional supervision, mentoring and structured professional learning, including collaborative forums such as Yarn Up.
• Support school leadership teams to strengthen their capability to effectively supervise, deploy and integrate CECs within school wellbeing, inclusion and student support frameworks.
• Lead data-informed decision-making to guide NCR CEC allocation and distribution, using student wellbeing, attendance, engagement and risk data to ensure resources are targeted equitably and aligned to areas of greatest need.
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with families, Elders, community organisations and external agencies to support holistic and culturally safe responses for students.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver professional development and education and training activities that strengthen cultural capability and inclusive practice across schools and the region.
• Coordinate, monitor and evaluate regional programs and initiatives, contributing to continuous improvement and evidence-based practice.
• Provide high-level advice to regional senior management on policy, operational and service delivery matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student wellbeing, engagement and outcomes.

This is a meaningful leadership opportunity for an experienced professional committed to cultural integrity, collaboration and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on creating culturally safe learning environments where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people can thrive.

A mandatory requirement of this role is:

• For this position, it is a genuine occupational requirement that it 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.

Interested? 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 written statement in response to the attached role description
• Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description
• Responses to the online questionnaire (the questionnaire will open after you have clicked apply and entered your personal details)

Contact Name: Libby Brown, Manager - 0484 077 103

Closing Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026

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.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  NCR677118_26T Role Description (PDF, 227KB)
  Role Description