The School Community Partnership Facilitator at Sunset State School builds relationships between the school, families, government agencies and community organisations to develop locally tailored plans that improve educational outcomes and service delivery.

The role uses community knowledge and demographic information to identify priorities, coordinate cross-agency support, strengthen community capacity and implement initiatives that improve school performance and engagement.

Job details

About us:

Our School's Mission Statement is “Inspire children to achieve success through engaging and challenging opportunities in a safe and supportive environment, while catering to individual, social, cultural and emotional needs.”

Sunset State School is located in Mount Isa in far North West Queensland. The Sunset community is immensely complex, comprising an Indigenous student population of approximately 200 (80%) and other students from many other places such as the Philippines, Fiji and South Africa. Family income is lower than the state average which sometimes affects students' educational opportunities. Engaging our families and lifting academic performance is a priority for our school.

Our objectives sit in 3 broad categories: support children to attend school regularly, engage all our students in quality teaching and learning, and create a safe and supportive environment for all children at our school. We are moving to a success paradigm where pride and achievement are the norm.

Sunset State School provides a curriculum that accommodates the wide variety of learning needs which present at our school with our main focus on Health and Physical Education, Number, Reading Comprehension and unstructured cooperative play.

Your opportunity:

• Manage key relationships to enhance planning and service delivery processes.
• Proven ability to prioritise, schedule and perform work to meet deadlines, commitments and client service standards.
• Ability to participate in a work team and to undertake a variety of project activities.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with the local, regional, state, commonwealth and local government officers and local peak bodies to prepare and provide timely information and advice to stakeholders in relation to future planning for the delivery of services in line with government policy.
• Access and analyse information sources such as demographic data, community data, regional development plans, local government planning documents, recommendations and papers to inform planning and coordination advice and support.
• Contribute to and support the implementation of Partnership Initiative priorities, including using local knowledge to mobilise differentiated and relevant supports to Partnership Initiative Schools and their community settings, in partnership with the region and the Education Futures Institute.
• Contribute to the local Partnership Initiative response plans by identifying local priorities and addressing emerging issues and trends for quality improvement and integrated service delivery.
• Identify responsive planning and coordination strategies as well as activities to build community capacity and enhance performance to optimise outcomes for key stakeholders in the Partnership Initiative.

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 a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in 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.

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.

• NQR705387_26T Role Description (PDF, 305KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants